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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares McConnell: De-link bipartisan infrastructure bill from reconciliation bill, or… else? Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned President Biden not to let House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer “hold a bipartisan bill hostage over a separate and partisan process.” McConnell insists he is undecided on the bipartisan deal. But Democrats

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Key Findings Thirteen states have notable tax changes taking effect July 1, 2021. Indiana has the lone corporate income tax rate change, with the rate decreasing from 5.25 to 4.9 percent. Montana will begin using a corporate income tax apportionment formula with a double-weighted sales factor. Idaho will offer a one-time individual income

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Hired Tax Lawyer on Contingency? An International Cautionary Tale Hired a Tax Lawyer on Contingency?  Hired Tax Lawyer on Contingency? An International Cautionary Tale: The idea of hiring a tax attorney on contingency sounds great, right? You have a potentially major IRS tax liability that may span several years and multiple countries or

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators have agreed to the framework of a plan to boost infrastructure spending by about $579 billion. On top of already planned spending for roads, bridges, transit, water, and broadband, it would amount to a massive $1 trillion.  And they have agreed to pay for it

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares A temporary gas shortage, caused by a hack attack, on much of the East Coast last month and fear of rising inflation have led some people to wonder if the 1970s are back. The Bureau of Economic Analysis report released last week did little to settle this fear, finding that the Personal Consumption

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Today the Supreme Court announced it will not resolve a key question of state taxation: Should income tax dollars support where you work or where you live? By declining to hear a dispute between two New England states, the court maintains the current rule of “it depends.” New Hampshire vs. Massachusetts involved Massachusetts’s

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Threading the infrastructure needle. On Thursday, to keep progressive congressional Democrats happy, President Biden said he would not sign a $1 trillion infrastructure bill unless it is paired with a larger package of social spending. Republicans immediately objected, saying last week’s infrastructure agreement with a small bipartisan group of senators included no preconditions.