Trump administration

The Trump administration's big tax legislation has plenty for the real estate industry to like, says an expert from Baker Tilly.

One sector that the bill is particularly positive for is real estate, experts say.

Paul Atkins said he doesn't like regulation by enforcement, a message that broker-dealer groups have spent the last several years longing to hear.

By agreeing to share taxpayer data at all, the Internal Revenue Service is taking an unprecedented step that breaks with longstanding assurances.

The Internal Revenue Service is projected to lose more than $313 billion over a decade as undocumented workers are poised to pay fewer taxes.

Cutting IRS staffing in half over the next 10 months would mean less help and longer waits for taxpayers and let wealthy tax cheats escape paying what they owe.

Banks' latest annual reports, filed in the early weeks of the second Trump administration, provide a window into how the industry is adjusting to a new political climate.

A group of former commissioners at the Internal Revenue Service is sounding the alarm about the thousands of layoffs at the agency in the midst of tax season.

The order called for agencies including the SEC and the FTC to submit draft regulations for White House review before publication.

Bessent said the Internal Revenue Service would be largely spared from DOGE's cost-cutting — at least until after the April 15 filing deadline.

There are 20 states that have sovereign wealth funds, generally funded by commodities or land, that might serve as models.

Billy Long served as a representative from Missouri from 2011 to 2023. 

The decisions clients make now can play a significant role in how much will be forgiven.

More than 130 fund management and financial advisory firms have written letters opposing the plan. And the complaints keep coming.

Investor advocates, religious groups and proponents of ESG investing argue the changes are a gift to business lobbyists that will muzzle corporate critics.

“Americans are relying on Social Security more than ever during this pandemic,” House Ways and Means Social Security subcommittee chairman John B. Larson wrote.

Fidelity's letter to the Labor Department says the proposal isn't “well grounded or supported by much of the emerging data.”

A second-term Trump administration would likely continue its deregulatory efforts, focus on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's exit from conservatorship, and seek to facilitate fintech participation in the banking system.

While the Trump administration has called for a delay to the April 15 deadline, they have yet to issue formal guidance on when paperwork is due.

So much faith has been put on the partial trade deal with China that stocks have nearly recovered since President Trump’s first round of tariffs on imports.