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Information and Misinformation about Federal Tax Burdens - 1/21/99
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities article arguing that the percentage of
income that typical middle-class families pay in federal taxes is often ...
The CBO analysis includes the effect of income taxes, Social Security and other social insurance taxes, excise taxes, and corporate income taxes
The Joint Committee analysis includes the effect of income taxes, Social Security and other payroll taxes, and excise taxes, but not corporate income taxes
For example, the Tax Foundation methodology assumes that a median two-earner family with an income of about $50, 000 pays the same percentage of income in corporate income taxes and estate taxes as a wealthy family with income of $5 million and extensive investments
That is not a valid assumption; it is widely accepted that most corporate income taxes and virtually all estate taxes are paid by high-income taxpayers
While the typical middle-income family is in the 15 percent federal income tax bracket, high-income families are in brackets with marginal rates more than twice that high and pay much higher percentages of income in federal income tax than middle-class families do
The four moderate-income families pay five percent of their income in income tax, not 22 percent
It ascribes tax rates to the average person that only taxpayers at considerably higher income levels pay
Small Business Taxes & Management
Provides tax and management guidance.
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Federal Budget Spending and the National Debt
Is there a budget surplus? You can find out for yourself. If the National Debt
is increasing, then the Treasury Department is borrowing, and there must be a ...
? President Bush put in tax rate cuts, the economy recovered and tax revenue is up
So it wasn't a 'tax cut' (tax revenue increased), it was a tax rate cut! and it worked perfectly
It is a separate account and has its own source of income
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economy has created more than 5.5 million jobs, and the unemployment rate has dropped to 4.8 percent, which is below the average for the past three decades
The Presidents tax cuts ensure that everyone who pays income taxes receives tax relief, and establishes a new 10% marginal tax rate for those at the lowest end of the income scale
Lower Marginal Tax Rates High marginal tax rates act as a disincentive for hard-working individuals to achieve the American Dream
Our tax structure must not prevent moderate to low-income individuals or families from joining the middle class
Lower Capital Gains and Dividends Taxes Low rates on capital gains taxes encourage saving and investment, habits that are good for the long-term stability of families and the American economy as a whole
Additionally, the tax penalty for married couples would resume and gains from investments and dividends would be taxed at a much higher rate, discouraging investment and job creation
Finally, the death tax would return at a much higher rate, again making it harder to pass on family farms and family-owned businesses to the next generation
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Beware Fiscal and Regulatory Drag
Stephen Moore talks about the approaching dangers of heavy regulation on the
modern economy.
In the 1970s the combination of accelerating inflation, rising tax rates and regulatory overload torpedoed the economy and created a decade of stagnation and falling real incomes
Or are they? With the budget balanced for the first time in 30 years, the unemployment rate at its lowest level since 1970 and inflation virtually nonexistent, it would seem that we are in a policy regime that is entirely benign
Supply-side skeptics exalt that taxes aren't an important economic factor and point to the fact that the American economy performed so well after the Clinton tax rate hike of 1993, when tax rates rose from 31 to 40 percent
By my calculations, the higher tax rates knocked a half to one full percentage point off GDP growth in 1993 (the taxes were retroactive) and another half percentage point off growth in 1994
Once the new taxes were finally absorbed, the economy soared at a 3.5 percent real annual rate
The fiscal drag from the rise in tax rates legislated by Clinton was not as severe as expected because the tax hikes were partially offset in the mid-1990s by falling inflation
Falling inflation reduces the real capital gains tax rate (capital gains are not indexed for inflation) and allows firms to write off capital investments more rapidly
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The ABCs of the Capital Gains Tax CATO Institute essay advocating for a cut in the capital gains
tax.
The Contract with America proposal would provide a 50 percent exclusion for capital gains, lowering the top effective tax rate to 19.8 percent, and index capital gains for inflation
We conclude that a capital gains tax cut would substantially raise tax collections and increase tax payments by the rich; increase the rate of capital formation, economic growth, and job creation through the year 2000; unlock hundreds of billions of dollars of unrealized capital gains, thus promoting more efficient allocation of capital; expand economic opportunities for the most economically disadvantaged workers by bringing jobs and new businesses to capital-starved areas, such as America's inner cities
Ever since the capital gains tax rate was raised from 20 to 28 percent as part of the 1986 Tax Reform Act, Republicans and many centrist Democrats have tried repeatedly to enact a capital gains tax cut to stimulate job creation and economic growth
It is our conclusion from reviewing the historical evidence and more than 50 studies that the GOP tax reduction plan (which would lower the tax rate from 28 to 19.6 percent and index gains for inflation) would increase taxes collected from the rich; increase the rates of capital formation, economic growth, job creation, and real wages over the next decade; and unlock hundreds of billions of dollars of unrealized capital gains, thus promoting a more efficient capital market
Unemployment Compensation
An overview of the unemployment insurance program in the United States, including
benefits paid and federal and state unemployment taxes.
The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) imposes a 6.2 percent gross tax rate on the first $7, 000 paid annually by covered employers to each employee
Employers in States with programs approved by the Federal Government and with no delinquent Federal loans may credit 5.4 percentage points against the 6.2 percent tax rate, making the minimum net Federal unemployment tax rate 0.8 percent
Since all States have approved programs, 0.8 percent is the effective Federal tax rate
In 1976, Congress passed a surtax of 0.2 percent of taxable wages to be added to the permanent FUTA tax rate (Public Law 94-566)
Thus, the current effective 0.8 percent FUTA tax rate has two components: a permanent tax rate of 0.6 percent, and a surtax rate of 0.2 percent
In general there are three major factors used by States: (1) the amount of recent employment and earnings; (2) demonstrated ability and willingness to seek and accept suitable employment; and (3) certain disqualifications related to a claimant's most recent job separation or job offer refusal.Monetary qualifications The State monetary qualification requirements in the base year for the minimum and maximum weekly benefit amounts, and for the maximum total potential benefits
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Winners, Losers And Big Problems With Either Tax Overhaul Plan ...
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But to advocates of a flat income tax rate, Rabushka's words had great meaning
The plan also includes a measure requiring a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress to raise the sales tax rate or to create additional exemptions
Under the proposals, a single income tax rate of 20 percent would replace the existing marginal tax rates of 15 percent, 28 percent, 31 percent, 36 percent and 39.6 percent
31, 1998, the rate would drop to 17 percent
Joel Slemrod, an economist at the University of Michigan, proclaimed the national sales tax 'NAUSEA-I Not Administrable at Usual Standards of Equity and Intrusiveness.' Its advocates may say a 15 percent rate is high enough, but James Poterba, an economist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has calculated that it would take a rate of 17.2 percent to raise the $1.5 trillion levied by the current system
Because interest would not be taxed, car dealers could offer an automobile at a bargain basement price with the understanding that a buyer will take a loan from the dealership at very high interest rates
Within three or four years of passage, Rabushka maintains, a flat tax would spur so much economic growth and such a dramatic increase in tax receipts that the rate could be lowered
Fuck the South
Ranting about the South voting for Bush.
Which state do you think has the lowest divorce rate you marriage-hyping dickwads? Well? Can you guess? It’s fucking, the fucking center of the gay marriage universe
Yes, that’s right, the state you love to tie around the neck of anyone to the left of Strom Thurmond has the lowest divorce rate in the fucking nation
Think that’s just some ? How about this: 9 of the 10 lowest divorce rates are fucking blue states, asshole, and most are in the Northeast, where our values suck so bad
And where are the highest divorce rates? Care to fucking guess? 10 of the top 10 are fucking red-ass we're-so-fucking-moral states
Take your liberal-bashing, federal-tax-leaching, confederate-flag-waving, holier-than-thou, hypocritical bullshit and shove it up your ass
TaxProf Blog
Weblog on developments in the law of taxation by Professor Paul L. Caron of the
University of Cincinnati College of Law.
The Article attributes the unwillingness to concede Chevronâs applicability to tax exceptionalism, the erroneous perception of many scholars that tax is different than other areas of the law, which for the purpose of this Article translates into the idea that tax should have its own judicial deference standards separate from the Chevron/Mead regime
Finally, having established that the Chevron/Mead framework should apply in tax cases, this Article applies the standard articulated in Mead to demonstrate that Chevron is the appropriate evaluative standard for Treasury regulations and responds to arguments suggesting an alternative outcome
August 7, 2006 in | Goerke on Corporate and Personal Income Tax Declarations (Research Fellow, IZA) has posted on IZA
Here is the : Decisions by firms and individuals on the extent of their tax payments have generally been treated as separate choices
Empirically, a positive relationship between corporate and personal income tax evasion can be observed
The theoretical analysis in this paper shows that a manager's decision on the firm's behaviour will be independent of his personal preferences if the gain from reducing corporate tax payments is certain, as in the case of tax avoidance
Economic Statement and Budget Update 2000
The mini-budget at the Finance Ministry Site introduces tax reductions.
It reduces taxes faster and further than set out in Budget 2000 because Canadians deserve to keep more of what they earn, by: providing substantial immediate tax reductions that grow over time; providing one-time relief for heating expenses to help low- and modest-income Canadians; lowering rates for all Canadians effective January 2001, in less than two and a half months; and reducing Canadians' average burden 21 per cent as a result of measures in Budget 2000 and this Statement
All tax rates will be lowered effective January 1, 2001
That means, in less than two and a half months: The 17-per-cent rate will be reduced to 16 per cent
The 24-per-cent middle tax rate – reduced from 26 per cent in July 2000 – will be reduced further to 22 per cent
The 29-per-cent top tax rate will be reduced to 26 per cent on between about $60, 000 and $100, 000
Effective today: the inclusion rate will be cut further from two-thirds to one-half; and tax-free rollovers will be expanded and made available to more businesses
The Alliance for Worker Retirement Security - Testimony: An ...
Advocates Social Security reform for the benefit of the American worker.
Because Social Security operates almost entirely as a pay-as-you-go system, it is highly sensitive to the dramatic demographic changes over the last several decades
This is for the simple reason that Social Security’s deficits -- $4 trillion over 75 years or $11 trillion in perpetuity – grow at a faster rate than the payroll tax base that supports the program
In fact, as long as the overall federal tax rates are held constant and the funding of the accounts is derived from existing revenue or spending sources, there is little if any difference between the two
Specifically, it is pointless to compare the benefits or taxes related to the various reform proposals against benefit and tax levels of the current system when the promises of the current system are not fundable under existing scheduled tax rates
According to a recent study by the Social Security Administration, these cuts would lead to a doubling of the poverty rate – with almost half of those added to poverty being black or Hispanic and over 60 percent being women
Increasing taxes, even lifting the payroll cap, will only accelerate this trend
ACS :: Cigar Smoking
Information from the American Cancer Society on cigar trends, constituents of
cigar smoke, cancer disease and deaths caused by cigars, other health effects of ...
History and Rise of Cigar Smoking Rates The consumption of large cigars and cigarellos has been increasing since 1993
Cigar tobacco has a high concentration of nitrogen compounds (nitrates and nitrites)
Finally, federal tax rates for cigars are increasing, but are much lower than the federal tax on cigarettes
Small cigars have a federal tax rate of $0.04 per pack of 20
The alarming increase in the rates of cigar smoking, especially among young people, shows how urgently the country needs stronger cigar regulations and a comprehensive national policy to deal with this growing health public health dilemma
Federal Tax and Fee Rate Chart for Tobacco Products
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