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Where is the Estate Tax Heading?
Read morePOLITICO reported earlier in the week that the estate tax debate is re-emerging as the expiration of the 2001/2003/2010 tax cuts looms. The estate tax...
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Op-Ed: "How to Cut the US Deficit by Fixing Tax"
Read moreThe Financial Times | September 17, 2012 One of the few issues on which Barack Obama and Mitt Romney agree is the need for tax reform. Since the last...
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Governor Jeb Bush Supports Simpson-Bowles
Read moreFormer Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) declared his support for Simpson-Bowles in a recent interview with the Tampa Bay Times, in order to begin taking on...
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Will We Get Another 1986 Soon?
Read moreElaine Kamarck and James Pinkerton, co-chairs of The RATE Coalition, a bipartisan group dedicated to promote tax reform, write in today's The Hill...
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Mixed News for Tax Reform
Read moreReports today about the Republican Party's platform committee yields some good news and bad news for tax reform. First, the good news. The Wall Street...
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Tax Exemption Fails to Make the Medal Stand
Read moreNot surprisingly, the policy world has been less than kind to a proposal to exempt Olympic winnings from taxation. After the proposal gained the...
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Goldman Sachs On the Fiscal Cliff
Read moreIn a new investor note, Alec Philips of Goldman Sachs produced a useful new chart comparing three different scenarios for extending all the fiscal...
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Bipartisan Compromise Is What's Needed
Read moreAs Congress heads toward another partisan showdown over the fiscal cliff, it is important to remember that there are plans that have received...
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Tax Extenders Spread the Budget Thin
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee will hold a mark-up of the Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act tomorrow at 10 am. The Act would retroactively...
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Lieberman and Collins Stand Up for Fiscal Responsibility
Read moreYesterday the Senate voted on two highly polarized tax plans, with a Democratic version passing 51-48 while the Republican supported bill failing to...