Ways and Means Committee

• Levin Says There Is No Plan for a VAT

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  April 19, 2010

  House Ways and Means chairman talks estate, stock transaction, other taxes in speech

• House Approves Estate Tax Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 3, 2009

  Democratic bill would make tax permanent

• Estate Tax Bill Heading to Full House Floor

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  November 30, 2009

  Pomeroy bill would extend '09 tax level and impose 45% maximum rate

• Retirement Planning: Congress to Tackle Pension Funding, Investment Advice

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  November 1, 2009

  Congressional action on two key areas of retirement planning--defined benefit (DB) funding and investment advice--are expected to come by year-end, which is good news to...

• Retirement News

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 1, 2009

  The House Education and Labor Committee approved in June the 401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act of 2009 (HR 2989); two other bills, the...

• Healthcare Reform Steamroller Advances

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 1, 2009

  As Congress continues to forge ahead with healthcare reform, House Democrats as well as the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee (HELP) introduced in...

• Military Advice

  By Marie Swift  |  December 1, 2008

  The Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 implements numerous changes to the federal tax code that benefit military personnel and their families....

• Two AMT Patches Introduced; House Panel Approves Rangel Version

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 18, 2008

  The House Ways and Means Committee was set to consider legislation on June 18 introduced the previous day by Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) that would protect middle-class families from the alternative minimum tax (AMT) this year. The bill, the Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 (H.R. 6275), would ensure...

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  The Fifth Annual IA 25: 2007

  By Editorial Staff  |  May 1, 2007

  When Mary Schapiro took the helm as CEO and chairman of the NASD last September, it was a moment of relative calm before the storm.

• Who's Who in the 110th

  By Staff Writer  |  February 1, 2007

  With the democrats in control of Congress comes new committee assignments. For instance, the Senate Finance Committee is now headed by Max Baucus. The Montana...