Tax extenders

Extenders and technical corrections could require revisions to earlier work.

The two appropriations bills extend government funding while also dealing with several of the tax extender provisions and repealing some Obamacare taxes.

The expansion of a tax credit for electric vehicles isn’t likely to appear in a broad deal being negotiated by House and Senate leaders, and backers of the popular tax break say President Donald Trump is to blame.

U.S. lawmakers led by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley are negotiating a potential revival of expired tax breaks in last-minute negotiations over a government spending bill.

The White House is holding informal talks about a second round of tax cuts to announce during the 2020 presidential campaign.

For Americans who couldn’t figure out how to pay their taxes in April after Republicans overhauled the tax code, there is a new day of dread for accountants: Oct. 15.

With October 15 coming up, Mark Luscombe shares top issues for extended tax returns.

With just a few months left, some ideas have more chance of passing than others.

The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee issued three summary reports from their internal task forces examining what to do about the perennial problem of temporary tax breaks that need to be extended every few years.

Extending tax breaks that are intended to benefit families and small businesses come with a steep cost, according to Congress’s nonpartisan scorekeeper.

The timeline is fluid, however, and could stretch on for months.

A U.S. House committee approved a package of bills that provide tax breaks for a variety of select industries and constituencies, kicking off what’s likely to be a protracted negotiation with Senate Republicans over whether and how to pay for them.

Congress is considering plenty of bills -- how many will be passed is another question.

If liberal and conservative advocacy groups can agree on anything, it’s this: A suite of more than three dozen or so corporate tax breaks that have expired over the past two years should stay dead.

Republicans and Democrats will be working on the perennial problem of what to do about the temporary tax breaks that need to be renewed every few years.

Extension a tax incentive for electric vehicle purchases could cost up to $15.7 billion, according to an analysis prepared by opponents.

Tax credits worth billions of dollars for the wind and solar industries are set to expire or begin phasing out next year — part of a 2015 deal Democrats struck that ended a 40-year-old ban on the export of crude oil.

A deep dive into the issues and challenges driving this tax season.

The deduction has been a valuable tax planning tool for architects, engineers and building owners, but it never spurred energy efficient design.

Congressional witnesses called for more certainty around the provisions.