…tax rates and the growth rates associated with those higher tax rates. 2. Prior to Reagan, the public was more accepting of the idea that tax rates should be higher….

…compared to 2009’s 9.9%). That’s using as a benchmark the tax laws as written–i.e., no additional “patch” for the alternative minimum tax (AMT) and no changes to the Bush tax…

…on new Schedule UTP on uncertain tax positions for taxpayers with assets of $10 million or more. The release, Ann. 2010-30 [Download Ann.2010-30. uncertain tax positions], invites comments and indicates…

by Linda Beale This is one of those weeks when almost everything has a tax angle. Let’s survey. Michael Jackson’s funeral Should taxpayers have to foot the bill for the…

…It’s actually neither. About the Bush tax cuts: the tax cuts of 2001 evidently didn’t do the job; these days, the Bush people talk about the economy as if history…

…tax cuts, one Democratic leader said these cuts would “do nothing to create jobs.” Facts have proven the critics wrong 5.1 million times over. Tax relief has done exactly what…

…this period that had the higher tax rates. As far as Federal revenues allegedly rising from the tax cuts, our graph of real tax revenues show no such effect. And…

…Clinton/Kerry tax regime to the “Bush getting everything he wanted” tax regime reveals a tremendous difference in wealth creation and (more to the point) tax revenues. Let’s leave aside both…

Ramesh Ponnuru gets this right: The payroll tax currently applies only to the first $90,000 of wages. If you make more than that, payroll taxes are not taken out of…

…changes: tax increases on income over $200,000; modest middle-class tax decreases; a modest reduction in corporate tax rates; implementation of the McCain-Kerry Worporate Welfare Commission to reduce some corporate tax…