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Tax VOX Did the IRS illegally target the Tea Party? Seven questions answered.
The IRS is under investigation for illegally targeting the Tea Party and other conservative groups. Steuerle offers answers to seven basic questions about the IRS Tea Party scandal.
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Paul Ryan's tax numbers: Just 'magic asterisks'? (+video)
Paul Ryan's proposed budget envisions lower and simpler tax brackets even as it projects tax revenues as a higher percentage of GDP. Some suggest he'll need magic as well as math to get there.
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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 burden
Corporate 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, too
States 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 expire
The 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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Payroll tax holiday isn't perfect, but it's better than nothing
The 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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Arguing the Buffett rule
Invoked 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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'Taxes up!' 'Taxes down!' Why we should look ahead, not behind
Economists 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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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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