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Ryan Foresees Tax Reform Legislation This Year

Annette Nellen, Tax Reform, Legislation

House Speaker Paul Ryan released a joint statement on tax reform (from the six folks working behind the scenes on tax reform – Ryan, Brady, McConnell, Hatch, Mnuchin and Cohn). Here is the key portion about tax changes:

“We have always been in agreement that tax relief for American families should be at the heart of our plan. We also believe there should be a lower tax rate for small businesses so they can compete with larger ones, and lower rates for all American businesses so they can compete with foreign ones. Read More

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House Budget Plan And Tax Reform

Speaker Ryan’s email message and blog post today notes that the House Republican budget plan “paves the way for transformational tax reform.” The Budget Committee has a markup session this morning. When Speaker Ryan tours the New Balance factory in Massachusetts on July 20 he will “promote the historic tax reform plan currently being developed by the House, Senate, and Trump administration.” [7/17/17 press release]  Read More

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Ryan Says Tax Reform Will Happen In 2017

On June 20, 2017, Speaker Paul Ryan spoke to the National Association of Manufacturers about tax reform. He has a 1 minute YouTube video of highlights here. The tag line is “Tax reform is happening. Not next year or next Congress. It is happening now, in 2017.”

Per his email message of 7/5, “We’re not talking about some rinky-dink, watered-down version of reform where the status quo basically remains as is. No, instead, imagine transformational tax reform that closes decades of loopholes, shakes up the IRS, and actually encourages businesses to stay and grow here in America.” Read More

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States Need To Get Ready For Federal Tax Reform

Annette Nellen

There is lots of talk about federal tax reform. We are likely to see some legislative language from the House in spring, according to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (see Jeremy Quittner, “Paul Ryan Says Tax Reform Won’t Happen Any Time Soon,” Fortune, 2/2/17).

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Repealing Obamacare – Costs and Issues!

Annette Nellen

The 115th Congress started on January 3 and repeal of Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) has begun. Here is information from Majority Speaker Paul Ryan including the budget resolution to help with the repeal. He states:

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