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Richard Rubin

U.S Tax Policy Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

I cover U.S. tax policy for the @WSJ. There is ALWAYS a tax angle. Retweets are not endorsements or tax advice. (On Signal richardrubindc.08)

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  • 1 day ago | cn.wsj.com | Richard Rubin

    美国国会预算办公室(CBO)周三上午发布的一份评估报告显示,与不采取任何措施的情况相比,总统特朗普的大规模税收和支出法案将在未来10年导致预算赤字增加2.4万亿美元。这一数字凸显了共和党人在兜售该法案财政稳健性方面所面临的挑战。众议院上月通过了这项立法,而这份评估结果发布之际,正值共和党参议员们提出增加额外开支的要求,这些要求将挑战该党领导层迅速拼凑出一个能够送交特朗普签署的法案版本的能力。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

  • 2 days ago | wsj.com | Richard Rubin

    Senators want changes to the House legislation on Medicaid and clean-energy provisions, complicating passage of agendaWASHINGTON—President Trump’s tax-and-spending megabill would increase budget deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, compared with doing nothing, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate released Wednesday morning. The number underlines Republicans’ challenge in selling the measure as fiscally sound.

  • 2 days ago | wsj.com | Richard Rubin

    Stances on Medicaid, clean energy complicate passage of Trump’s agenda as Musk pushes deeper cutsWASHINGTON—Republican senators want changes to the GOP tax-and-spending megabill, and their ideas come with price tags that will challenge party leaders’ ability to cobble together a version that can get to President Trump’s desk quickly.  Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) says the Medicaid cuts go too far for his state, and wants some funding restored, while Sen.

  • 5 days ago | wsj.com | Alex Leary |Richard Rubin |Michael Gordon

    Republican concerns about the bill and trade tensions with China are expected to dominate White House agenda this weekWASHINGTON—President Trump plans to push lawmakers on his tax-and-spending megabill this week as he tries to overcome GOP concerns about deficit spending, while the White House is preparing to try to get trade talks with China back on track, key pillars of his second-term economic program.

  • 5 days ago | wsj.com | Alex Leary |Richard Rubin |Michael Gordon

    Republican concerns about the bill and trade tensions with China are expected to dominate White House agenda this weekWASHINGTON—President Trump plans to push lawmakers on his tax-and-spending megabill this week in an effort to overcome Republican concerns about deficit spending.

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Richard Rubin
Richard Rubin @RichardRubinDC
10 May 25

Reupping, in case you were doing something last night other than reading a tax bill….

Richard Rubin
Richard Rubin @RichardRubinDC

New from me: One big thing in the GOP tax bill --> It puts $$ in taxpayers' pockets by early 2026, well before the midterms. Story below:

Richard Rubin
Richard Rubin @RichardRubinDC
10 May 25

Exactly. Have to think some high-dollar items are coming on Monday/Tuesday to fit inside that $4T box.

Donald Schneider
Donald Schneider @DonFSchneider

There are some large tax cuts already in here. More to come in next batch of text. There is limited fiscal space in the rec bill given status of spending cuts and $4tn WMC instruction. This means tax hikes are coming

Richard Rubin
Richard Rubin @RichardRubinDC
10 May 25

RT @RyanLEllis: @adamnmichel @RichardRubinDC The new test will mean that more SSTBs will qualify for 199A than before. It stretches out the…