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Individual Taxes

Corporate Tax Reform: Where's the Beef?

January 31, 2011 –
One of the biggest applause lines in the President’s State of the Union speech came from his promise to reform and simplify the corporate income...
Individual Taxes

Obama’s Tax Reform: Corporate, Individual, or Both?

January 25, 2011 –
If President Obama says much in his State of the Union address tonight about tax reform, he’s likely to focus on revising corporate taxes, and...
Individual Taxes

Federal Payroll Tax Cut in 2011–Roots for an Individual Worker Credit?

January 19, 2011 –
The idea of an individual worker credit has been floating around the tax ether for years but never seemed to get traction. That is until...
Individual Taxes

Are There Alternatives to the Individual Mandate in the Health Reform Law?

January 18, 2011 –
Today, the House will begin debating the “ Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act” —the Republican effort to reverse the far-reaching 2010 health measure...
Individual Taxes

IRS: “Don’t Hurry to File Your 2010 Taxes”

January 13, 2011 –
If you’re among the one-third of taxpayers who itemize deductions on their federal tax returns, the IRS says you can take your time filing your...
Individual Taxes

Why Does It Cost $230 Billion to Repeal Health Reform?

January 7, 2011 –
Last spring, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the new health legislation would reduce the deficit by $143 billion over ten years. Yesterday, CBO estimated...
Individual Taxes

The Biggest Tax Problem Facing Households and the IRS is…The Tax Code

January 6, 2011 –
Each year for the past decade, Nina Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate at the Internal Revenue Service, has issued a report to Congress on the...
Individual Taxes

Tax Vox’s Fearless Predictions for 2011

January 4, 2011 –
The battle lines, as they say, have been drawn. In his radio address last Saturday, President Obama said his goal for 2011 is to “do...
Individual Taxes

To Our Readers: TaxVox Has Moved to a New Platform

December 30, 2010 –
TaxVox regulars might notice we’re celebrating the New Year by moving to a new blog platform (it’s not exactly bubbly and caviar, but we are...
Individual Taxes

Tax Reform Won’t Happen in 2011 (or 2012)

December 28, 2010 –
Much as I hate to write these words, tax reform isn’t going to happen in the coming year, or even in the year after that...