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    • New Calculator Shows How Much More Taxes Will You Pay Next Year

    July 27, 2010 at 3:00 pm

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    We are on the precipice of the largest tax increase in United States history. On January 1, 2011, the 2001/2003 tax relief will expire. All Americans who earn income will see their taxes go up as a result (even those who work but don’t pay any federal income taxes) unless … More

    The Economic Case Against the Death Tax

    July 21, 2010 at 11:30 am

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    After months of inactivity, the Senate could finally address the death tax in the coming days. It is about time it acted, because in a little over five months—January 1, 2011—the death tax will rise from 0 percent all the way to 55 percent. Proponents of the death tax make … More

    Senate Finally Moves on the Death Tax

    July 14, 2010 at 1:00 pm

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    Almost seven full months into 2010, the Senate might finally get around to addressing the death tax. The death tax expired on January 1 of this year, but because of a quirk in the budgeting process it will rise from the ashes in 2011 with a punitive 55 percent rate … More

    Dangerous Death Tax Plan Offered in the Senate

    June 24, 2010 at 1:00 pm

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    Senators Sanders (I-VT), Harkin (D-IA) and Whitehouse (D-RI) are circulating a bill that would drastically increase the death tax at the worst possible time: such a policy move would be a body blow to a weakly recovering economy and would clearly signal to everyone that this Congress has no intention … More

    New Extenders Bill Still Contains Irresponsible Spending

    June 17, 2010 at 7:00 pm

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    The long-debated extenders bill failed to pass the Senate yesterday by a wide margin (45-52). That’s good new for taxpayers because the bill contained $48 billion in new taxes, $126 billion in new spending and added $79 billion to the national debt. Despite yesterday’s setback, Senate leaders are undeterred and … More

    New York Times Gets it Wrong on Death Tax

    June 9, 2010 at 3:30 pm

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    In a front page article today, the New York Times has a story on the federal death tax and the impact its 2010 expiration has on a recently deceased billionaire. The article is riddled with errors, but the title of the article encapsulates perfectly the story’s biggest flaw: “Legacy for … More

    Now is the Worst Possible Time for Tax Hikes

    June 7, 2010 at 3:03 pm

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    Friday brought yet another grim jobs report. The economy created 431,000 jobs in May according to the report, but 411,000 of them were temporary government jobs working on the Census. All those jobs will disappear when the Census is complete. The jobs report is the latest signal that the stimulus … More

    Congress Purposely Dragging its Feet on Death Tax

    June 4, 2010 at 1:00 pm

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    Recent developments in Congress now make clear that Congressional leadership is willing to go through all of 2010 without a death tax in order to get what they have wanted all along – a death tax with a rate and exemption amount at their levels prior to the 2001 and … More

    Tax Extenders Bill Still Contains Irresponsible Spending Increases and Dangerous Tax Hikes

    May 27, 2010 at 1:38 pm

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    Congressional leaders have responded to the backlash against the original $174 billion cost of the “tax extenders” bill by reducing its cost by $47 billion. Even with the reduction, the bill will still add $84 billion to the deficit over the next decade. They have reduced the amount of spending … More

    The Spending Must Stop

    May 25, 2010 at 7:53 pm

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    Congress is at it again, spending more taxpayer money and significantly adding to the deficit in the process. This latest bout of irresponsible spending is $174 billion tacked on to an otherwise necessary bill to extend long-established, mostly sensible tax-reducing provisions known as the “tax extenders.”  The legislation, dubbed Stimulus … More

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    Curtis Dubay

    Curtis Dubay

    Curtis Dubay is a Senior Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation, where he specializes in tax issues.
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