As the White House readies for a tax overhaul push, some Republicans are expressing concerns about the point-men for the effort: Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and economic adviser Gary Cohn. Cohn and Mnuchin are both New York Democrats, who have occasionally broken with conservatives on social policy and even economic matters, leading some on the…
Noah’s Ark was used to save the world’s animals from perishing in a flood. Its to-size replica, opened in 2016, may be used to save its parent organization from paying taxes. Ark Encounter, a museum with a life-size replica of the biblical Noah’s Ark, is engaged in an escalating dispute with the city council of…
(JTA) That small little law known as the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits electioneering by houses of worship and other charities and which President Trump has vowed to repeal, is exceptionally important to preserve. Even if it is not widely enforced, the permission it grants to the Internal Revenue Service to pursue violators is critical to…
As the White House presses a plan to lower individual and corporate taxes, President Trump still will not be releasing his own tax returns – a departure from decades of presidential practice. Mnuchin: Trump has no intention of releasing tax returns pic.twitter.com/dU9Ylw1jLT — Axios (@axios) April 26, 2017 “The president has no intention, the president…
It must have been a busy year for Ivanka Trump. So busy that she neglected to pay her New York state taxes. Now, President Trump’s Jewish daughter is facing a lien order after one of her companies, Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry, failed to pay $5,000 in state taxes. The Daily Mail has the scoop with…
Coke and Pepsi are feeling the Bern this week, and not in a good way. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders demanded in a cease and desist letter that the behemoth corporations stop using him in their ads against soda taxes in San Francisco and Oakland. “Advertising from the American Beverage Association that implies that I oppose…
JERUSALEM – Israel’s Tax Authority says it wants a cut of gratuities traditionally offered to Jewish ritual circumcisors and a slice of the payments that private kosher inspectors usually pocket. A recent state comptroller’s report said unreported payments for such religious services could account for tens of millions of dollars of income kept off the…
A prominent Greek Jewish communal organization condemned a right-wing politician after he claimed that Jews don’t pay taxes. Panos Kammenos, leader of the small right-wing Independent Greeks Party, made the comment Monday during an interview on the Antenna television channel. The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece issued a statement in response saying it…
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