by Family Enterprise USA Admin | May 22, 2020 | COVID-19, FEUSA, In The News, Taxes
What to Expect in Next Economic Recovery Package House Democrats’ Opening Bid—The HEROES Act Only four days after its May 12 introduction, the House narrowly approved the HEROES Act (H.R.6800), 208-199. The legislation contains Democratic policy priorities, including...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | Mar 28, 2020 | FEUSA, In The News, Taxes
Congress has approved a 2 trillion dollar emergency relief bill, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and sent it to the White House, where it is expected to be promptly signed by President Trump. The bill includes hundreds of billions of...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | Mar 12, 2020 | FEUSA, In The News, Taxes
Illinois Illinois governor floats graduated state income tax that would replace flat tax. Massachusetts IT’S A MINIMUM TAX: Massachusetts lawmakers are seeking to update the state’s corporate tax structure to funnel more money toward transportation, as...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | Feb 14, 2020 | FEUSA, In The News, Taxes
Idaho: State Rep. Jason Monks is proposing to kill off property taxes with a 5-percentage point increase in the sales tax — a move that would take the statewide rate all the way up to around 11 percent. “I call it a thought grenade; we threw it out there and...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | Jan 28, 2020 | Family Businesses, FEUSA, Taxes
By, Jay Prag, Townhall.com When a revolution is driven by perceived, unjust inequality it often features a violent overthrow of a very small upper class by the much larger, (often characterized as) oppressed lower class. And famously during the French revolution the...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | Dec 21, 2019 | FEUSA, Taxes
If you’ve seen the recent FEUSA/PATG presentation on Voter Sentiment and Tax Policy, you know we highlight the fact that most of the tax deals happen at the end of the year when Congress has a deadline and wants to leave town. It wasn’t much different this year as...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | Dec 10, 2019 | Estate Taxes, FEUSA, Taxes
Another week, another plethora of proposals to tax the rich. Most of these plans are from presidential aspirants, with an assist to outside groups who are more than happy to outline the various ways the taxation could be accomplished. Just this week we got an...
by Ian Wynne | Jul 2, 2019 | Estate Taxes, Family Businesses, FEUSA, Taxes
While I can’t say I’m pleased with what we learned, I am encouraged that there is a roadmap forward. Capitalism isn’t dead, but it is certainly damaged thanks to decades of political attack and corporate abuse. But there’s hope: The word “capitalism”...
by Ian Wynne | May 13, 2019 | Family Businesses, Taxes
Pat Soldano is speaking at the FON – Family Office Network on 5/14 on; Tax Policy – What Now? Everyone who has a stake in the game, (paying taxes) should come, listen and learn from an expert on taxation, taxation legislation and specifically the estate...
by Ian Wynne | Apr 23, 2019 | Estate Taxes, FEUSA, State Death Tax, Taxes
Unlike most outspoken Hollywood stars, business moguls and the incredibly wealthy Oprah Winfey has a different take on taxes, especially that of the Death Tax. Interestingly enough here, is Oprah Winfrey talking about tax reform, her specific issues with how the...
by FEUSA | Jan 30, 2019 | Taxes
Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, two left-leaning economists at the University of California, Berkeley, have been advising Warren on a proposal to levy a 2 percent wealth tax on Americans with assets above $50 million, as well as a 3 percent wealth tax on those who...
