Walks Like A Duck, Talks Like A Duck...Ain't A Duck
Thomas Frank, a man of many bellows, bellows yet again in the Wall Street Journal today, ... -universal health care plan. He has pledged to reverse the Bush Administration's foreign policy ... work done on behalf of the working poor--especially the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 15:40:57
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RE: Kingfish Award, 1/5: Paul Krugman
Alex has a great point: I don’t even know that people inherently object to taxes - I think they object to taxes most when they feel they’re getting ... if they are the more progressive kind, like the Earned Income Tax Credit. The important thing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 02:21:16
Is it Always a Good Time for a Holiday?
Is it Always a Good Time for a Holiday? by Rosanne Altshuler on Mon 12 Jan 2009 02:29 PM EST U.S ... , U.S. multinational corporations can defer U.S. income tax on profits earned abroad in their foreign-owned ... these profits at a greatly reduced tax rate. Instead of paying the normal rate of 35 percent (with a credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 19:29:07
UPDATE: Caterpillar to NLR More to come, but I just caught news that a Caterpillar motor grader production plan is slated for the vacant video ... with a union representing assembly employees) announced layoffs elsewhere in the company. Big jobs ... Arkansas – provides income tax credits based on payroll of new employees (credit earned each tax [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 16:56:58
RIGHT ON!
I want to bring your attention to a recent post from a fellow tax blogger, Chad Bordeaux of PERIODIC RAMBLINGS OF A CPA, ... to the initial passing of the Earned Income Tax Credit in 1975, and its massive expansion in 1990 and 1993. Touted as one of the top anti-poverty programs in the country, the Earned Income Tax Credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 10:00:02
Tax provisions in stimulus announced
New York Rep. Charles Rangel, chairman of the tax-policy writing Ways and Means Committee, ... s committee: Tax Relief for Individuals: “Making Work Pay Credit” Expand Earned Income Tax ... w/ $2,500 credit for first four years of higher education expenses (increase income limitations [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:36:38
IMF: What Kind of Stimulus Will Work
The International Monetary Fund is encouraging governments to quickly develop large, sustainable fiscal stimulus packages ... in earned income tax credits, and the expansion of safety ... those consumers who are most likely to be credit constrained. Measures along these lines [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 11:28:00
IMF: What Kind of Stimulus Will Work
The International Monetary Fund is encouraging governments to quickly develop large, sustainable fiscal stimulus packages ... in earned income tax credits, and the expansion of safety ... those consumers who are most likely to be credit constrained. Measures along these lines [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 11:28:00
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