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Archive for June, 2003

Posted by taxguru on June 14, 2003


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Posted by taxguru on June 14, 2003

House Approves Tax Relief Bill.  $82 Billion Measure Aimed at 6.5 Million Poor Families



House passes its version of child tax credit



It’s the spending, stupid



IRS Wants Proof Before Giving Tax Credit



 

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Posted by taxguru on June 12, 2003

House Boosts Child-Tax Credit, But Bill’s Outcome Isn’t Certain



House Passes Child Tax Credit



How Arkansas Dem’s sweetener soured Bush tax cut



House DemonRats Look for G.O.P. Votes to Defeat Tax Cut



Tax impasse is seen needing Bush input



A Reaganite Gone Wrong.  Alabama Gov. Riley�s massive tax increase



States Craft Budget Plans, Tax Increases



Millionaire has-beens – Easy come, easy go for those who rode the stock market bubble and had paper profits that didn’t materialize in the real world.



Small farming operations do have some very lucrative tax breaks.



 

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Posted by taxguru on June 12, 2003

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Posted by taxguru on June 12, 2003

Tax ‘Fairness’ Feud Rages On



New Tax Law Has a Catch: Depreciation Recapture Rate Is Unchanged – This catches a lot of people by surprise.  The 25% Federal tax on depreciation recapture is usually higher than the normal capital gain tax.  It is a crucial issue to evaluate when deciding to dispose of property as a taxable cash-out sale or to do a Section 1031 tax deferred exchange.   



Sleep? Play Golf? Pay Your Bills Late? You May Be a Patron of the Arts – Hidden taxes are literally everywhere.



Lower Capital-Gains Tax Boosts Attraction of Custodial Accounts



 



 

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Posted by taxguru on June 11, 2003

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Posted by taxguru on June 11, 2003

G.O.P. Leader Brushes Off Pressure by Bush on Taxes



W pushes House GOP on tax cuts for poor



Defiant House GOP to Offer Broader Tax Cut Bill



The New York Times and the Tax Cut



Principles of tax reform



Bush’s stealth tax cuts are worthy of the Gipper



Will the Bush tax cuts work?



In revised tax plan, House leaders push bigger cuts



GOP Governors Raising Taxes 



Tax Breaks Help Self Employed Decide on a Business Structure – As I’ve said on too many occasions, C corporations can still reduce taxes by huge amounts over using S corps.

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Posted by taxguru on June 11, 2003

None of us really know how we would react to receiving a huge windfall.  However, I’m sure a lot of people are saying the same thing about this guy who just received a check for $24.2 million from winning the Texas lottery and is continuing his job at a trophy shop – “He’s nuts!”

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Posted by taxguru on June 11, 2003

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Schism Between Republicans Is Bared in Tax-Cut Debate



US Will See Benefit Of Tax Cuts By Year’s End Says Snow



Mounting KPMG Tax Suits Reveal Vast Marketing Push

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