U.S. Representative Charles Boustany, Jr. (R-LA) District: Louisiana’s 3rd in South Louisiana – home to Delta Downs Racetrack. Experience: Rep. Boustany was first elected to Congress in 2004 and is [...]
NEW YORK CITY (Wednesday, August 6, 2014) – The United States Department of the Treasury has formally acknowledged that it is considering the request made in a bipartisan letter from [...]
The time remaining in the 2nd session of the 113th Congress is perhaps the biggest challenge facing lawmakers this mid-term election year. Congress will be in session for only the [...]
Several tax incentives important to horse owners expired at the end of 2013 and are under consideration by Congress to be retroactively extended. These incentives apply to qualified depreciable property, [...]
The NTRA and key members of Congress have delivered a letter to the Department of Treasury in support of an important tax reporting and withholding clarification for horseplayers. If you [...]
Progress on the EXPIRE Act (S. 2260), legislation that would extend expired or expiring tax provisions through 2015, has been delayed until at least next month, according to Senate Finance [...]
District: Kentucky’s 6th in Central and Eastern Kentucky – home to the city of Lexington, Keeneland, Fasig-Tipton and hundreds of Thoroughbred farms and industry-related businesses. Experience: Rep. Barr is serving [...]
The 2013 NTRA Legislative annual report is now available online. Click here for the 14-page document that summarizes last year’s federal legislative activity and how the NTRA serves the industry [...]
Congressman Andy Harris (R-MD) recently introduced H.R. 4238 to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act that provides requirements for employers of H-2B nonimmigrant workers and is the basic body of [...]
The NTRA thanks those industry members and partners who supported the NTRA’s federal legislative fundraising effort in 2013. More than 700 individuals, farms and racing partnerships contributed an amount to [...]
