How the high corporate tax rate pushes U.S. companies to stash their cash overseas
Posted on December 4, 2012, at 5:05 PMGeneral Electric, Whirlpool, and other mega-companies are sitting on gigantic piles of money. And they're storing those piles in other countries
The 47 percent debate: Do tax credits encourage the poor to work?
Posted on September 19, 2012, at 3:08 PMMitt Romney says 47 percent of Americans are "dependent on the government." But the tax code is at least meant to help poor families become financially independent
Would the GOP raise taxes... on the middle class?
Posted on June 21, 2012, at 3:09 PMRepublicans want to cut taxes, but won't say how they'll pay for the lost revenue. Democrats have numbers to show that the middle class will be forced to pony up
Presidential tax refunds: By the numbers
Posted on April 18, 2012, at 9:50 AMObama is getting a big fat check from the IRS this year — and in the Oval Office, that's the rule, not the exception
Should the government do your taxes for you?
Posted on April 17, 2012, at 3:40 PMThe IRS already has all your financial information, and could theoretically just send you a bill every April for what you owe
Edward Morrissey: The Buffett Rule is a drop in the ocean
Posted on April 17, 2012, at 11:45 AMAmerica faces a true financial crisis. The president has responded with a hackneyed political gimmick
Is the Buffett Rule fair?
Posted on April 17, 2012, at 8:50 AMThe proposal to impose a minimum 30-percent tax rate on the super-rich stalls in the Senate, with some arguing that passing the bill would only make matters worse
Obama's Buffett Rule: Just a political gimmick?
Posted on April 13, 2012, at 4:33 PMThe president passionately argues that we ought to hike taxes on the very richest Americans — which, if nothing else, is a handy campaign talking point
Would Obama's corporate tax cut speed the recovery?
Posted on February 22, 2012, at 6:01 PMThe president wants to slash the tax rate on businesses — but raise corporate tax revenue by eliminating loopholes
Would Jesus raise taxes on the rich?
Posted on February 3, 2012, at 11:57 AMYes, He would, suggested Obama at Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast. Is the president playing politics with scripture?
Tax dodgers on the federal payroll: By the numbers
Posted on January 24, 2012, at 9:55 AMNearly 100,000 government workers owe a collective $1 billion in unpaid 2010 taxes — including employees at the Treasury Department and Government Ethics Office
Taxing the rich: A guide to the controversy
Posted on October 28, 2011, at 11:34 AMThe wealthiest Americans are flourishing, while the middle class falters. Are the rich paying their fair share?
Do millionaires really pay lower taxes than their secretaries?
Posted on September 21, 2011, at 11:26 AMNot necessarily, according to an AP "fact check" that's being embraced by the Right
Obama's 'Buffett Rule': Is hiking millionaires' taxes 'class warfare'?
Posted on September 19, 2011, at 9:14 AMThe president wants a new tax rate for wealthy Americans — inspired by billionaire Warren Buffett, who pays a lower tax rate than his secretary
The controversy over taxing corporations
Posted on August 26, 2011, at 2:35 PMNo one is happy with how the U.S. taxes corporations. But do major companies pay too much, or too little?
Are taxes actually too low?
Posted on June 1, 2011, at 11:22 AMMany Americans routinely insist that taxes are too high. But by some measures, they are at their lowest rate in decades
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