Tax

The controversial Chapter 313 program's property tax breaks will not be offered after Dec. 31, 2022.

The "no SALT no deal" Democrats appear ready to support the compromise reconciliation package negotiated in the Senate.

Several states are holding sales tax holidays for school supplies and other items amid strong revenue collections, although critics say they will do little to ease the impact of high inflation.

Public finance attorney and NABL board member Johnny Hutchinson has left Squire Patton Boggs to join Nixon Peabody as a partner.

Scammers are masquerading as the IRS’ Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division to try and get issuers and borrowers to disclose confidential information.

The initiative would have raised income taxes on affluent Californians to benefit local health departments.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s wholesale refusal to back the climate and tax measures in Democrats’ Build Back Better bill deals a final blow to any hopes of passing any provisions of the muni agenda before November.

Included in the Democrats’ all but dead Build Back Better bill, an expansion of the low-income housing tax credit could be a boon for the housing sector.

The county is working with PNC Bank to set up a line of credit that could provide up to $300 million of short-term loans to local suburban Chicago taxing bodies.

"It seems that munis are on the outside looking in, but we are hopeful," said Brett Bolton, Vice President and Head of Government and Industry Relations at Bond Dealers of America.