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Congress should pass legislation that would allow Home Loan banks to backstop deposits by local governments at commercial banks and lower the cost of bond financing, two mayors argue.
September 16City of Miami -
Tourism represents 17% of Hawaii's economy.
March 5 -
The additional revenue from permanently increasing the top individual tax rate to 39.6% from the current 37% would help pay for a temporary two-year suspension of the SALT cap.
December 11 -
Politicians are reacting to public frustration about wildfires and planned electricity outages.
October 29 -
While S&P, Moody's and Fitch still provide ratings on about 92% of municipal bonds, market participants say they don’t rely on the rating agencies as they once did. Part 2 of The Bond Buyer’s series on the decade after the financial crisis.
October 23 -
Groups active in the muni market are spending millions of dollars to influence policy and elect candidates, records show.
October 11 -
States would be barred from starting to require the collection and remittance sales taxes from online vendors located out of state until next year under a bill introduced by two Republicans in the Senate.
September 10 -
George Callas most recently was senior tax counsel to House Speaker Paul Ryan and was a chief architect of the tax reform legislation enacted in December.
July 19 -
The proposed rules would clarify that an institutional investor could take part in a public-private partnership for a bond-financed project without making the bonds taxable.
June 11 -
The proposed legislation formally allows certain but not all taxpayers to have access to their IRS audit case file prior to dispute resolution hearings, ending the requirement to file a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
April 11