Topic: Howard Gleckman
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Set aside debate over Romney tax math: Is tax reform a good idea?
The momentous policy challenge of how to fix America's dysfunctional tax system has been largely obscured by the debate over Mitt Romney's tax math. But there's broad support for tax reform.
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Presidential debate 101: Does $25,000 deduction cap make Romney tax math work? (+video)
At the last presidential debate, Romney floated the number $25,000. According to one analysis, such a cap on deductions would generate $1.3 trillion in revenues, short of the estimated $5 trillion in tax cuts.
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Donald Marron
Workers bear the corporate income tax burdenCorporate income tax moves some capital abroad, which reduces worker productivity, wages and benefits, Marron writes. As a result, some of the corporate income tax burden falls on workers.
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Economist Mom
The rich should pay higher taxes. So who are the rich?If 'the rich' are defined as those who can afford and ought to be expected to pay higher income taxes, then the categorization is really much broader than multimillionaires.
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Tax VOX
Amazon taxes: Good for states, and taxpayers, tooStates are slowly enacting laws that would require online vendors to collect state and local taxes, with mixed success. But the shift will benefit everyone and make tax laws fair.
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Tax VOX
Why expiring tax cuts should actually expireThe charade of annual or biennial debate about perpetually “expiring” tax provisions is terrible tax policy and a symbol of our failure to come to terms with budget reality.
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Tax VOX
Payroll tax holiday isn't perfect, but it's better than nothingThe payroll tax cut is far from optimal policy, but the economy still needs the stimulus it provides
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Bush tax cuts debate helped to doom super committee effort
Bush tax cuts: A tussle between Republicans and Democrats over the future of the Bush tax cuts played a large role in scuttling the congressional super committee's attempt to reach an agreement on reducing the budget deficit.
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Tax VOX
Arguing the Buffett ruleInvoked by Obama, the Buffett rule simply states that millionaires should have a higher tax rate than the middle class. Why is there any objection?
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Corporate taxes: Cut rate? Sure. But loopholes?
Corporate taxes should be simplified and rate lowered, Obama says. But many loopholes have a powerful constituency.
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Tax VOX
'Taxes up!' 'Taxes down!' Why we should look ahead, not behindEconomists and pundits score points by comparing tax proposals to current or past tax positions ('baselines'). They're missing the point: Look to the future, not the past.
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Tax VOX
Who'd get hit with a tax hike: small business or the rich?Most of the businessmen in the two top income brackets are not the lawyer or corner grocer who files Schedule C.
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Baucus, Grassley push bipartisan jobs bill in the Senate
The Baucus-Grassley bill focuses on those who have been out of work for at least 60 days. But some experts say it would have only modest impact on the unemployment rate.
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