Taxes
Ivanka, Mnuchin pitch tax plan to friendly crowd
Ivanka Trump and Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin pitched the GOP tax plan in Ocean County, N.J.
8 years ago
Pa. voters passed new rules for property taxes. So, now what?
Ryan Briggs, of City & State PA, joins NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller to discuss the possibility of lowering or eliminating property taxes across the commonwealth.
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Pa. voters pass property tax amendment
Pennsylvania voters agreed to a ballot measure that will amend the constitution to let municipalities stop charging property taxes.
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Three Pa. cities vary widely in how they take advantage of coveted state ‘improvement zone’ status
The program aims to ignite investment in historically hard-to-develop neighborhoods by allowing developers to use tax revenue to pay off things like construction debt.
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Some small Pa. businesses uneasy over proposed tax code changes
Smaller business owners would also get a lower rate on some of their income, but there are limits to who would benefit.
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GOP tax plan calls for levy on endowment-rich universities, colleges
Republicans have criticized the nation’s wealthiest universities for accruing billions of dollars while avoiding most taxes due to their nonprofit status.
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Trump seeks end to health care penalty in House GOP tax bill
President Donald Trump is pressuring Republicans to repeal a health care law penalty in their tax rewrite.
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Pa. Ballot Question / Conservative media / Foreign lobbying
Guests: Ryan Briggs, Callum Borchers, Theodoric Meyer We begin today’s show discussing the ball ...
Air Date: November 2, 2017
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As U.S. House GOP gets ready to talk taxes, Pa. Dems lobby to keep local deductions
Getting rid of the state and local tax deduction known as SALT would be "a tax increase on the middle class, pure and simple," said Gov. Tom Wolf.
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NewsWorks Tonight, October 25, 2017
A new analysis finds those assigned public defenders in Pennsylvania are more likely to receive the death penalty. A tax reform amendme ...
Air Date: October 25, 2017
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Uncertainty swirls around Pa. property tax amendment that will soon go before voters
A constitutional change before Pennsylvania voters could lower property taxes and shake up school funding. Or it could do nothing at all.
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Q&A on the GOP effort to overhaul the nation's tax system
But can they deliver? What are the next steps for Congress? How would the changes affect the average taxpayer? Some questions and answers:
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NewsWorks Tonight, October 20, 2017
The Philadelphia region’s Congressional delegation reacts to the Senate’s tax reform vote. Temple University law professor D ...
Air Date: October 20, 2017
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N.J., Pa. GOP push tax overhaul, with one key reservation — property tax deductions
The effort to overhaul the nation's tax code is testing the GOP's ability to govern, and right now the region's lawmakers are highlighting the difficulty facing party leaders.
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Democrats, moderate Republicans finding new path for Pa. shale tax
Natural gas severance tax proponents say going through new committee could be breakthrough in Pennsylvania legislature.
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