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Liability, Math, and Budget Crunches

Can a state tax all of the income of its residents, wherever it is earned? The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in Comptroller v. Wynne . A decision will answer whether residents of one state are liable for taxes on income earned in another state, even if that income has already been

November 13, 2014Renu Zaretsky

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Tax Policy in September: Racing to a Grinding Halt?

Have it your way… unless you’re Burger King. Five Senate Democrats—Illinois’ Dick Durbin, Michigan’s Carl Levin, Rhode Island’s Jack Reed, Vermont’s Bernie Sanders and Ohio’s Sherrod Brown—asked Burger King to not move its legal headquarters to lower-tax Canada. They accused it of trying to avoid

September 12, 2014Renu Zaretsky

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Rethinking the Way We Tax Charities and Those Who Give to Them

It is that time of year when we celebrate with family, remember all we have to be thankful for, and scramble to squeeze out those...

December 27, 2011Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Eric Cantor, Tax Increases, and Soup Kitchens

PolitiFact’s Lou Jacobson recently pointed me to a blog post by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor complaining that President Obama’s proposal to limit itemized deductions...

September 30, 2011Roberton C. Williams