Tax Reform Momentum Ramping Up, CEOs Dump Trump, Economists Weigh In, and more – This Week’s Key Issues in Tax Policy – August 28, 2017

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What are the key tax policy issues to focus on this week?

The House and Senate continue their 5-week summer recess, before returning after Labor Day. That doesn’t stop staff, members and industry from working hard on important tax issues, as political pressure to deliver a tax win, before the end of the year, continues to mount.

The timeline for tax reform was already very tight, with midterm elections around the corner, it will only continue to narrow. Could tax reform spill into 2018, and how far?

Here are this this week’s key issues in tax policy

This, and so much more, is covered in this issue of The Tax Policy Update:

  • Trump Aides Predicting Brutal September. Brutal.
  • Tax Reform – Developments
    • Momentum Ramping Up? Oh my yes
    • How Long Will Reconciliation Be Relevant?
    • Temporary Cuts Are Gaining Steam – Maybe
    • Republicans Debating Retroactivity
    • House Public Sales Pitch Begins
    • Interest Groups Working Hard to be Influence Outcome
  • Border Adjustment Tax Fallout
  • Brady Says Political Climate Won’t Deter Tax Reform Effort
  • Corporate CEO’s Dumping Trump
  • Trump Continues to Criticize McConnell
  • Paper Says Trump Tax Plan Hurts Families
  • Religious Leaders Ask Congress to Preserve Johnson Amendment
  • Baldwin Announces Bill to Expand Research Tax Credit
  • Economists Say a Different Tax Base is Key to Maintain Revenue & Grow Economy

In this issue of the D Squared Tax Policy Update

Details on the issues outlined above as well as the most recent relevant Congressional and legislative developments on tax extenders, tax cut, tax credits, tax reform and other related issues.

Get a more in-depth analysis

The key issues of the week are covered in great detail in the August 28, 2017 edition of the D Squared Tax Policy Update.

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