Trump tax plan

Let’s allow public agencies to issue advance refunding bonds provided they pay the U.S. Treasury an amount equal to the forgone federal income tax revenue.

States are poised to see increases in their corporate tax base because of the federal tax overhaul, according to a new study.

Moody's assigned a negative outlook to Guam's issuer rating and Guam Waterworks Authority bonds.

Guam’s long- and short-term debt was placed on negative credit watch by S&P Global Ratings.

Issuers across the Southeast sold $68.5 billion of bonds in 2017, a 5.8% year-over-year decrease.

Officials say the law's ban on advance refundings may cost the city $425 million in savings over four years and that changes in state law are needed to offset the damage from the limit on the state and local tax deduction.

Funding mechanisms such as tax increment financing and special districts such as a local Community Redevelopment Agency could be used to issue bonds.

Lawmaker suggests advanced refundings be renamed “refinancing to save taxpayer dollars” and private activity bonds be called "public good bonds."

With fewer incentives to buy tax-exempt debt under the new tax law, Texas municipal bond industry leaders confront a changing market.

Municipal bond volume evaporated in January, as the market felt the aftereffect of federal tax legislation that pulled issuance forward into 2017.

It will take some time to see how both tax reform and infrastructure makes an impression on the muni market, said panelists at The Bond Buyer's National Outlook 2018 Conference.

The governor wants to neutralize the effects of the new law to make it revenue-neutral for the state government.

Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp. bonds cleared the market after a one-week delay.

First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan put the price tag at $425 million over four years.

State agencies and universities are expected to generate 26% less bond volume this fiscal year, according to the Texas Bond Review Board.

They introduced a bill to allow taxpayers to donate to the state to avoid the federal deduction cap.

The California Debt Limit Allocation Committee wants to allocate $900 million in remaining private activity bond capacity.

Smaller hospitals and colleges and affordable-housing developers will be more challenged in distributing their bonds under proposed tax reforms.