Income taxes

The $1 million threshold at which the 23.8% capital gains rate would nearly double has sparked questions — and a strategy for some well-paid professionals.

Congress introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at changing the estimated tax payment deadlines to a uniform, quarterly schedule.

House Democrats in high-tax New York, New Jersey, enlist help from firefighters, teachers and other union members to repeal the $10,000 SALT cap on deducting state and local taxes, including property taxes.

The administration’s American Families Plan includes a bump in the top tax rate to 39.6%, but doesn’t specify thresholds for different types of filers.

Some taxpayers, including those who aren't millionaires, have been hammered by the limit, writes Bloomberg’s Alexis Leondis.

The Treasury secretary has previously said she would work with Congress on ways to ease the “disparate treatment” across taxpayers from the deduction limit.

As Congress considers Biden’s $2.25 trillion spending and tax proposal, party members are being explicit with their constituents about how much it’ll cost them.

“We need to study just what impact it’s had,” the Treasury secretary said during a House Financial Services Committee hearing Tuesday.

Holders of donor-advised funds increased their disbursements last year in response to urgent demands for greater charitable contributions to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some business owners can get hurt by workarounds to the $10,000 limit for state and local tax deductions.