Tax Reform

A new day, a new high for most major stock indices. While it may seem to be justified based on the plethora of positive and encouraging news, there are still nevertheless multiple headwinds that can hurt the market, CNBC's Jim Cramer said during his daily "Mad Money" show recently. For example, the...

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett thinks President Donald Trump's administration will succeed in passing a tax cut this year, and many business and investors are already positioning themselves to act accordingly. If there are significant changes to the tax code that would reduce tax rates on...

President Donald Trump could realize a major victory by introducing tax reform, according to a Bloomberg poll of 38 economists and experts. Among those surveyed, 29 expect Congress to pass a tax-cut legislation before November 2018. Also, the tax cut could result in an incremental 0.2 percentage...

Nearly seven months into President Donald Trump’s term in office, his administration is still struggling with his top campaign promise: healthcare reform. Investors hoping that Trump and Congressional Republicans would quickly breeze their way through healthcare reform and tax reform have...

Investors who hold one or more of the "FANG" stocks shouldn't be worried about a slowing economy, according to Goldman Sachs' chief U.S. equity strategist David Kostin. Speaking as a guest on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" Wednesday, Kostin backed up his thesis that...

One of the top priorities of President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress is to ease the tax burden on American companies. Republicans will likely use a combination of tax cuts and tax reform to lower corporate taxes to 25 percent, Height Securities analyst Peter Cohn said. In fact,...

Wednesday's market sell-off was merely a "mini-correction" and should be considered a buying opportunity, at least according to Terry Simpson, a multi-asset investment strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute. Speaking as a guest on CNBC's "Trading Nation" Wednesday, Simpson isn't worried...

Noting that the degree of overhaul depends on compromise between Republicans and Moderates on budgetary reconciliation instructions, Height Securities analyst Peter Cohn waged 85-percent odds that Congress will pass a major tax bill before 2018 midterm elections. The continued meetings of and...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s investors had valid reason to be concerned what a Donald Trump presidency would mean for their investment. With shares of Apple higher by more than 25 percent since the start of 2017, these concerns may be seen now as being overblown. Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke with...

President Donald Trump is proposing aggressive tax cuts that would lower the U.S. corporate tax rate from 35 percent down to 15 percent. In addition, Trump is also proposing a one-time repatriation tax holiday to allow U.S. companies to bring overseas cash back into the country at a tax rate of...

President Donald Trump's proposal to slash the corporate tax rate from 30 percent to 15 percent won't be as beneficial to Americans as many assume it will be, at least according to CNBC's Jim Cramer. Cramer noted that many companies are "flush with cash" and will most likely...

Mark Weinberger is the chairman and CEO of the multi-national accounting firm giant EY. He also worked in various tax-related capacities with the Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations and serves as an adviser to President Donald Trump. Weinberger was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box...

Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin revealed the White House's proposed tax plan Wednesday. It could save President Donald Trump the annual earnings of 4,300 minimum wage workers. Savings estimates actually range between $35 million and $65 million, and because Trump hasn't released...

The 2016 income tax filing deadline is now just two days away, and American taxpayers may be getting their last look at the Obama-era income tax brackets. Following a disastrous failure on healthcare reform, President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have pledged to move forward with...

President Donald Trump is still dealing with a major blow to his presidency as his campaign promise of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act failed to even make it to a vote. But according to Blackstone's John Studzinski, the president is in good position to rebound from his defeat....