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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.
January 7 -
Rep. Steve Stivers plans to use the recruiting skills he honed as chair of the House GOP campaign arm to enlist new members of the bipartisan Municipal Finance Caucus in the next Congress.
December 11 -
Republican Rep. Randy Hultgren co-founded the group in March 2016 with Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland, who will continue as the Democratic co-chair.
December 5 -
The lame duck session of Congress that convened this week may include passage of a tax bill released Monday night by Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, the outgoing chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
November 27 -
California and New York City are showing us the path forward, as they often do, in the face of the new limits on the federal deduction for state and local taxes.
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California government officials are trying to figure out how best to use the Opportunity Zones created in the 2017 federal tax bill.
September 20 -
The plan for a second tax reform bill is galvanizing municipal market groups to step up lobbying efforts to tout the importance and benefits of munis to lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
July 24 -
The proposed rules would clarify that an institutional investor could take part in a public-private partnership for a bond-financed project without making the bonds taxable.
June 11 -
The IRS has produced dozens of "issue snapshots" for the tax-exempt bond community, charities and non-profits, retirement plans, Indian tribal governments and federal, state and local governments.
May 25