Andrew Duehren

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Andrew Duehren |Alicia Parlapiano

There's no question that President Trump's proposal to stop taxing tips has broad appeal. It's popular in polling, lawmakers in both parties support it, and now a version of the idea is on its way to becoming law. But the effect of the policy would actually be quite narrow. About 3 percent of American workers receive tips, but about a third of those employees would not see a gain from the change.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Ken Belson |Lauren Hirsch |Andrew Duehren

The legislation cuts in half a tax write-off potentially worth hundreds of millions to some professional sports team owners. Tucked in the domestic policy bill advanced by House Republicans last week is a change to the tax code that could potentially cool the current frenzy among the very wealthy to own professional sports teams.