28 Apr DC Tax Update: GOP moves away from entitlements and toward tax reform in budget deal
Reining in spending on Social Security and Medicare remains an important policy goal for the GOP. But House leaders launched a series of meetings last...
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26 Apr FDRA Announces AFA, A Bill to Cut Footwear Duties, Reintroduced in the US House
"The federal government is making shoes more expensive for hard working Americans and their families," said Rep. Lynn Jenkins. "The Affordable Footwear Act will...
26 Apr Anxious Over Tax Overhaul, Lawmakers Press for Stand-Alone Measures
.A series of stand-alone tax measures have been introduced in recent weeks that likely have little chance of passing through the tax barricade but put...
26 Apr Internet sales-tax bill advances, but final Senate passage delayed
The Senate on Thursday failed to pass bipartisan legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes from larger Internet retailers, but the bill cleared...
22 Apr Senate planning vote on Internet sales tax bill
Currently nine states require Amazon to collect sales tax, including California, Pennsylvania and Texas. The bill introduced by Sen. It would also not require states...
11 Apr Here’s everything small shoe business owners need to know about Obama’s new budget
Here’s a look at the primary components of the budget and what it would mean for small businesses....
08 Apr A primer on the federal budget process
The White House is expected to release its 2014 budget proposal on Wednesday, laying out the president’s vision for how Congress should structure taxes and...
07 Apr Obama Budget Seeks to Trim Entitlements, Raise Taxes
The president's fiscal 2014 blueprint will include $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction over the coming decade and propose dramatically shrinking, but not eliminating, the deficit...
06 Apr Weak March jobs report sends a shiver through the economy
Mainstream economists had expected the report to show between 180,000 and 200,000 new jobs to have been created last month, but the Labor Department reported...
04 Apr Trade Adjustment Assistance Renewal Now a Priority
President Barack Obama is pursuing a newly ambitious trade agenda, having just launched negotiations with the European Union and with hopes of concluding a wide-ranging...