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Warning: 'Fiscal cliffs' may be ahead
Aug 10, 2012
A host of tax increases for the wealthy and cuts to deductions and credits may cause some steep drops in Americans' incomes.
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Cayman Islands could tax foreign workers
Aug 6, 2012
The British territory has $91,000 registered companies, including 235 banks. But now, because of pressure to plug a budget hole, the government is proposing a 10 percent income tax on foreign workers.
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Scant agreement on link between taxes and growth
Aug 1, 2012
Politicians bicker over whether low taxes bring high growth or not, but globally, the evidence appears to be inconclusive.
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Atlanta puts new tax for transit to a vote
Jul 30, 2012
A proposal to add a penny to Atlanta's sales tax would mean billions raised for transit projects, winning the backing of business leaders but attracting a strange mix of opponents.
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Arthur Laffer on income inequality, raising taxes
Jul 26, 2012
The father of supply-side economics explains why he's against raising taxes on the rich, and the problems with being so against income inequality.
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Americans weigh in on fixes for the U.S. economy
Jul 19, 2012
Gallup's Frank Newport digs into the latest polling data on the cure for our economic ailments.
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Tax rates hit historic low in 2009
Jul 11, 2012
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office says the tax rates paid by most Americans were at near-record lows in 2009. Who's paying less, who's paying more, and what's causing the change?
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The biggest tax increase since...1993?
Jul 2, 2012
Where the Affordable Care Act ranks in U.S. tax history.
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The health care mandate and your wallet
Jun 29, 2012
The Supreme Court ruled that President Obama's health care mandate is constitutional. So what does that mean for citizens?
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Read my lips: A history of anti-tax pledges
Jun 26, 2012
22 years after he was forced to retreat from his famous tax promise, George H.W. Bush's anti-tax movement continues.
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