The IRS, hampered by the pandemic, still delivered $269 billion in rapid relief with 99.5% accuracy. Critics are unimpressed.
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Tag Archives: The U.S. Treasury Department
Crazed Talk About Double Dipping
The Treasury’s boss rails against double dipping in the tax pool, but he is the one taking the plunge.
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Too Many PPP Chefs
Treasury changed lawmakers’ recipe for small business financial aid, and the IRS added uncertainty to the pot.
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Paycheck Protection, Round Two
Another round of the Paycheck Protection Program is about to get started, but this time public companies need not apply.
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Small Business Health In Viral Times
New federal paid-leave rules are a down payment on a treatment plan for the pandemic’s economic symptoms.
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Every Rule Has Its Price
Diminishing liquidity in financial markets is the unwanted but unsurprising consequence of post-crash rulemaking.
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A Trump Tax Policy Highlight
The Trump administration has scored an early tax policy success, simply by stopping destructive Obama-era regulations.
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The Inevitable Future Arrives
For the first time, retirees in a private-sector pension plan are seeing their benefits cut for lack of funds.
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Treasury Feels The Hamilton Heat
As Alexander Hamilton enjoys his greatest acclaim in more than two centuries, his modern-day successor squirms.
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Beating Down An IRS Overreach
Congress “clarifies” a PPP rule to say what it said in the first place.
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