Taxes

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The new House Republican tax reform plan released on Thursday calls for changes to the estate tax, otherwise known as the “death tax,” including its elimination after a period of six years.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has a long way to go to get small businesses on board with the GOP’s tax plan in its current form, despite claims he made on Thursday that the newly-released plan would be a boon to their bottom lines.

The GOP will release the specific details of its long-awaited tax reform bill on Thursday, which President Donald Trump said he hopes will be approved by the House of Representatives by Thanksgiving.

House Republicans struggled to complete work on a sweeping tax proposal, delaying its public release by a day as President Donald Trump set an ambitious, by-Christmas timetable for passage of the legislation.

The Latest on the Republican tax overhaul effort (all times local): 11:25 a.m.

A new deadline, rising prices and fewer options for help will greet health insurance shoppers as the Affordable Care Act's main enrollment window opens Wednesday.

Top White House aides, including Ivanka Trump, will be lobbying in the U.S. for a tax overhaul while President Donald Trump is traveling in Asia.

The Latest on President Donald Trump's tax overhaul (all times local): 12:20 p.m. President Donald Trump is meeting with business industry leaders to build momentum for his tax overhaul ahead of his lengthy trip to Asia.

California lawmakers should end a program that has awarded $780 million in tax credits to companies including General Motors and Snapchat because it creates an "uneven playing field" and its overall economic benefits are hard to determine, according to a state audit released Tuesday.

Two Republican lawmakers from New York are on the warpath after Rep. Kevin Brady said the tax reform bill coming Wednesday won't include a deduction for state income taxes.

___ Trump predicts passage of tax plan by Christmas WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is predicting that he will sign his tax overhaul by Christmas in the "biggest tax event in the history of our country."

Another deep crack has opened in support for President Donald Trump and the Republicans' tax-cutting plan.

The Latest on the Republican tax-cutting plan (all times EDT): 6 p.m. House GOP lawmakers from high-tax states who threatened to sink the Republican tax plan have wrung a key concession from GOP leaders over the federal deduction for state and local taxes.

Pennsylvania's governor has approved legislation authorizing a major expansion of gambling in what's already the nation's second-largest commercial casino state.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is opposing the tax bill House Republicans expect to unveil on Wednesday.