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Tax overhaul
So far, the tax overhaul isn’t living up to many of its promises
by
Justin Ho
Jun 19, 2019
It can take a while to understand the real effects of such a major change, but in the last few days, we’ve learned a little about how the nation’s tax law is playing out.
Tax Day used to be a party at the post office
Apr 15, 2019
It was a deadline that brought people together.
This tax season, accountants are double-checking their software
Apr 3, 2019
It's the first filing season under the tax overhaul of 2017. Software companies are still catching up.
Why we need GDP growth
Feb 28, 2019
Last year, the U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.9 per cent — a pretty respectable number, and a likely product of the 2017 tax overhaul. But as the “sugar-high” from those tax cuts wanes, what will the effects of sub-3 percent growth rates mean for the U.S. economy in the long run? Click […]
The history — and psychology — behind the tax refund
Feb 20, 2019
When did taxpayers and industries start to rely on the refund?
Should Massachusetts tax its wealthiest higher ed institutions to subsidize the cost for public college students?
Nov 1, 2018
Universities with big endowments must start paying a new tax that passed as part of the GOP’s tax overhaul.
Where are Affordable Care Act premiums headed?
May 4, 2018
Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the Republican-controlled House voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has said the vote would increase the number of uninsured Americans by more than 20 million. Well, Obamacare is still standing, but as part of the tax overhaul, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans […]
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Athletic departments scramble as donors lose tax deduction for ticket rights
by
Andy Uhler
Jan 1, 2018
Donations made in exchange for university sports season tickets will no longer be 80 percent tax deductible in 2018, which has some schools worried that donations could drop.
Born in the year of tax reform
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 22, 2017
Two 31-year-olds discuss the changes to a tax code that hasn't seen major reform since they were born.
What the tax bill means for economic mobility
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Daisy Palacios
Dec 22, 2017
It's "going to increase our black-white wealth gap," says professor Dorothy Brown of Emory University.