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Tax Hike Nonsense

The battle over the Budget Resolution is a spending fight, not a tax fight. There is broad agreement over how to extend the expiring individual and pass-through tax policies, whereas there are significant differences when it comes to spending reductions. The problem for Main Street is some members apparently don’t know the difference.

This chart from CBO tells the whole story. Revenues into the federal government are well above historic norms and rising. Spending, meanwhile, is simply out of control. The federal government used to spend one out of every five dollars as recently as 2019 – it is now …

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admin2025-04-09T19:27:45+00:00April 9, 2025|

Talking Taxes in a Truck Episode 41: Ryan Ellis on Tariffs, the “Big Beautiful Bill,” SALT, and More

Between tariffs and budget resolutions, it’s been an eventful and busy week here at S-Corp central. To cover it all, we’re joined by three-time podcast guest Ryan Ellis, the President of the Center for a Free Economy and an IRS Enrolled Agent. Ryan gives us his unvarnished take on the tariffs, the Senate budget resolution, baseline budgeting, SALT Parity, Republican tax hikes and more.

This episode of Talking Taxes in a Truck was recorded on April 3, 2025, and runs 33 minutes long.

admin2025-04-03T21:16:55+00:00April 3, 2025|

Clickbait for Tax Hikers

The DC tax community has been buzzing since Axios reported the White House is considering rate hikes to offset their other tax priorities. This from the article:

Some White House officials believe letting income taxes on the very highest earners rise would buy breathing room on other priorities, and help blunt Democrats’ attacks as they seek to extend President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.

…Under the budget reconciliation rules that Republicans seek to use to extend the tax cuts, that would free up more revenue that could be used to fulfill some of Trump’s populist promises, such as eliminating taxes on …

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admin2025-04-03T15:22:18+00:00April 3, 2025|

Committee Reviews CTA’s Future

Earlier today a House Financial Services subcommittee held a hearing entitled, “Following the Money: Tools and Techniques to Combat Fraud.” The hearing covered many topics, but the conversation returned time and again to the awful Corporate Transparency Act.

The hearing kicked off with Congressman Warren Davidson (R-OH) – who leads the charge to repeal the statute – making the case for the Treasury Department’s recent overhaul of the CTA rules:

Presumably, operating a business or even a homeowners association, means you are engaged in illicit finance. Meanwhile, our Constitution says that …

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admin2025-04-01T22:51:30+00:00April 1, 2025|

The Economic Risk of Cliff Diving

A key paragraph from today’s Politico Tax highlights a critical issue for Main Street businesses:

A good number of economists already say that extending the expiring TCJA individual provisions wouldn’t do much to further spur the economy. That’s part of the reason that Trump and his team are plugging some of his more targeted tax cut ideas, while other key Republicans are talking up key tax breaks for businesses, like full expensing for capital investments.

But that focus misses the point entirely. The question isn’t whether extending current policy would provide a bump– it’s whether allowing a massive tax hike to …

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admin2025-03-31T21:26:04+00:00March 31, 2025|