Congress May Need to Put Tax Extenders Ahead of Tax Law Fixes

Congress will likely have to address expired tax breaks before they can fix errors in the 2017 tax law, a staffer on the House Ways and Means Committee said.

“I think we need to get through, probably, processing or considering what to do with an extenders package before we get to a technical corrections package,” said Beth Bell, Democratic tax counsel for Ways and Means.

• A lot of Ways and Means members remain interested in technical fixes, including addressing the “retail glitch,” Bell said. That error in the 2017 law prevents restaurants and retailers from immediately writing off the ...