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Archive for November 16th, 2004

Posted by taxguru on November 16, 2004

Toward a Single-Digit Tax Rate

 

New faces won’t ease tax battle

 

Bush advisers urge deeper tax cuts in 2nd term

 

Toward an ownership nation

 

The Myth of the Working Poor

Tax Reform Report Will Take Two Years, Say Policy Observers

 

Lame-Duck Congress Begins Work; Tax Reform Remains Talk of Town

 

 

 

 

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Posted by taxguru on November 16, 2004

On Eve of Lame-Duck Session, GOP Looking Ahead to Tax Reform

 

Budget Issues Hamstring Modernization, IRS Officials Say

 

A Flatly Simple Plan While a flat rate tax system would be somewhat simpler than the current “progressive” structure, there would still be a lot of games to play in arriving at the taxable income figure; so that would definitely leave plenty of work for us tax pros.

 

Federal Court Halts Bogus Trust Tax Evasion Scheme In Texas

 

A new twist to your tax bill? – More on the idea of a national sales tax to replace the income tax.

 

Reship of Fools – People are falling for this new work at home scam.  It’s not surprising, considering how many people actually voted for John Kerry.

 

Dead end for rebates – While at first glance, sending property tax rebates to dead people seems like a typical government screw-up, I don’t see it that way.  A person’s estate, and thus his heirs, is just as entitled to a refund of overpaid expenses as is a living person.  When a person passes away, some of the assets left behind often include receivables that will be collected after death. 

 

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