Tax

Why would a religious person get involved in lobbying on tax policy? Tax policy is not just a political issue; it is also a moral issue.

Distinctly Catholic: The U.S. bishops' conference calls raising income taxes on the working poor while simultaneously providing a large tax cut to the wealthy "simply unconscionable," yet that's what appears to be happening in Congress right now.

NCR Today: Looking at the income tax bills being crafted in Republican-majority U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, along with how the administration is ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status for millions of young people shows that equal opportunity is fading in America.

Churches would gain the right to endorse political candidates and still retain their tax-free status under a provision in House Republicans' tax overhaul plan.

Tax policy is not a simple matter.  Still, Congress is trying to simplify the tax code to deliver on President Donald Trump's campaign promise to cut taxes for the middle class.

The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development outlined a set of moral principles related to tax policy as Congress prepares to weigh a tax reform package.

Distinctly Catholic: An education-funding measure that will help both public and private schools is a victory for the common good -- along with other instances of legislative concord.