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When Should Small Businesses Get a Tax Break?

by Martin A. Sullivan | January 17, 2012 - 11:31 AM EST

If you listen to the politicians, you might think all would be right with the world if we just had more small businesses. [Read More]

• Start-Ups, Not Small Businesses, Are Key to Job Creation (1 comment)
• New Research Weakens Case for Small Business Tax Relief (2 comments)
• We Should Tax the Banks, But Do it Right (2 comments)

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The Taxpayer Advocate Speaks ... So Listen Up

by Robert Goulder | January 13, 2012 - 12:45 PM EST

Our National Taxpayer Advocate has issued her annual report, which identifies roughly two dozen major problems with America's federal tax system. Can you guess which issue topped the list? [Read More]

• Payroll Tax Politics (6 comments)
• Super Committee Gridlock: In Celebration of Failure (4 comments)
• Greece's Inability to Tax Itself (1 comment)

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I Will Ask Again, Why Are We Taxing Corporate Income?

by David Brunori | January 11, 2012 - 7:59 PM EST

I have been opining, preaching really, for years on why we should repeal the state corporate income tax. As I noted before, any corporation with a breathing accountant can avoid all or most state corporate income taxes. Its not the fault of corporations. They generally act responsibly with respect to their tax avoidance activities. [Read More] (8 comments)

• Despite What Everybody Thinks, Tax is Not a Four Letter Word (1 comment)
• Paying Your Fair Share (8 comments)
• Advice for Conservatives (7 comments)

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Half a League, Half a League Onward, IRS

by Christopher Bergin | January 9, 2012 - 10:00 AM EST

OK, it may be a stretch of a metaphor to compare the IRS to the Light Brigade, but I’m starting to worry the IRS is doomed. [Read More] (5 comments)

• Bowl Season (2 comments)
• The Payroll Tax Deal Will Get Done (7 comments)
• What's Fair? A Dangerous Game (4 comments)

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Bubbles

by David Windish | November 18, 2011 - 1:57 PM EST

Funny how the mind works. I read Jeremy’s and AMT Buff’s comments to my earlier post Fair’s Fair. I read the post by Robert Goulder entitled Greece's Inability to Tax Itself. For some reason, I started thinking about bubbles. [Read More] (5 comments)

• Fair's Fair (3 comments)
• A Look From the Other End (2 comments)
• Unintended Consequences (6 comments)

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The Smart Money Says Deadlock

by Joseph J. Thorndike | November 16, 2011 - 10:07 AM EST

In politics, the smart money is always cynical. It bets on inertia, not change; on symbols, not substance. Hope? Progress? Suckers' bets.The smart money isn't always right, but when it comes to the so-called supercommittee, it's made a safe bet. [Read More] (1 comment)

• Veterans Job Credit is Feel-Good Tax Policy -- and a Distraction (1 comment)
• When it Comes to Capital Gains, Huntsman is Talking Nonsense (12 comments)
• What Passes for a Big Idea in Washington (1 comment)

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Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Plan: Stepping Stone to a VAT?

by VAT Bastard | October 11, 2011 - 2:09 PM EDT

GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain wants to fundamentally alter the U.S. tax system. His proposal is called the '9-9-9 Plan.' It would repeal the current tax code and replace it with a 9% flat tax for individuals, a 9% flat tax for corporations, and a 9% federal retail sales tax. Critics view the idea as a political gimmick, and rightly so. But let's indulge our fantasies for a moment and ask 'what if.' Could a national sales tax pave the way for a VAT? [Read More] (2 comments)

• Is the Corporate Tax Worth Saving? (1 comment)
• Fritz Hollings Says the USA Needs a VAT (1 comment)
• Who Says Corporate America Doesn't Want a VAT? (4 comments)

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A Cosmic Visitor's Take on Tax

by David Cay Johnston | July 5, 2011 - 12:31 PM EDT

In David Cay Johnston's final column for Tax Notes, he suggests fresh ways to think about tax policy. [Read More] (4 comments)

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