Original Post August 22, 2011 by PAUL BUCHHEIT Most wealthy Americans will recoil at the suggestion that they should pay higher taxes, likely responding with the tired mantra that the…
Original Post August 24, 2011 By Dylan Matthews Greg Sargent has been doing some great reporting on Rick Perry’s walk-back on his past support for repealing the 16th amendment, which…
Original Post August 31, 2011 by Michael HiltzikCriticism of low earners who pay no federal income tax is in fact a not-so-veiled assault on government aid for those in need.…
Original Post September 16, 2011 by Pat Garofalo Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) was on the campaign trail in Newton, Iowa today, reviving his stump speech promise to make government…
Original Post September 26, 2011 by Virginia Young JEFFERSON CITY • Wrestling with your state income tax return? Missouri legislators are weighing a plan that would do away with that…
Original Post September 27, 2011 by Tyler Kingkade WASHINGTON — Newly released U.S. Census data reveal that poverty levels have skyrocketed, but in most states, the tax systems disproportionally burden…
Original Post October 5, 2011 BY JIM DOOLEY The Hawaii Tax Review Commission is soliciting the services of a consultant to study the fairness of Hawaii’s tax system and recommend…
Op-ed by Kimble Forrister October 7, 2011 “Anytime we create more jobs, we get more people off the unemployment rolls and out of poverty,” state Sen. Del Marsh, R-Anniston, said…
October 7, 2011 by Bob Grover When President Obama released his most recent plan to create jobs and address the national deficit, he proposed that wealthy Americans and corporations should…
October 25, 2011 by John Pepitone and Christie Walton A new group wants Kansas to join nine other states that don’t have an individual income tax. Supporters claim states…
Original Post Groups say funds needed for roads, transit, pollution cleanup By Michael Dresser and Timothy B. Wheeler, October 25, 2011 Two groups charged with figuring out how the state…
October 27, 2011 by Megan Poinski Although the next legislative session is still a couple months off, it’s becoming apparent that new taxes will be one of the central issues…
(Original Post) Vivian Giang Nov. 3, 2011, 6:01 PM In March, we reported that General Electric made $5.1 billion in U.S. profits, yet managed to dodge paying any federal taxes.…
(Original Post) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy Release “Corporate Taxpayers and Corporate Tax Dodgers, 2008-2010”…
(Original Post) Published: Thursday, November 03, 2011, 2:58 PM Updated: Thursday, November 03, 2011, 9:36 PMTroy Reimink | The Grand Rapids Press By Troy Reimink | The Grand Rapids Press…
(Original Post) By AUBREY COHEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFFPublished 09:53 p.m., Thursday, November 3, 2011 Boeing has paid less than nothing in taxes on its billions of dollars in profits over the…
(Original Post) Average tax rate for 280 companies in study was 18.5 percent – less than half the statutory rate of 35 per cent Total tax subsidies given to all…
10:27 PM, Nov. 3, 2011 Written by Spencer Dennis OLIVUE — It wasn’t a strike, and it wasn’t a protest. As the Occupy movement seems to gain steam, local supporters…
(Original Post) A report on corporate taxation released Thursday calls out Bellevue-based truck maker Paccar and more than two dozen other major corporations for paying no net federal income taxes…
(Original Post) November 3rd, 2011 05:05pm by Wayne Faulkner The corporate tax rate is 35 percent. But an examination of 280 of the nation’s largest corporations suggests that many aren’t…
(Original Post) Washington, D.C. (November 3, 2011) By Michael Cohn, Accounting Today The 280 most profitable U.S. corporations are sheltering half their profits from federal income taxes, and 30 of…
(Original Post) Christopher Bergin | Nov. 3, 2011 11:13 AM EDT There’s a report that’s getting a lot of attention this morning that concludes that many large U.S. corporations paid…
(Original Post) by Robin MartyNovember 3, 20118:00 am There’s some good news in the job market today, as the rate of filing for unemployment dropped to 397,000, the lowest it…
(Original Post) November 3, 2011 3:00 AM By David Morgan (CBS News) Advocates for reducing U.S. corporate tax rates argue that lower corporate rates charged in other countries impede American…
