House Approves Funding Bill, Avoids Government Shutdown
The House of Representatives on September 30 approved a short-term spending measure and sent it to President Joe Biden for …
Jeff Carlson
Jeff Carlson covers federal tax legislation on Capitol Hill for Thomson Reuters.
Previously Jeff worked at CCH covering federal tax legislation for 18 years. Prior to that he was a business reporter for several daily newspapers.
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Senate OKs Short-Term Funding Bill, Likely Averting Gov’t Shutdown
The Senate on September 29 approved a short-term spending measure, sending it to the House of Representatives, where it is …
Congress Expected to Recess Until Mid-November
The House of Representatives will be out for six weeks starting October 1 and the Senate is expected to follow …
Senate Readies Vote on Stopgap Government Funding
The Senate is preparing for a vote on a continuing resolution that would keep the federal government funded through mid-December …
Congress Still Grappling with Short-Term Funding Bill
Both Houses of Congress departed Washington on September 15 without taking any action on a continuing resolution (CR) to keep …
Senators Present Text of Bipartisan Bill to Boost Retirement Savings
The top member from each party on the Senate Finance Committee—Chair Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, and ranking Republican Mike …
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IRS Reminds Taxpayers to Remove Excess Salary Deferrals By April 15
In an Employee Plans news alert, the IRS has reminded taxpayers that for 2021 the aggregate total of salary deferrals …
Private Companies Misjudging Level of Effort Needed to Adopt New lease Accounting Rules
Some private companies have misjudged the amount of backwork the FASB’s lease accounting standard requires and could run into adoption …
Guidance, List of Eligible Cars Issued for Revised Electric-Vehicle Credits
On its website, the IRS has issued guidance on tapping the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’s tax credits for electric vehicles (“Plug-in …