Tax Strategies

The outline of the tax and spending bill provided a breakthrough after a long standoff between moderate senators and progressive Democrats.

A new round of haggling started, as they worked to fill in details and deal with last-minute attempts to restore priorities that had been left out.

Influential lawmakers still want various tax provisions in the bill.

The Section 179D incentive would jump from $1.80 per square foot for efficiency improvements to a sliding scale between $2.50 and $5.

As Congress wrangles, advisors are struggling to figure out how to help clients.

Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a crucial swing vote for Democrats, has given the Biden administration a list of specific tax policies she will support in order to raise revenue for the social spending plan Democrats hope to pass this year.

The president’s tax agenda, crafted by experts who worked on the proposals for years and wrote books about their ideas, is getting a wholesale revamp as Democrats battle to find a program their caucus can unite behind.

The former Treasury secretary is concerned about the potential knock-on effects of a proposed levy on the super-wealthy.

Senate Democrats detailed their proposed levy on the ultra-wealthy, a new and logistically risky approach to taxation.

Some House lawmakers raised doubts about the terms of the deal and whether differences could be resolved in the next few days.