…25% rate and a territorial tax system that would cut corporate tax revenues even further. The Joint Tax Committee has noted that cutting all the loopholes in a base-broadening attempt…

…of the AMT, the elimination of the estate tax, and the 25% pass-through rate for taxpayers all represent huge tax cuts for wealthy taxpayers who are the ones most likely…

…the changes. If you eliminate the estate tax, you will give tax cuts to the ultra wealthy and NO tax relief to the working middle class or lower income taxpayers….

…loophole that allows large profitable corporations to defer taxes on income stashed in offshore tax havens to avoid paying less taxes. 6) Using the revenue from ending that deferral loophole…

…arguments–that the estate tax is a “tax on your right to transfer property at your death.” (of course, isn’t it really a tax on the ability of heirs to receive…

Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Taxes–especially Wealth Taxes and Mark-to-Market of Capital Gains Not surprisingly for those of you who are members of the ABA Tax Section, there is a meeting of…

…Greg Leiserson discussed the idea of mark-to-market taxation (an idea that Ron Wyden has endorsed), in “Taxing wealth by taxing investment income: An introduction to mark-to-market taxation” (Sept 11, 2019). …

…some Republicans. The main focus of the 2004 presidential campaign was national security. Privatization of Social Security was not an issue at all in 2004. Not until after the campaign,…

…the McCain and Obama tax plans, which provides a comparison between what each of the candidates says on taxes (their actual plans) and what their campaign advisors claim. It finds…

…concentration and increasing competition, and curbing tax rules that gave corporations and the super-wealthy, like Trump, tax breaks not available to ordinary taxpayers. — After Trump’s tax-return leak, Clinton accuses…