Bloomberg Tax
Feb. 15, 2019, 5:00 PM UTC

Push to Renew Popular Tax Breaks Could Keep ‘Bubbling’ All Year

Allyson Versprille
Allyson Versprille
Reporter
Kaustuv Basu
Kaustuv Basu
Reporter
Robert Lee
Robert Lee
Reporter

Lawmakers will continue to look for opportunities to act on expired tax breaks known as extenders that weren’t part of a deal to fund the government for the rest of this fiscal year.

Tax extenders, called that because the provisions are temporary and typically renewed by lawmakers every few years, include many politically popular breaks that have broad bipartisan support. But the push to extend the tax breaks faces some obstacles, including the difficulty of getting standalone legislation through the Senate and the concerns of some House Democrats about whether the tax breaks should be paid for by revenue increases ...

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