FACT CHECK: Fact-Checking Harris’ Claim That Trump Wants To Impose A ‘National Sales Tax’

At a campaign event in Pittsburgh on September 2, 2024 Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris Claimed Former President Donald Trump, a 2024 Republican candidate, wants to impose a nationwide sales tax on everyday items, which would cost the typical American family about $4,000 a year. Verdict: No evidence According to multiple sources and comments […]
Tim Walz’s China travel company was shut down over a $26 tax: report

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz's China tourism company was reportedly dissolved by the state of Nebraska in 1998 for failing to pay a $26 business operations tax. The Minnesota Governor's for-profit enterprise, Educational Travel Adventures, which catered to student groups wanting to travel to Communist China, was shut down by the Nebraska Secretary of […]
Record Number of UK Millionaires Set to Flee Amid Looming Tax Raids

Around 10,000 billionaires are expected to flee the UK this year amid expected tax enforcement measures by the left-wing Labour government of Sir Keir Starmer. The previous Conservative government of Rishi Sunak introduced the highest tax levy since the Second World War, mainly to repay debts incurred during the coronavirus lockdown, but Labour's autumn budget […]
Trump tax cuts expire after 2025. Here's how the presidential election could affect your taxes – CNBC

As the presidential election approaches, experts are sounding the alarm about the looming expiration of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). Without congressional action, trillions of dollars in tax cuts enacted by former President Donald Trump through the TCJA will expire after 2025. The outcome of the 2024 election will determine which […]
Bank of London’s heavyweight board caught unawares by unpaid tax bill – Financial Times

Stay up to date with free updates Just sign up UK Bank myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox. The London bank's board and new management were not aware of the outstanding debt to the U.K. tax authority until HM Revenue and Customs applied to put the holding company into liquidation on Thursday, according […]
September tax filing deadline looms – except in these disaster areas

(NEXSTAR) – The September deadline for estimated tax payments is fast approaching, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) says taxpayers who live in designated disaster areas across the U.S. will be automatically granted a tax deferral. For people who don't have an employer that withholds a portion of their paycheck, September 16 is the deadline […]
$10,000 Tax Bonus Should Be Handed To Struggling American Workers Every Year, Says JPMorgan Chase CEO – The Daily Hodl

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said he supports changes to the tax code that would give working Americans and their families more relief from the IRS. In a new interview with PBS NewsHour, Dimon said: say The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) should be expanded to cover all low- and moderate-income workers, regardless of whether […]
Economists pour cold water on Harris’ new tax proposal for small businesses

Conservative economists are pouring cold water on a new proposal aimed at lowering the costs of starting a new small business as part of Vice President Kamala Harris' “opportunity economy” economic agenda. Vice President Harris announced new small business tax proposals last week aimed at easing the costs associated with starting a new business, including […]
WATCH: IRS has recovered $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from wealthy tax dodgers, Yellen says – PBS NewsHour

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from wealthy tax evaders since last fall, the agency announced Friday, thanks to spending that has boosted collection enforcement through President Joe Biden's signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law for 2022. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Danny Wuerfel traveled to […]
Stocks sink after jobs miss, Trump-Harris tax plans, home retailer closing all stores

Former U.S. International Trade Commission Chairman Peter Morici talks about labor immigration and former President Trump's corporate tax rate plans. U.S. employment grew in August, but not as much as economists expected. Stocks fell throughout the week, as investors got off to a rocky start to September ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting later this […]