Topic: Internal Revenue Code
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Tax VOX How to improve the tax subsidy for home ownership
In spite of its widespread use and large fiscal cost, the mortgage interest deduction does little to promote home ownership, Toder writes. It provides no subsidy to the nearly two-thirds of taxpayers who do not itemize and only a modest subsidy to those in the 15 percent bracket.
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Tax VOX The federal government spends a lot more money than you think
'Federal spending' figures are not reliable markers. In reality, the federal government spends about 30 percent more than it admits.
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Readers Write: Herman Cain, Rick Perry tax plans fall 'flat'; Europe soul searches
Letters to the Editor for the weekly issue of December 5, 2011: One reader takes down Herman Cain's and Rick Perry's flat-tax plans, arguing that a progressive tax is the only fair, functioning policy. Another reader says that Europe's debt crisis is forcing a generation to rethink 'real value.'
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Tax reform is essential, inevitable, and impossible
Tax reform is even more necessary now than it was in 1986. Everyone agrees that the tax system is complex, unfair, and inefficient.
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Financial Q&A: Why artwork and IRAs should never mix
Submit your question to Steve Dinnen at: money@csmonitor.com
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Financial Q&A: Investing an inheritance on the brink of retirement
Submit your question to Steve Dinnen at: money@csmonitor.com
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Seven tax tips to put more in your pocket
Taxpayers can find tax breaks in charitable donations, private mortgage insurance, and higher education, experts say.
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Maine program brightens college prospects – at birth
Foundation offers $500 grants to all newborns – provided their parents open a college-savings account.
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