Aug 15, 2009 -
Raise my taxes, says millionaire Chuck Collins.
The scion of the Oscar Mayer family supports a House panel’s healthcare plan that would boost taxes for families earning more than $350,000 a year. He also advocates ending the Bush tax cuts for the rich right away, rather than when they expire at the start of 2011, and closing foreign tax havens to Americans.
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May 12, 2009 -
White House Unveils Tax-Rate Details
Higher Rates Would Hit Couples at 'Taxable-Income' Levels Starting at About $235,000
Images: Everett (Roosevelt, Johnson, Reagan); Associated Press (Wilson, Obama) Note: From 1948, rates are for married persons filing jointly. Rates exclude the effect of most tax credits as well as add-on taxes levied in certain years, with some exceptions. For some years, rates shown were subject to maximum effective rate limitations or a maximum rate on certain income.
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May 18, 2009 -
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Golisano gone
E.J. McMahon
Well, what do you know? Barely a month after its enactment, New York State’s biggest income tax hike since 1961 has already driven away one of the Empire State’s wealthiest and most productive residents.
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Jan 17, 2009 -
Report: Over 8 in 10 corporations have tax havens
Jan 16, 6:28 PM (ET)
By KEN THOMAS
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eighty-three of the nation's 100 largest corporations, including Citigroup, Bank of America and News Corp. (NWSA), had subsidiaries in offshore tax havens in 2007, and some of the companies received federal bailout funding, a government watchdog said Friday.
The Government Accountability Office released a report that said Bank of America Inc., Citigroup Inc.
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Jun 17, 2008 -
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080617/D91BMDJ00.html
McCain, Obama offer different visions on taxes
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Jun 17, 3:21 AM (ET)
By LIZ SIDOTI
WASHINGTON (AP) - Make more than $250,000 a year? Watch out. Barack Obama wants to raise your income taxes.
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Apr 24, 2008 -
From the Press of Atlantic City:
Property-tax rebates / Reform vs. gimmick
Published: Thursday, April 24, 2008
A little time travel to the recent past:
Remember just one year ago, when state lawmakers were touting property-tax rebates of 10 to 20 percent for most state taxpayers as permanent property-tax reform?
Remember when they shelved or watered down dozens of tough measures to rein in the cost of government in favor of what some considered a gimmick - a gimmick subject to the vagaries of the economy and politics?
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Jul 29, 2008 -
This was in my inbox this morning, and I haven't had time to check its validity, but I wanted to post it just to get the conversation started...
A few points to remember and consider: You can verify the tax information at http://money. cnn.
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Jun 25, 2009 -
Washington's Plot to Explode Your Taxes
By Peter Ferrara
Everyone in Washington knows the record Federal deficits and debt are out of control and can't continue. President Obama knows it. The ultraliberal Democrat Congressional leadership knows it.
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Mar 12, 2009 -
RPT-FEATURE-Corporate oil booms in low-tax Switzerland
Companies seek Swiss domiciles despite tax row
U.S. political climate may be helping
Appeal as corporate location may outlast offshore dispute
By Sam Cage Reuters
ZUG, Switzerland, March 12 (Reuters) - The tidy towns and mountain vistas of Switzerland are an unlikely setting for an oil boom.
Yet a wave of energy companies has in the last few months announced plans to move to Switzerland -- mainly for its appeal as a low-tax corporate domicile that looks relatively likely to stay out of reach of Barack Obama's tax-seeking administration.
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Apr 11, 2009 -
The Tax Capital of the World
States are raising taxes despite the 'stimulus'; New York is No. 1
Like the old competition to have the world's tallest building, New York can't resist having the nation's highest taxes. So after California raised its top income tax rate to 10.55% last month, Albany's politicians leapt into action to reclaim high-tax honors.
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