Updates | The Week of October 23, 2017
Eve Levin // 10/31/17 //
Double-taxation is a meaningless distraction from real tax reform, argues Michael Dorf at Dorf On Law.
In a tweet, President Trump promised no changes to 401(k) contribution limits in proposed tax reform legislation (NYT, Politico).
There is a leadership vaccuum in the White House that will make tax reform more difficult to pass, writes John Gilmour at the Hill.
DOJ has settled lawsuits concerning the IRS’s failure to certify Tea Party groups as tax-exempt organizations (The Hill, WSJ, WaPo).
The tax plan proposed by the Trump administration would result in a windfall of around $700 billion for wealthy foreign investors, writes Paul Krugman at the New York Times.