Sentences with phrase «of broader tax reform»

Actually, I don't want to get into a long thread on carbon taxes (Richmond's in front of Sydney), but my main point of difference is that you assume that any carbon price is necessarily a significant burden on an economy, but what if carbon pricing is part of a broader tax reform agenda with a shift in taxes from, say, income and company taxes to carbon pricing?

Schumer said he took a similar approach in 1986 when he was a New York House member and broke ranks with Democrats who wanted to repeal the state and local tax deduction (SALT) as part of a broader tax reform package.

Schumer said Trump would likely face the same resistance that former President Ronald Reagan did in 1986 when he proposed eliminating the state and local property tax deduction as part of a broad tax reform plan.

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Deprivation angered Greek voters, destroying any possibility of building a broad consensus on sensible economic reforms — such as creating a tax system that would force the some of the world's most notorious tax dodgers to contribute to the running of the government.

«The collapse of the Senate's healthcare strategy is a near - term negative for the GOP's broader legislative agenda, but we contend that failing to pass health care legislation dramatically increases the sense of urgency surrounding the tax reform conversation,» Boltansky wrote.

U.S. tax reform discrete impacts On December 22, 2017, the United States enacted tax reform legislation that included a broad range of business tax provisions, including but not limited to a reduction in the U.S. federal tax rate from 35 % to 21 % as well as provisions that limit or eliminate various deductions or credits.

In the letter, Republicans applauded the Trump administration's successes on tax reform, but warned that «adding new taxes in the form of broad tariffs would undermine this remarkable progress.»

On Wednesday, at a White House press briefing, National Economic Council Chair Gary Cohn and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin unveiled the broad outlines of President Donald Trump's tax reform plan.

Support for something like Mike Lee's tax reform has broad support outside the base of the base.

If the Government was seriously considering a discriminatory tax on a particular food or drink to either raise revenue and / or attempt to tackle the growing waistlines of Australians, then the industry would recommend a broader tax reform through the GST, an increased emphasis on raising people's awareness of the whole diet, and programs to get people, especially kids, more physically active.

• Adopting business tax reform - including broad - based rate reductions, elimination of special fees and assessments on business, and streamlining tax administration and compliance burdens.

«The Governor and key legislators have set a positive tone for 2014 but there are also renewed calls for increased state spending, new taxes and new employer mandates,» said Heather C. Briccetti, Esq., president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. «We believe it is important for New York to maintain its focus on state spending restraint and broad - based reforms.»

Obviously, our main focus is on the Executive Budget's business tax reform provisions, but the broad scope of the budget's spending and programmatic initiatives affect many of our members, and I have attached an overview of other significant Executive Budget provisions of concern to The Business Council members.

Finally, we strongly oppose any temporary increase in, or surcharge on, any of our broad based taxes without a prior commitment to significant spending restraint and other fiscal reforms to provide long term stability, and affordability, to the state's budget.

The issue is now likely to be mixed into the broader, end - of - session negotiations in Albany, which include rent reform, the 421 - a tax break and an education tax credit for religious schools.

«I think some of the governor's economic development — the broad - based reforms to the business climate and the more tactical, programmatic work like regional councils and START - UP are taking hold, and you're seeing the positive effect in the vibe of people, in the comments of people,» Adams said, referencing a system of tax - free zones rooted in public universities.

The proposal is merely a stop - gap, in lieu of broader reform of the city's property tax system, which the mayor has promised but has been slow to act on.

An unusually broad coalition in Michigan is urging voters next week to tackle the state's long - running problems of high property taxes and unequal school spending by linking them together under the banner of statewide tax reform.

The organized CEOs would play a major role throughout the 1980s lobbying for K - 12 reform, as part of a broader agenda to limit taxes and state spending.

However, no other tax legislation in history has had such a profound and broad impact on the landscape than the Tax Reform Act of 19tax legislation in history has had such a profound and broad impact on the landscape than the Tax Reform Act of 19Tax Reform Act of 1986.

In the Canadian dollar's defense, there is still modest scope for optimism: Energy prices have room to potentially nudge higher (although much of the good news is already in the oil price), fears of a border adjustment tax have faded alongside expectations for broad - based tax reform, and net speculative positioning in the Canadian dollar is already particularly bearish (see the chart below).

Broad - based equity markets have been on a rollercoaster ride since Jan. 30, 2018, as market participants appear to be reassessing the impact of inflation and potential consequences from the recent tax reform.

More importantly, a «fee» legal structure limits the uses of revenue from the policy to addressing carbon / pollution issues, not broader issues like rural economic development (as in 6203) or tax reform (as in I - 732).

The Senator's willingness to discuss an array of options for use of the carbon tax revenue is a helpful invitation to his colleagues of both parties to fold carbon taxes into broader tax and regulatory reform.

There is also ample scope for reforming tax systems to deal much more effectively with broader environmental and related problems that can be a significant drag on economic growth, such as the health and productivity impacts of poor air quality, and severe congestion of major urban centers.

«The number - one tax related concern of small businesses today is the possible elimination of deductions and credits without an offsetting reduction in tax rates,» stated NSBA Chair Pedro Alfonso of Dynamic Concepts, Inc. in Washington, D.C. «The need for broad tax reform — and not just a tinkering here and there — is a real need for millions of American small businesses.»

«Now that the Republicans have provided the skeleton and offered a broad outline for tax reform, the important part of negotiation begins in order to flesh out the vast details,» said Daniel D. Mennenoh, president of the American Land Title Association (ALTA), in a statement.

«NAR remains concerned that the overall structure of the tax reform bill poses problems for homeowners and the broader housing market, but the conference committee has made some important improvements to the House and Senate legislation outlined below that ultimately will benefit some homeowners and communities,» according to NAR in a statement on its Tax Reform patax reform bill poses problems for homeowners and the broader housing market, but the conference committee has made some important improvements to the House and Senate legislation outlined below that ultimately will benefit some homeowners and communities,» according to NAR in a statement on its Tax Reformreform bill poses problems for homeowners and the broader housing market, but the conference committee has made some important improvements to the House and Senate legislation outlined below that ultimately will benefit some homeowners and communities,» according to NAR in a statement on its Tax Reform paTax ReformReform page.

There also is a myriad of pending tax issues falling victim to a Congress that still claims to have broad tax reform on the agenda, but never seems to find the right time to explore it (as the country is always just a year or two from the next election).

On Wednesday, September 27, 2017 the «Group of Six» consisting of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn will release a broad tax reform outline.