Now that Obamacare repeal efforts and other debates surrounding health care have been shelved — for now, anyway — members of Congress have turned their attention toward the new issue du jour: tax reform. While there’s little consensus on exactly what form tax reform should look like, pretty much every politician on Capitol Hill agrees […]

In Springfield, Missouri in August, President Donald Trump laid out the core motivation of his comprehensive tax plan: fairness. If Congress and the administration are serious about making America’s tax structure fairer, their first action should be to end the free ride enjoyed by large credit unions at the expense of banks and taxpayers. Read […]

Tax reform is all the talk in Washington these days, and President Trump has stressed that one of his main goals in tax reform is to make taxes fairer by leveling the playing field for all businesses. The first thing Congress and the president should do if they’re serious about fairness is to stop picking […]

CONGRESS AND THE TRUMP administration are working together to pass fundamental tax reform before the end of the year. Tax reform’s goals include lowering rates and broadening the base to stimulate economic growth. One principle of taxation is treating similar businesses in a similar manner. That does not always happen, and tax reform presents the opportunity […]

When you think of credit unions, you probably think of a community-oriented financial institution with a handful of branches dotting your town. You may think of them as a place where folks who work at the same factory or teach in the same school system can get a car loan or put money aside in […]

On behalf of National Taxpayers Union (NTU), I thank the Senate Committee on Finance for the opportunity to submit comments regarding the most critical economic issue facing our nation: reforming America’s tax laws. For nearly five decades, NTU has advocated on behalf of taxpayers in Washington and in state capitals across the country. We were […]