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: TaxVox

Not So Fast, No, No, and… No.

Alabama’s Senate Budget Committee taps the brakes on a state flat tax plan. The panel delayed a vote on a bill that would cut the state’s personal income tax rate to 2.75 percent from 5 percent, and lower the corporate income tax rate to 4.59 percent from 6.5 percent . The bill would also eliminate
May 1, 2015Renu Zaretsky
: Daily Deduction

On Flat Taxes, Tax Relief, and Evidence

Flat tax chatter: Just small talk or a deeper conversation? The Hill examines GOP presidential hopefuls Rand Paul and Ted Cruz and their ideas for an across-the-board tax rate. A flat tax will disproportionately benefit higher earners, and even some in the GOP say that makes it a non-starter. But
April 21, 2015Renu Zaretsky