Election 2020

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Michael Cohn
November 5, 2020 5:13 PM

Wages are set to go up in Florida after voters passed a minimum wage ballot initiative in Tuesday’s election.

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By Sophie Alexander, Tom Maloney and Devon Pendleton
November 5, 2020 9:59 AM

Despite lingering uncertainty over the U.S. election, the country’s ultra-rich already have plenty to celebrate from Silicon Valley to Illinois.

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Michael Cohn
November 4, 2020 5:36 PM

Having started his transition at the beginning of the pandemic, Board Chair Richard Jones now faces the uncertainty of the presidential election and what Congress might do with accounting standards.

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Michael Cohn
October 30, 2020 4:41 PM

The outcome of Tuesday’s election could be profound tax changes, but that’s only if one party wins control of both houses of Congress and the White House.

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Shaun Hunley
October 29, 2020 8:00 AM

As the country looks to make its choice between two decidedly different candidates, tax preparers are watching the race play itself out from a unique vantage point.

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Lynn Ballou
October 23, 2020 11:37 AM

Add in the complexities of this year’s presidential race, and we have a recipe for uncertainty and fear.

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Tabassum Ali
October 21, 2020 1:12 PM

Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s tax proposal will limit direct tax increases to just 1.9 percent of taxpayers.

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U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks as Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, listens during the first U.S. presidential debate hosted by Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Alicyn McLeod
October 14, 2020 11:20 AM

This article looks at a few key components of the presidential nominees' tax positions.

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By Tyler Pager and Mario Parker
October 8, 2020 10:54 AM

Senator Kamala Harris condemned the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic as the worst failure in U.S. government history, but evaded answers on the Democrats’ positions on the environment and the Supreme Court.

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By Laura Davison and Bill Allison
September 30, 2020 2:46 PM

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released his 2019 tax returns hours before the first debate with President Donald Trump, showing that he paid $299,346 in income taxes in 2019.

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