Tax overhaul battles get bigger and knottier

A More Complex Tax Battle

Lawmakers have embarked on a series of tax overhaul fights over the last few decades, and each one seems to get progressively more complicated, one former GOP tax writer said in a recent interview.

Many of the expiring provisions of the 2017 GOP-led tax law are on the individual side of the code, but corporate America is already giving its input on other provisions going into 2025. Though familiar policies impacting Americans like the estate tax, child tax credit, and state and local tax deduction may drive the debate, lawmakers will be busy balancing them ...