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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Does the IRS consider interest on a home equity line of credit deductible as a second mortgage? Source: Flickr The home equity line of credit of an individual is considered to be deductible as a second mortgage for many people, but there are a number of considerations that need to be adhered to

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares White House releases its $6 trillion budget today. The Washington Post reports President Biden will propose no new major policies in the budget beyond the many ambitious ideas in his American Jobs Plan and American Rescue Plan. The budget reflects his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal, $1.8 trillion education and families plan, and $1.5

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Today, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) reintroduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE Act) to reform federal treatment of marijuana by descheduling it, meaning it no longer would be a prohibited substance. Not surprisingly, the bill includes an excise tax on all sales of marijuana products, which would take effect six months

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Arizona legislators are considering tax changes as part of the fiscal year 2022 budget process that is underway. Companion omnibus taxation bills HB 2900 and SB 1828 would reduce individual income tax rates for all taxpayers, consolidate the state’s graduated-rate income tax brackets into what would effectively be a two-rate structure by 2023,

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares President Biden on Friday is set to unveil his first full budget along with Treasury’s Green Book, which will provide the first detailed look at key revenue proposals in the American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan. We already know that Biden aims to raise the top individual income tax rate from 37

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Welcome to the latest episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast. You can subscribe either by emailing naomi [at] taxjustice.net or find us on your podcast app. In this episode: Taxcast host Naomi Fowler talks to millionaire and wealth tax campaigner Djaffar Shalchi of Millionaires for Humanity about his experience of moving from

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares President Biden’s campaign promise never to raise taxes on those making $400,000 or less annually will inevitably conflict with his proposal to tax unrealized capital gains at death. We estimate Biden’s new capital gains tax could exempt about 98 percent of decedents who made $400,000 or less, but about 2 percent may face