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Obama's Tax Plan Would Hit Stunt Business Growth, Republicans Say

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 02.09.2013 | Small Business
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's plan to increase taxes on top earners would have only a small impact on the nation's economy, according to...

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We Could All Pay Less Income Taxes By Getting Rid Of These

Reuters | Posted 12.12.2012 | Business
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By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Repealing most of the U.S. tax code's major itemized deductions - like those for mortgage ...

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Tax Dodgers Beware: IRS Forms Elite 'SWAT Team'

Reuters | Posted 05.20.2012 | Business
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* Tax evasion by 'transfer pricing' a top target for agency * Talent coming in from Big Four audit, law, consulting firms ...

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Report Pokes Holes In Republican Tax Plan

AP | By ALAN FRAM | Posted 01.02.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- It will be hard for Republicans to attain their goal of lowering the top corporate tax rate to 25 percent if they want to pay for it sol...

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Rich Would Still Get Tax Cuts Even If Bush Tax Cuts Expire

THE NEW YORK TIMES | JACKIE CALMES | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Taxpayers with income of more than $1 million for 2011 would still receive on average a tax cut of about $6,300 compared with what they would have pai...

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Offshore Tax 'Shenanigans': Report Reveals How Multinationals Are Duping Government Out Of Billions

Bloomberg | Jesse Drucker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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A U.S. tech company identified only by the pseudonym "Delta" generated as much as 55 percent of its revenue domestically while reporting to shareholde...

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Government Job Creation Tax Credit Program

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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One of the few job creation bills that squirmed through the halls of Congress earlier this year is back on the chopping block. The HIRE Act of 2010 ...

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JPMorgan Tax Deal Would Net Bank $1.4 Billion

SCOTT THURM And DAN FITZPATRICK | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is nearing a deal that would allow it to benefit from a tax refund of as much as $1.4 billion, becoming the latest company to ...

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