Tax

Altscher, a partner at Miles & Stockbridge in Baltimore for almost 40 years, was considered by his peers to be one of the nation’s top municipal finance tax lawyers.

The governor said his proposed fiscal 2020 budget represents a 4% increase over this current budget, of which 80% is one-time costs.

It’s unclear if monthly federal subsidy payments on Build America Bonds will be made.

SALT deduction limitations have heightened sensitivity to the property tax, an issue both complicated and visceral. Paul Burton and John Hallacy host.

Emily Brock, director of GFOA’s federal liaison center, said restoration of advance refundings and increasing the limit on bank qualified debt to $30 million also are among the legislative priorities for 2019.

Municipal issuance fell by 24% to $338 billion for 2018 as changes in U.S. tax law crushed the market.

S&P raised the Indiana capital's ad valorem tax-secured bonds to AA-plus.

Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., has pledged to ask mayors, governors and other municipal market advocates to testify at hearings early in 2019.

Port officials are concerned volume will drop in January and February after import volume surged to record levels.

The spending plan uses money generated by a new online sales tax and funds unspent by state agencies.