On March 17, 1997, Lawrence Summers, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, addressed the Midyear Conference of Tax Executives Institute in Washington, D.C. Mr. Summers chose the occasion to present publicly for the first time the Treasury Department's five-point plan to correct problems at the Internal Revenue Service. The text of...
Government Senate OKs Bodman to lead Energy The U.S. Senate confirmed Samuel W. Bodman as secretary of energy on Jan. 31. Bodman had most recently served as deputy treasury secretary and...
Susan C. Schwab, a University of Maryland professor and a former Commerce Department assistant secretary in the first Bush administration, is under consideration by President Bush to be deputy Treasury secretary, according to people familiar with the process. Schwab, 48, has been dean of UM's School of Public Affairs for...
WASHINGTON AP -- The Clinton administration is proposing new penalties and increased scrutiny of corporate tax shelters that rob the government of billions of dollars a year, Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said Monday.
The U.S. Treasury Department has developed a new approach towards creating a federal role in the disaster insurance market, one that would establish a firm cap on federal liability. The approach was outlined by Deputy Treasury Secretary Stuart Eiz The U.S. Treasury Department...
Roger Altman's reputation may have been sufficiently damaged during the Senate Whitewater hearings that he may be forced to resign as deputy Treasury secretary. He may not have been completely truthful in responding to the Senate committee in Feb 1994. Roger Altman's reputation may have been sufficiently damaged during the...
Byline: Mark E. Battersby Speaking before the Washington-based Tax Foundation's recent annual conference, Deputy Treasury Secretary Samuel Bodman lobbied for a shake-up of the unpopular U.S. tax system. "The current tax system impos ...
Deputy Treasury Secretary Stuart Eizenstat offered to repeal a $4.1 billion tax break for exporters, as part of the effort to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling that the provision violates global trade rules. The break could be repealed Deputy Treasury Secretary...
THE WHITE HOUSE last week downplayed a declaration by the European Union EU that it will begin imposing trade sanctions against the US despite action by Congress to reform a controversial tax break for exporters. Deputy Treasury Secretary S ...