NPR: tax code https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131963924 tax code en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 May 2025 20:26:31 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: tax code https://www.npr.org/tags/131963924/tax-code Republicans Scrap Health Care Vote — Again; Trump Blasts 'So-Called Republicans' Republicans conceded that their latest Obamacare repeal-and-replace push does not have the votes. It's yet another embarrassment for GOP leadership and President Trump. Tue, 26 Sep 2017 11:05:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2017/09/26/553712561/republicans-scrapping-health-care-vote-again https://www.npr.org/2017/09/26/553712561/republicans-scrapping-health-care-vote-again

Republicans conceded that their latest Obamacare repeal-and-replace push does not have the votes. It's yet another embarrassment for GOP leadership and President Trump.

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]]> Domenico Montanaro Treasury Tries Again To Keep American Firms' Taxes In U.S. The department has revised rules first issued in April, aimed at so-called tax inversions and earnings stripping. They involve companies moving their legal addresses and tax bills abroad. Thu, 13 Oct 2016 22:56:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/13/497884872/treasury-tries-again-to-keep-american-firms-taxes-in-u-s https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/13/497884872/treasury-tries-again-to-keep-american-firms-taxes-in-u-s The department has revised rules first issued in April, aimed at so-called tax inversions and earnings stripping. They involve companies moving their legal addresses and tax bills abroad.

]]> Sonari Glinton Break It Down: NPR Reporters Fact Check The Republican Debate Last night's presidential debate focused on economic issues. Our reporters look at candidate claims about business creation, the minimum wage, trade and the length of the tax code. Wed, 11 Nov 2015 06:10:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/11/11/455568737/break-it-down-npr-reporters-fact-check-the-republican-debate https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/11/11/455568737/break-it-down-npr-reporters-fact-check-the-republican-debate Last night's presidential debate focused on economic issues. Our reporters look at candidate claims about business creation, the minimum wage, trade and the length of the tax code.

]]> Danielle Kurtzleben Lots Of Candidates Want To Simplify Tax Code; Here's What They Get Wrong Lots of politicians, Democrat and Republican, want to cut the number of brackets in the name of simplification. Here's what's wrong with that argument. Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:52:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/09/28/443203910/lots-of-candidates-want-to-simplify-the-tax-code-heres-what-they-get-wrong https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/09/28/443203910/lots-of-candidates-want-to-simplify-the-tax-code-heres-what-they-get-wrong

Lots of politicians, Democrat and Republican, want to cut the number of brackets in the name of simplification. Here's what's wrong with that argument.

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]]> Danielle Kurtzleben Obama's Plan To Tax Overseas Earnings Draws Scrutiny American firms have about $2 trillion in overseas accounts — money they could be using to hire workers and pay dividends in the U.S. The president wants to encourage them to bring that money home. Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:50:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2015/02/12/385471616/obamas-plan-to-tax-overseas-earnings-draws-scrutiny https://www.npr.org/2015/02/12/385471616/obamas-plan-to-tax-overseas-earnings-draws-scrutiny American firms have about $2 trillion in overseas accounts — money they could be using to hire workers and pay dividends in the U.S. The president wants to encourage them to bring that money home.

]]> Jim Zarroli Why Take-And-Bake Pizza Is Giving The Tax Guys A Headache These days more and more foods are straddling the line between prepared and unprepared, taxable and nontaxable. And that leaves policymakers with a strange conundrum: what to do about pizza. Mon, 12 May 2014 04:06:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/05/12/310999067/why-take-and-bake-pizza-is-giving-tax-guys-a-headache https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/05/12/310999067/why-take-and-bake-pizza-is-giving-tax-guys-a-headache

These days more and more foods are straddling the line between prepared and unprepared, taxable and nontaxable. And that leaves policymakers with a strange conundrum: what to do about pizza.

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]]> Miles Bryan Senate Finance Chairman Floats International Tax Code Overhaul Sen. Max Baucus released a detailed "discussion draft" Tuesday that envisions a revenue-neutral reshaping of the tax code. Among the plan's goals: bringing home some of the cash that U.S. corporations are thought to have parked overseas. Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:14:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/11/19/246163862/senate-finance-chair-floats-international-tax-code-overhaul https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/11/19/246163862/senate-finance-chair-floats-international-tax-code-overhaul Sen. Max Baucus released a detailed "discussion draft" Tuesday that envisions a revenue-neutral reshaping of the tax code. Among the plan's goals: bringing home some of the cash that U.S. corporations are thought to have parked overseas.

]]> Tamara Keith On The Road With Max And Dave: A Tax Overhaul Tour Sen. Max Baucus and Rep. Dave Camp skip much of Washington's formality when they're out traveling the country to try to drum up support for simplifying the tax code. They want to convince Americans — and their colleagues in Congress — that it's possible, and worth it. Tue, 06 Aug 2013 03:29:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/08/06/209238865/on-the-road-with-max-and-dave-a-tax-overhaul-tour https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/08/06/209238865/on-the-road-with-max-and-dave-a-tax-overhaul-tour

Sen. Max Baucus and Rep. Dave Camp skip much of Washington's formality when they're out traveling the country to try to drum up support for simplifying the tax code. They want to convince Americans — and their colleagues in Congress — that it's possible, and worth it.

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]]> Tamara Keith Tax Breaks For Organ Donors Aren't Boosting Transplant Supply The tax incentives are intended to defray the organ donor's cost in medical care, travel and lost wages. By federal statute, it's illegal to pay someone for the organ itself. But the modest breaks available in some states haven't made a dent. Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:46:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/08/30/160338259/tax-breaks-for-organ-donors-arent-boosting-transplant-supply https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/08/30/160338259/tax-breaks-for-organ-donors-arent-boosting-transplant-supply

The tax incentives are intended to defray the organ donor's cost in medical care, travel and lost wages. By federal statute, it's illegal to pay someone for the organ itself. But the modest breaks available in some states haven't made a dent.

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]]> Richard Knox Obama Eyes Tax Code Overhaul To Raise Revenue Obama consideration of a tax code overhaul could give him another area of agreement with the GOP. Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:12:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2010/12/10/131963136/obama-eyes-tax-code-overhaul-to-raise-revenue https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2010/12/10/131963136/obama-eyes-tax-code-overhaul-to-raise-revenue Obama consideration of a tax code overhaul could give him another area of agreement with the GOP.

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