CCH Weekly Report from Washington

While Congress continued its August recess, the IRS issued guidance in a number of areas. The Service also acknowledged that the breach of one of…

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers asked Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to personally review the IRS’s performance during the 2015 filing season. The IRS announced…

Lawmakers have started their August recess, but before breaking the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) issued a report on the IRS’s processing of applications for tax-exempt…

Lawmakers approved, and President Obama signed, a three-month highway funding bill in the hope of hammering out a long-term solution in conference. Some House members…

The Senate Finance Committee approved a two-year package of tax extenders at a cost of $95 billion. Among the provisions are an exclusion from gross…

House lawmakers approved short-term highway and transportation funding, as Democrats introduced their own, long-term bill that would crack down on corporate inversions. The Senate is…

The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) working groups released their reports offering policy options and recommendations for the committee to consider as part of comprehensive tax…

President Obama signed trade legislation that includes an extension of a health care tax credit and other tax provisions. The IRS, meanwhile, issued expatriate health…

Congress passed the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (HR 1295), which extends a number of trade agreements, as well as trade adjustment assistance (TAA)…

House lawmakers voted to repeal a key funding mechanism for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (P.L. 111-148): the medical device tax. The…