Biden determined to tax rich after windfalls during crisis

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President Joe Biden’s economic team at the White House is determined to make good on his campaign pledge to raise taxes on the rich, emboldened by mounting data showing how well America’s wealthy did financially during the pandemic.

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Biden determined to tax rich after windfalls during crisis


Risky trading targeted in Democrat proposal for financial transaction tax

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Investors would face a 0.1 percent tax on each sale of stocks, bonds and derivatives under a Democrat-led proposal aimed at curbing risky trading behaviors.

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Risky trading targeted in Democrat proposal for financial transaction tax


Plug Power rocked by accounting errors after 1,400% surge

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Plug Power Inc.’s accounting errors sent shares of the fuel-cell maker plunging on Wednesday, dragging down its peers.

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Plug Power rocked by accounting errors after 1,400% surge


WE Charity leaves a trail of enraged, grieving donors

A donor has asked the IRS to open a fraud investigation into a nonprofit that builds schools in Africa, and for Canada’s federal police to seize its records.

WE Charity leaves a trail of enraged, grieving donors


Cuomo scandals embolden N.Y. legislature on tax plans

New York lawmakers could take on a politically weakened governor to push their own budget agenda, including a more progressive tax policy targeting the ultra-wealthy.

Cuomo scandals embolden N.Y. legislature on tax plans


Donor asks IRS to open fraud investigation into WE charity

A U.S. donor to Canada’s WE Charity said he has asked the Internal Revenue Service to open a fraud investigation into the organization after testifying that it took down a plaque on a Kenya school built to honor his dead son and replaced it with that of another donor.

Donor asks IRS to open fraud investigation into WE charity


Corporate-tax proposal in Senate stokes economists’ concern

A fresh initiative in the U.S. Senate to put a tax penalty on big companies as a way of forcing higher minimum wages prompted a skeptical reaction among economists including a top adviser to former President Barack Obama.

Corporate-tax proposal in Senate stokes economists’ concern


YouTube star deserts California for Puerto Rico over taxes

The pandemic has fueled a dramatic new wave of high-profile migration, sending tech workers to Texas, Wall Street types to Florida — and now YouTube provocateur Logan Paul to Puerto Rico.

YouTube star deserts California for Puerto Rico over taxes


BlackRock's latest climate instructions come with a new threat

BlackRock has previously endorsed companies reporting climate risks based on frameworks developed by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. This year, it went a step further.

BlackRock's latest climate instructions come with a new threat