Legislation floated last month aims to take inflation into consideration when it comes to long-term capital gains.
A new Senate bill revives past efforts to impose tougher penalties on people who promote offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters.
A minimum-wage increase and small-business tax breaks were included in the Iraq-spending bill, HR 1591, which the Senate approved last week.
Yet another bill aiming to rein in the effect of the alternative minimum tax recently was introduced.
Companion bills renew a past congressional attempt to make it harder for taxpayers to avoid paying capital gains taxes on certain investments.
A House bill recently introduced revives past congressional efforts to create private Social Security accounts for workers.
A bill to create long-term-care trust accounts recently was introduced.
Companion bills recently introduced would repeal a 1945 act that effectively excludes the insurance industry from federal antitrust regulations.
A House bill sitting in committee aims to repeal the estate tax and make certain temporary tax cuts permanent.
A House bill recently introduced would let mutual fund investors defer taxation of reinvested capital gains until shares are redeemed.
