Tax

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

After years tight budgets that followed tax cuts and revenue shortfalls, Oklahoma teachers and government employees are threatening to walk off the job.

After back to back weeks of decent issuance, the primary muni market will get with a reality check of weekly issuance below $3 billion, thanks mostly to continued tax reform fallout.

Declining volume and demand shifts won't stop the muni market from delivering positive returns in 2018, says Oppenheimer & Co.'s Jeffrey Lipton.

Some states don't remit all of the sales tax funds that are due to local governments from e-commerce retailers.

The Trump plan proposes only a 20% federal share, leaving local governments to come up with 80% of their own money or in partnership with the state and private investors.

The $1 trillion infrastructure plan unveiled by Senate Democrats would be paid for by a rollback of some of the recently enacted Republican tax law provisions.

As the New York City Council held its first hearing on Mayor de Blasio’s $88.67 billion preliminary budget, "Washington" and "Albany" loomed over the proceedings.

The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of four senators weigh in on the states' ability to collect online sales taxes in friend-of-the-court briefs filed with the Supreme Court.

The 29% tax exposure rate is up for a readjustment because the new tax bill slashed the corporate tax rate to 21% from 35% and also lowered individual tax rates.

The light month for long-term municipal bond volume is another ripple effect of the new tax law and the issuance rush leading up to its enactment.

South Dakota, which has no state income tax and relies on sales and use taxes for much of its revenue, will make its oral arguments to the high court on April 17.

John Cross, the Treasury Department's associate tax legislative counsel, said the existing tax rules are clear on advance refundings of taxable debt.

Long-term issuance in the municipal market virtually matched its record high set in 2016, against the backdrop of tax reform that produced an end-of-year flood of volume, but the outlook for 2018 is less rosy.

The plan would expand flexibility and broaden the uses of tax-exempt private activity bonds.

Shorter calls and a shift in the use of floating rate paper are part of Wisconsin's toolkit after tax reform.

The MSRB's annual Fact Book paints a picture of a 2017 muni market that held fairly steady despite tax reform anxiety, with no major declines or drastic shifts in trading activity or trends.

Treasury Department sales of state and local government series securities are expected to dramatically decline this month now that issuers no longer need them for tax-exempt advance refunding escrows.

Personal income tax and corporation tax receipts exceeded estimates by 16.9% and 62.1% respectively.

The Government Finance Officers Association's federal liaison center is warning some members against using interest rate swaps and derivatives.