Most Americans say tax rich to balance budget: poll

01-04-2011 • Reuters

Most Americans think the United States should raise taxes for the rich to balance the budget, according to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll. President Obama last month signed into law a 2-year extension of Bush-era tax cuts for millions of Americans, in

Now the government has taxed you to pay the dead

12-24-2010 • Terrence Aym

Recently revealed by embarrassed government officials: your government has been taxing you to pay dead people. While there are those who criticize redistribution of wealth programs, redistributing money from the living to the dead goes beyond the pal

House Passes Tax bill 277-148, Sending Bill To President

12/16/2010 • the real news now

The United States House of Representatives has pushed through the Obama-GOP tax-cut deal by a vote of 277-148. The bill will now go to the white house for approval by president Obama. The bill reauthorizes extended unemployment benefits through 20

Congress Sends Tax Cut Bill to Obama as Logjam Ends

12-16-2010 • NY Times

Congress at midnight Thursday approved an $801 billion package of tax cuts and $57 billion for extended unemployment insurance. The vote sealed the first major deal between President Obama and Congressional Republicans as Democrats put aside their ob

IRS audits jump by 11%; wealthiest targeted

12-16-2010 • AP

The Internal Revenue Service is making it a bit riskier to cheat on your taxes. The tax agency increased the number of returns it audited by nearly 11 percent this year, statistics released Wednesday show. Wealthy taxpayers and big businesses were

House Democrats consider amendments to estate tax

12-14-2010 • Washington Post

As the Senate prepared to push through a sweeping tax package negotiated by the White House and congressional Republicans, House leaders were looking to amend the measure to satisfy the concerns of angry liberals without unraveling the deal altogethe

Til Death Due Us Tax - And Here You Thought You Could Get Away!

12132010 • www.drscoundrels.com

Well, the ghouls are at it again. Weiner, Hoyer, Pelosi, Clyburn and the rest have proven that no matter what – you can’t get away from them. Even death do you not part. What part of – this is hurting the small businessman and farmer more than

Wesley Snipes reports to prison today for refusing to be extorted

12-09-2010 • AP

When actor Wesley Snipes enters prison Thursday, he'll leave behind his wife, young children and celebrity neighbors in the wealthy Florida enclave made infamous by next-door neighbor Tiger Woods. The prison camp in Lewis Run in northwestern Pennsylv

For Obama, Tax Deal Is a Back-Door Stimulus Plan

12-07-2010 • NY Times

A year ago, President Obama and the Democrats made the mistake of assuming that an economic recovery was under way. This week’s deal to extend the Bush tax cuts shows that the White House’s top priority is avoiding the same mistake again — even if it

Extending Tax Rate "Cuts" & Unemployment Compensation For Political Gain

12-07-2010 • Free Patriot Press

It is being reported there is “compromise” between the Republican & Democratic members of Congress to extend the IRS tax rate cuts from 2001 & 2003 that were set to expire at the end of 2010. The Washington Post reports, “Faced with unified GOP oppos

Hauser's Law

12-07-2010 • Hoover Institution

Soak the rich? You can’t. A vital observation, first noted by former Hoover board chairman W. Kurt Hauser, banished this bit of wishful thinking. W. Kurt Hauser is a San Francisco investment economist who published fresh and eye-opening data about

Obama and G.O.P. in Deal on Tax Cuts

12-06-2010 • NY Times

President Obama announced a deal with Republicans to extend the Bush-era tax cuts at all income levels for 2 years as part of a package that would also keep benefits flowing to the long-term unemployed, cut payroll taxes for all workers for a year an

U.S., Panama Sign New Tax Information Exchange Agreement

12-01-2010 •

In a ceremony at the U.S. Department of the Treasury on Tuesday, November 30, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Panamanian Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Juan Carlos Varela signed a tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) between

Deficit Commission Wants To Cut Your Tax Rate, But Kill Most Exemptions

12-01-2010 • BusinessInsider.com/

You read that right, the deficit commission proposal would reduce and simplify personal tax rates. Just three brackets: 12%, 22% and 28%.

GM's union recovering after stock sale

11-28-2010 • Washington Times

General Motors Co.'s recent stock offering was staged to start paying back the government for its $50 billion bailout, but one group made out much better than the taxpayers or other investors: the company's union. Thanks to a generous share of GM

IRS to Jewish group: 'Does your organization support the existence of the land of Israel?'

11-26-2010 • Politico

A Pennsylvania Jewish group claimed the Internal Revenue Service is targeting pro-Israel groups introduced in federal court a letter from an IRS agent that tax experts said was likely outside the usual or appropriate scope of an IRS inquiry.

Government Employees Owe Billions in Delinquent Taxes

11-17-2010 • CNBC

Deficit cutters struggling to make ends meet in Washington are eyeballing an unusual pot of potential revenue: back taxes owed to the government by federal employees themselves. According to an IRS a staggering $3.3 billion dollars in delinquent tax

Psst! Rand Paul Was Right About Federal Pay

11-14-2010 • NewsWeek

So you have apples in that pay basket! When I heard that Rand Paul had claimed that average federal employee's compensation (including benefits) was more than $120,000, I thought that can't be true. Then I read Media Matters' lengthy response to the

Employers in U.S. Start Bracing for Higher Tax Withholding

10-27-2010 • Bloomberg

Employers in the U.S. are starting to warn their workers to prepare for slimmer paychecks if Congress fails to vote on an extension of Bush-era tax cuts. “I’ve been doing payroll for probably close to 30 years now, and never have we seen something

The Social Security Scam – Why all taxpayers must file income tax returns

10-25-10 • The PPJ Gazette

You have been told that Social Security is an insurance program run by the federal government. You were led to believe that your income would be taxed at a certain rate for the cost of the program. Then in times of medical emergency or upon retire

Irish Central Bank: Raise Taxes Now

10-13-2010 • dailybell.com

The Irish will pay and pay. It's good for them.

The Income Tax: WWII Disney Propaganda

10-08-2010 • youtube.com

Funded and approved by the US Department of Treasury in 1943, this Disney featurette was to encourage every good American to do his "duty" and pay his taxes, which, at this time, were at an all time high. Those who do not wish to pay or don't pay it

How to Read the Internal Revenue Code:THE SEARCH FOR LIABILITY IN THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

01-02-10 • The PPJ Gazette

Fundamental #1 – internal revenue is a part of the customs. Customs gains revenue for the government by collecting importing duties from foreign countries. Internal revenue gains revenue for the government by collecting importing duties from the U.S.

IRS to stop mailing income tax forms

09-27-2010 • Washington Post

The Internal Revenue Service plans to stop mailing instructions and paper forms for annual income tax returns, saving the agency about $10 million a year as more Americans are filing online. About 11.5 million people who filed paper tax returns in

H.R. 4646: Debt Free America Act

09/27/2010 • godlikeproductions.com

To be voted on after the Nov elections (of course). A bill that would impose a 1% tax on all banking transactions. Any time a check clears your bank, you make a deposit, transfer funds or use your debit card.

Senate leaders drop plans for pre-election vote on extending tax cuts

09-23-2010 • Washington Post

Senate leaders on Thursday abandoned plans to extend a broad array of tax cuts before the November elections, delaying a vote that could affect tax rates for virtually every American.

Another Obama and Pelosi Nightmare: A Tax on Home Sales

09-23-2010 • Rense.com

Did you know that if you sell your house after 2012 you will pay a 3.8% sales tax on it? That's $3,800 on a $100,000 home etc.