Taxes


Trump’s Tax Bill Moves Ahead. A Big Hurdle Remains.

A Republican faction that is essential to the bill’s ultimate passage isn’t yet on board.

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GOP Tax Bill Looks Bad for Nuclear Stocks. They’re Still Rising.

The text of the bill includes provisions to sunset a tax credit that essentially sets a base price for nuclear power.

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Princeton, Yale, and MIT Could See Tax Rates Rise 15-Fold Under GOP Bill

The current proposal calls for boosting the tax rate on the largest private college and university endowments.

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Trump’s Tax and Spending Bill Is Poised to Advance in Congress. ‘MAGA’ Accounts and 3 More Items to Watch.

During the campaign, President Donald Trump promised that the extension of his 2017 bill would eliminate taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security.

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Tesla Stock Soars as Elon Musk Goes to Saudi Arabia

Tesla investors are weighing the impact of President Donald Trump’s tax policy on shares of the EV maker.

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SALT Cap Could Be Sticking Point in the Tax Bill. Why Lawmakers Want to Raise It.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to increase the state and local tax deduction cap but disagree on how high to push it.

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Goodbye, EV Tax Credit. Hello, Aid for Buyers of U.S.-Made Cars.

The House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax legislation, is set to release so-called markup details of a budget reconciliation bill.

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Stocks Cheered Tariff Relief. Economic Growth Still Hangs in the Balance.

A lasting trade peace is still far off and a complicated tax fight looms.

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Trump Says GOP Should ‘Probably Not’ Raise Taxes on the Rich, but He’s Fine if They Do

The president reportedly pressed the House speaker to increase the top income-tax rate but then took to social media to say it would be politically risky.

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Trump’s Tariffs Are Unbelievable. Literally.

Never has a policy promised so much from so little, Benn Steil writes in a guest commentary.

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Movie-Tariff Plan Rattles Media Stocks. The Fine Print Will Be Critical. 

The president said he would impose a 100% import tax on movies produced abroad.

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Where MAGA Is Right—and Wrong—on Trade Deficits

Tariffs alone won’t fix the problem. There’s another culprit behind soaring trade deficits, Robert P. Murphy and Mark Spitznagel write in a guest commentary.

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The Market Is Swinging Wildly. Should Retirees Wait to Take RMDs?

IRS rules on required minimum distributions kick in at age 73. How to deal with it in a volatile market.

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Washington State Lawmakers Vote to Increase Taxes on Capital Gains, Business Income

The tax increases must still be approved by the governor. They are intended to boost revenue and make a big dent in a $16 billion budget deficit.

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These Funds Can Help You Lower Your Tax Bill

This year’s tariff-induced volatility has provided opportunities to sell your losing stock positions to capture a tax write-off. What to know.

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Congress Starts Its Big Push on Trump’s Tax Cuts. Who the Biggest Losers Are.

Republicans have said they will cut taxes, reduce the deficit, and leave entitlement programs largely untouched. Keep your eye on the debt.

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Why Trump’s Next 100 Days Will Be More Crucial for Stock Markets

Tariff revenue so far falls short of president’s number, Congress returns with tax-cut bill as its top agenda item, and more news to start your day.

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Trump Reiterates ‘51st State’ Comments as Canadian Election Gets Underway

Both candidates to replace Trudeau as prime minister support the current 25% retaliatory tariffs Canada imposed on some U.S. goods after Trump imposed the same levies on Canadian imports.

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Treasury Boosts Forecast for Government Borrowing. It’s $514 Billion This Quarter.

The numbers precede a more important release on Wednesday that tells the market how this debt will be divided between short- and longer-dated securities.

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Tariff Revenue Isn’t Coming Close to Trump’s $3 Billion Daily Promise

Since tariff levels were raised on April 9, the U.S. is collecting an average of $918 million a day. Donald Trump has promised $3 billion.

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Nonprofits Can Keep Their Tax-Exempt Status, for Now. Why the Future Looks Troubling.

The Trump administration said it didn’t have immediate plans to act against nonprofits, but Congress could do, possibly as part of the tax bill.

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Stocks Poised for Lower Open

Investors face a busy week of earnings including four of the Magnificent Seven due to report and economic data about jobs, inflation, and economic output.

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Tax and Tariff Fears Have Rocked Municipal Bonds. Why They’re Still Appealing.

Many long-term munis now look like bargains. How to get tax-equivalent yields of up to 8%.

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DOGE Without Musk Will Have Much Less Power. Why It Survives Anyway.

Tesla’s CEO is stepping back from his federal cost-cutting gig, but slashing the budget is too important to Trump to just go away.

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Tariffs Will Raise Less Money Than Trump Thinks, Study Says. Growth Will Be Lower.

Research from the Peterson Institute for International Economics s the latest to show that the White House’s estimates of the revenue impact of tariffs are likely overblown.

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