…HUD, cut the Department of Education, eliminate for high income families the second home mortgage deduction and “probably” deductions for state and local property taxes. Discussion and more quotes and…

…is taxed is already adjusted for any deductions. Thus, if after all your deductions you had $4000 left over, you paid 4% of that in federal income tax. You paid…

…otherwise benefit from a surfeit of regular income tax subsidies (loopholes, tax expenditures, deductions, credits). For a thorough analysis of the AMT, see A Taxing Matter series of 6 posts,…

…much sense at all (e.g., the charitable contribution deduction at face value rather than at investment amount; the mortgage interest deduction) and certainly don’t make sense as a regressive item…

…as I can, along with their downsides, and ask you to weigh in. 1. Rely on charitable giving, especially by newly minted AI zillionaires. Some see a “third wave” of…

…they suggest reducing the tax brackets to three personal brackets and one corporate rate while eliminated all credits and deductions. Without any credits or deductions (including the ETIC and mortgage…

…physicians what they already k new, Depakote was a very valuable medication for “off-label” (unapproved uses). In the irony department, prescribing and administering Depakote for off-label uses is legal, and…

…information about products’ energy use. Label is voluntary, and Congress ordered it The Energy Star label is voluntary for products that meet certain efficiency levels, and differs from Department of…

…for two consecutive quarters, bucking a trend of positive contribution since the middle of 2009. The only reason that the net export contribution was positive in Q1 was due to…

…between single and family coverage 1999-1924. The second chart (click on it to enlarge) will show employee contribution for single and family coverage. It also covers the various types of…