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Lighter Tax Burdens for the Rich: Novak vs. Bush

taxes. The Bush campaign’s selective figures ignore all the rest of federal taxes including corporate income taxes, excise taxes, and payroll taxes. They ignore estate taxes too (but so does…

Kooky Tax Protestors!

by Linda Beale Kooky Tax Protestors! Anybody who has read much of my blog probably has realized that I don’t think much of “tax protestor” movements like the one Wesley…

More on Carried Interest

…this provision, it is more likely to hit middle income taxpayers. Which is fairer–taxing carried interest like the compensation income it is, or hitting middle income taxpayers with higher taxes

IRS Budget: Penny-Wise, Pound Foolish

…on the declining level of Federal corporate profits taxes relative to pretax income. This ratio is less than the overall effective tax rate to the degree that companies pay foreign…