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6 ways to make tax reform happen
Here are six ideas that can guide Congress to a tax reform-deal that both parties should be able to live with – a deal that will raise necessary revenue and help pay down the debt.
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Briefing
Fiscal deal will cost you: 8 tax changes
Here are eight tax changes under the 'fiscal cliff' deal that may hit your pocketbook.
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Ten tax moves to protect yourself from the fiscal cliff
Americans are facing an unprecedented tax increase of nearly $500 billion on Jan. 1, 2013, from the so-called "fiscal cliff." Are you ready? Here are 10 year-end tax strategies I recommend:
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Facebook stock: 6 intriguing investors
Facebook stock will make many people suddenly wealthy when it begins trading this Friday. The company is expected to be valued somewhere around $100 billion, with stock expected to sell anywhere between $34 and $38 per share. Here are six of the more unexpected people set to make a killing with initial public offering of Facebook stock, including a rock star, a graffiti artist, and pair of Mark Zuckerberg’s enemies.
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Seven retirement questions you need to answer
Retirement planning isn't easy. Nearly half of Americans don't feel financially prepared to live to age 75, according to a survey from Northwestern Mutual. But the process is a lot less burdensome if you break the task down into simpler parts. Here are seven questions to ask as you plan for your long-term financial security in retirement.
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Income inequality driven by the stock market
After shrinking during the 2007-09 contraction, income inequality has widened during the recovery
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First abortion, now 9-9-9. Is Herman Cain waffling?
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain was forced to defend comments on abortion that angered conservatives. Now, he's introducing exceptions to his 9-9-9 tax plan. This week, at least, Herman Cain appears to be struggling in the spotlight.
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999 Plan: A 'distributional nightmare'
We’ve got enough income and wealth inequality coming from the pretax distribution—we don’t need to exacerbate it through the tax code.
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9-9-9 tax plan: Does it make Herman Cain a Robin Hood for the rich?
9-9-9 tax plan is helping Herman Cain soar in GOP presidential polls. But does a 9 percent national sales tax and a flat 9 percent income tax take from the poor and give it to the rich?
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Millionaire tax: Smart politics, awful policy
The idea would raise the average tax bill of those making a million or more by $110,000. Almost nobody else would pay a nickel. But it perpetuates the dangerous myth that we can address our fiscal problems by taxing only a handful of rich people.
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Morally indefensible budget cuts
We’re in the worst economy since the Great Depression – with lower-income families and kids are bearing the worst of it – and what are Republicans doing? Cutting programs Americans desperately need to get through it.
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Buffett rule: All about capital gains
Obama's objection—and Buffett’s—is not with rates paid by the average taxpayer who makes a million dollars or more a year Rather it is with those in this group who make most of their money from investments.
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Targeting the rich, Obama takes Democrats back to their roots
By saying the rich should pay their 'fair share' in taxes, President Obama is taking up an argument that Democrats have largely avoided for years. With a presidential election and 'supercommittee' budget cuts in the balance, the political stakes could hardly be higher.
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A good fight
Obama's fight against tax cuts for the wealthy is a worthy cause.
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What you won't hear about during the 2012 election
Why progressive ideas like wage increases and medicare won't be mentioned during presidential debates
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In Pictures: Who's who on the US deficit super committee
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No short-term solutions from Romney
The presidential hopeful's jobs plan will result in more upward wealth redistribution, rather than job creation
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Mitt Romney's jobs plan
Less corporate taxes, less regulation, more of the same from the GOP
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Will Romney's capital gains tax cut hurt with the GOP?
When it comes to tax policy, Romney veers slightly left
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Why investors pay less taxes than the rest of us
Long-term capital gains are taxed at much lower rates than other income, which means wealthy investors like Warren Buffet tend to pay less
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Jon Huntsman: tax smasher
The dark horse presidential candidate rolls out his jobs plan
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One easy way to raise $1 trillion
The US is going to have raise revenues one way or another, and there are $1 trillion worth buried in the tax code
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The growing desperation of the don't-raise-taxes-on-the-rich crowd
With the Senate vote to end tax breaks for ethanol, the Republican promise not to raise taxes is falling apart
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Surprise! Tax revenues up, but should we celebrate?
California reported that its April income tax revenues were higher than expected. But where did the money come from?
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Newt Gingrich quotes Mark Twain: 'Reports of my campaign's death are exaggerated'(VIDEO)
Newt Gingrich, borrowing from Mark Twain at a Monitor breakfast on Monday, said his presidential campaign can recover from a rocky start. He frames himself as an idea man who can go toe to toe with Obama.
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The great switch by the super rich
Wealthy Americans used to finance the government through tax payments. Now, they just lend it money.
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Ease corporate tax by hitting up shareholders
A higher tax on investors and a lower tax on corporations could keep more investments in the US.
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Home loans: Should owners sell, pay down debt, or go delinquent?
Home loans pose quandaries for three owners in this reader mailbag. They can afford to pay down the home loans, but should they?
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Tax reform won't help most businesses
Non-corporate businesses may end up subsidizing tax breaks for corporations.
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Six things to remember about taxes and small businesses
When discussing tax reform, there are several things to remember about the relationship between small businesses and the tax code.
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