The Republican Congress has tried to phase out the estate tax over the last two years, but President Clinton has blocked their efforts.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman, and Kansas Governor Sam Brownback have all called for their states to eliminate their income tax and replace it with a sales tax over the past week.
Plans were also adopted to chip down income tax over time (it is now 4%, and is due to fall to 3.9% next year) and to phase out the business tax by a tenth of a percentage point per year over 23 years.
Although I find the childish attacks from the anti-government brigade annoying, there is a reasonable debate to be had over the appropriate role of government in society. (I favor a direct soda tax over regulation.) More frustrating are the latter complaints, which defy both common sense and scientific data.
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Finally, Obama got his victory, promising 95% of us a tax cut (an impossibility) over the economically challenged John McCain who questioned tax cuts over the years.
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Yes, you would have some danger of rising tax rates over time, but every tax system has that danger.
Generally, older folks fare better due to the tax increases over the years (the Social Security tax was just 1% when the program started).
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Furthermore, by inhibiting economic growth, higher tax rates over the longer term actually end up reducing government tax receipts.
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Bush increased actual tax revenue over that collected by President Bill Clinton by cutting marginal tax rates.
Corporations have managed to lower their share of the tax burden over the years, but only by loading up on tax-deductible debt and tax accountants.
Now, a divorce lawyer facing federal tax evasion charges was ordered to turn over her tax records to the government, and even her tax lawyers were ordered to turn over their records.
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What people often want to do is roll over the after-tax money but not roll over the pre-tax money.
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The measure would have repealed the estate tax gradually over the next 10 years.
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And, he added, the governor chose a big tax cut over health care funding.
Essentially, they were stock deals structured to spread out tax liabilities over several years.
But its attempts to retain its tax advantage over other parts of Europe are under intense pressure.
It is engaged in a bitter sales tax fight over them involving hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Tuesday, Kerry blasted what he called President Bush's failed policies that favored tax cuts over strengthening homeland security.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to give comprehensive tax advice over the internet, no matter how well researched or written.
So that would be three distinct tax regimes over a several year period.
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The party pledged that a future Conservative government would reduce the tax burden over the course of a Parliament.
It even dares to suggest that a lower-tax economy might grow faster and generate more tax revenues over time.
National saving is composed of personal saving, business saving, and government saving, i.e. an excess of tax revenue over expenditures.
By paying some taxes before he had to, Dr. Tooth almost surely cut his family's total tax bill over time.
Also, if they are cash-strapped, provisions in the law allow them to pay any tax liability over a 15-year period.
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To pay for Labour's spending would mean substantial tax rises over and above those that the Chancellor actually told us about.
Congress enacted the current tax policy over 25 years ago in an effort to promote job growth and strengthen the domestic economy.
He is currently appealing against a conviction for tax fraud over deals his firm Mediaset made to purchase TV rights to US films.
It suggests, in fact, a politician who has gradually toughened his anti-tax views over the years but remains willing to boost some levies.
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