The French government has denied a report that it set up a secret division of its tax authority devoted to investigating French Jews with property in Israel. The Israeli business newspaper Globes reported on Thursday that France’s Ministry of Finance had hired 20 Hebrew-speaking employees who are charged with poring over tax and property records…
Dec 25 (Reuters) – A man claiming to be the person who delivered a gift-wrapped package of horse manure at the Los Angeles home of U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday he did it to protest the federal tax overhaul signed into law last week by President Trump. Robert Strong, 45, a psychologist…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Most Jewish groups decried a massive tax reform package for what they said were cuts in taxes that would savage entitlements, although some groups celebrated discrete victories in portions of the massive bill. The Republican-led Senate and U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill this week, and President Donald Trump, who hungered…
Lee Zeldin may be one of Trump’s most loyal supporters in Congress. But the recent vote on Trump’s tax reform faced the New York Jewish Republican with a tough choice, between his party, and his constitutents. Zeldin went with his constituents, voting against the tax reform bill when it came to the House floor and…
It should have been an easy one. Ivanka Trump, like other top officials, took to the networks Thursday morning to celebrate the administration’s success in passing tax reform through congress. But speaking to Fox News from the White House front lawn, Ivanka managed to botch some of the plan’s key details. “I’m really looking forward…
The Republican tax bill that recently passed the House of Representatives contains an obscure provision that many right-wing Christian activists have been advocating for — a repeal of the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 law that prohibits churches and synagogues from engaging in political activity. Currently, pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit could risk having…
More than 400 millionaires and billionaires have signed a letter urging Congressional Republicans not to cut their taxes. The letter, organized by the nonprofits United for a Fair Economy and Voices for Progress, urges Congress not to pass a tax bill that “further exacerbates inequality.” The letter claims that the bills working their way through…
Last week, Ivanka Trump, accompanied by the Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox cable news show to discuss tax reform wearing a high-necked shift dress. Ivanka’s shift dress was worn throughout a day filled with lobbying for tax reform, including a “fireside chat” stop at the Reagan Library in California….
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