Orrin Hatch

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  Senate Republicans on Finance Committee Urge Deficit Panel to Make Changes

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 14, 2011

  Republican senators' recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction include repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax and the health-care law and reforming Social Security.

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  Obama Deficit Plan Includes $1.5 Trillion in Tax Hikes on Wealthy

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 19, 2011

  President Barack Obama announced Monday his plan to reduce the deficit by more than $3 trillion over the next decade, including $1.5 trillion in tax increases for the wealthy.

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  As Politicians Spar Over Social Security, 401(k) Planners Fill Retirement Gap

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  September 15, 2011

  America’s workers are relying more than ever on their employers to ensure they’ll have enough money to retire—and this trend toward paternalism is being embraced by mutual fund and insurance companies.

• Senate Finance's Baucus: Let Tax Cuts for Wealthy Expire

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 14, 2011

  At a hearing held by the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday to discuss the committee’s ongoing efforts to reform the tax code, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the committee, said the lower tax rates for the nation’s wealthiest workers must expire, “rather than making major cuts to Social Security...

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  Business Tax Reform: Territorial System, VAT Highlight Senate Hearing

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 8, 2011

  Witnesses testifying Thursday at the latest Senate Finance Committee meeting on tax reform regarding tax treatment of international businesses, found some common ground but also considerable disagreement on the best strategies to employ.

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  Top 10 Biggest Tax Breaks: What to Cut to Trim Deficit?

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  July 28, 2011

  We need to slash the deficit, right? So which of these 10 treasured, and costly, tax deductions would you cut to save the country from fiscal ruin?

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  Debt Ceiling Update: Senate Hearing, Ag Subsidy Cuts Loom in Political Fight

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  June 3, 2011

  Debt-ceiling talks: posturing exceeds progress, but presidential race may provide impetus to deficit reduction ideas.

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  Sen. Hatch Floats Bill to Strengthen, Expand HSAs, FSAs

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 31, 2011

  Senator Orrin Hatch introduced on May 26 the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011, legislation designed to strengthen and expand HSAs and FSAs.

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  GOP Demands IRS, Obama Records on Political Donor Tax Enforcement

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  May 19, 2011

  Finance Committee members cite First Amendment rights in protecting nonprofits that primarily support political organizations, and the Republican Senators also requested records of conversations and correspondence from President Obama.

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  GOP Boosts Drive to Kill Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

  By Alan Fram  |  April 1, 2011

  Senate Republicans introduced legislation Thursday that would quickly phase out government-run housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as GOP lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol intensified their drive to shrink the federal role in the mortgage market.