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US Tax Code

New Study Debunks '47 Percent' Claim

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 04.03.2013 | Business

A new study further debunks the widely-held conservative notion that lower-income Americans pay little-to-no taxes while the rich shell out more than ...

How Our Tax System Subsidizes Bloated CEO Pay

Chuck Collins | Posted 10.16.2012 | Business
Chuck Collins

For decades we've heard about CEOs who garner more in a day than their average employee earns in a year. The sad fact is our current tax code encourages these runaway pay packages -- and even subsidizes the excess.

This Is America's 'Blind Spot'

Reuters | Posted 07.09.2012 | Business

* Each job at a foreign firm's U.S. unit supports 3 others * Manufacturing employment leads other sectors * U.S. slice o...

Two Million Reasons To Start (Or Invest In) A Company Today

Jason Finger | Posted 02.12.2012 | Small Business
Jason Finger

Get off of the fence and start (or invest in) a business, because if someone invests in a qualified small business between now and the end of this year and holds that stock for 5 years and sells it, any gain is TAX FREE.

U.S. Corporations Pay Average Amounts Of Taxes Despite High Rates

The New York Times | DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI | Posted 07.03.2011 | Business

The United States may soon wind up with a distinction that makes business leaders cringe — the highest corporate tax rate in the world. ...

Beyond Clawback: Using the Tax Code More Expansively to Address AIG Bonuses

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Paul Abrams

The much-reviled US tax code contains within it thousands of treatments and exclusions that enable subclasses of people to enjoy deductions, credits or even exclusions from paying taxes.