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Comprehensive US Tax Reform Legislation Anticipated in 2017

23rd February 2017
The February issue of Wolters Kluwer's Blue Chip Economic Indicators suggests that Congress is likely to pass – and President Trump is likely to sign - comprehensive legislation aimed at reforming the tax code this year. This month's report suggests that, while the Trump Administration's pledges of tax cuts, infrastructure spending and regulatory relief have […]
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House and Senate Members Move to Make New Markets Tax Credit Permanent

23rd February 2017
Legislation was introduced in the House and Senate to secure the future of the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC). Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and two colleagues on the House Ways and Means Committee, Congressmen Tom Reed (R-NY) and Richard Neal (D-MA), the Ranking Member on the committee, introduced the House bill. They were joined by […]
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Campaign Urges Opposition to US ‘Age Tax’

22nd February 2017
AARP recently launched a campaign against the ‘age tax’, a proposed unfair penalty on older adults that would line the pockets of big insurance companies, allowing them to charge older Americans over $3,000 more than they currently pay per year. AARP launched a new series of advertising that will also appear in numerous Congressional districts […]
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Short Term Insurance Regulation Could Leave Americans Uninsured

21st February 2017
Communicating for America (CA) recently sent Tom Price, the newly named Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a clear message – the enforcement of a new regulations on short term insurance plans needs to be delayed until a there is legislative clarity about how to replace Obamacare. The letter, written by CA […]
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Lawsuit to Protect Freedom of Association Could End Forced Union Dues

20th February 2017
The Association of American Educators (AAE), the largest national, non-union teachers' association, and eight of its California member educators recently filed a lawsuit against the California Teachers Association challenging the constitutionality of California's "agency shop" law. "Agency shop" arrangements violate educators' First Amendment guarantee to free speech and free association by forcing public school teachers […]
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The Fiduciary Rule Lives On in Texas, Only to Die in Washington, DC

17th February 2017
Chief US District Judge of the Northern District of Texas recently issued a "stinging court defeat" to the lobbying arms of the big banks – the US Chamber of Commerce, Financial Services Institute, Financial Services Roundtable, Insured Retirement Institute, and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association – by upholding the "Fiduciary Rule." Now, administrators in […]
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IBA Calls for End to Undermining of US Judiciary & the Rule of Law by Trump

16th February 2017
The International Bar Association (IBA) calls for a halt to President Donald Trump’s undermining of the United States judiciary – and consequently the rule of law – through personal attacks on respected jurists. Following the unanimous decision of the judges of the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in San Francisco, not to reinstate the […]
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