Taxes April 29, 2026
California Considers Tax on Retirement Accounts
The effort, though, may have an impact on a dueling campaign to tax California's billionaires to offset federal healthcare cuts.
Payroll April 28, 2025
House GOP Drafts Cuts to Federal Employee Pension System
Federal employee pension benefits are set to be pared back in Republicans’ giant tax-and-spending package working its way through the U.S. House, another slap at a workforce roiled by Elon Musk’s cost-cutting efforts.
Payroll April 28, 2025
Trump Says He Would Veto Cuts to Medicaid, Social Security
In an interview with TIME magazine published on April 25, President Donald Trump said he would not sign legislation that calls for cuts to Social Security or federal health coverage for older and low-income Americans.
Taxes April 25, 2025
Poll Says Trump Should Slow His Roll on Tax Hike Talk
President Donald Trump has said he's open to the idea of raising taxes, particularly on America's top earners; however, a recent poll shows voters are concerned about the prospect of tax hikes and would like to see Trump's 2017 tax cuts kept in place.
Payroll April 25, 2025
Trump Push to Make Firing Federal Workers Easier Could Affect 50,000 Employees
A new rule proposed by the Office of Personnel Management, named Schedule Policy/Career, would reclassify certain workers as at-will employees and strip them of prior civil service regulations meaning they would be easier to fire.
Payroll April 25, 2025
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Slides While Inflation Expectations Rise
Consumer sentiment fell to one of the lowest readings on record and long-term inflation expectations climbed to the highest since 1991 on fears of the economic fallout from tariffs.
Firm Management April 25, 2025
Employees Get Few Choices in Post-Pandemic RTO Mandates
Kastle Systems sees an uptick in the numbers of people entering secure office buildings and parking structures with their electronic badges since President Donald Trump's inauguration.
Payroll April 24, 2025
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Tick Up, DOL Data Shows
Initial claims for benefits increased by 6,000 to 222,000 in the week ended April 19, according to Labor Department data released on Thursday.
Taxes April 24, 2025
Trump Says Millionaire Tax Would Push Wealthy to Leave the U.S.
The president said imposing a higher tax rate on millionaires would spur the country’s richest to leave the U.S., downplaying an idea that is under discussion in some Republican circles as a way to pay for an economic package.
Taxes April 24, 2025
He Can’t ‘Raise Taxes on a Whim’: 12 States Ask Court to Halt Trump Tariffs
A dozen states filed a federal lawsuit on April 23 challenging the Trump administration’s imposition of sweeping tariffs, arguing the president trampled on Congress’ powers to raise taxes.
Taxes April 24, 2025
First-Quarter Tax Lobbying Explodes as Reconciliation Package Looms
There were more than 300 new lobbying registrations—disclosures firms file when they acquire new clients—citing tax policy issues, up more than 200% compared to the first quarter last year and more than 260% compared to the previous quarter.
Taxes April 23, 2025
Ex-Treasury Secretary Says Trump ‘Attack’ on IRS Risks $1 Trillion Revenue Hit
Lawrence Summers said that the Trump administration’s moves to downsize the IRS, along with other changes, are likely to incentivize reduced tax-payment compliance.
Taxes April 22, 2025
Millionaire Tax Would Generate About $400 Billion in Revenue
A Republican proposal to tax income over $1 million at a 40% rate could generate around $400 billion over a decade, according to estimates from the Budget Lab at Yale and the Tax Foundation.