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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 08, 2012 18 Comments

Peter Ferrara at Forbes, Why America Is Going To Miss The Bush Tax Cuts, examines the propaganda perpetrated for a decade by the media and Democrats about the Bush tax cuts: Because so many major media institutions, like the New York Times and the Washington Post, have...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2012 21 Comments

The danger of overplaying one's strong hand....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 39 Comments

Taxes are going up you ungrateful kulaks. Top Marginal Tax Rate Will Exceed 50% in California, New York, and Hawaii in 2013 (h/t Instapundit): This paper compares state-by-state estimates of the top marginal effective tax rates (METRs) on wages, interest, dividends, capital gains, and business income for tax year...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 03, 2012 30 Comments

What does this solve? Via ABC News: Republicans are seriously considering a Doomsday Plan if fiscal cliff talks collapse entirely. It’s quite simple: House Republicans would allow a vote on extending the Bush middle class tax cuts (the bill passed in August by the Senate) and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 30, 2012 47 Comments

Depending on who you ask, and at what moment in time, the "fiscal cliff" either is End Times, or not. Obama is in campaign mode, as usual, that bizarre never-never-land where negotiating means running to rallies. Given Obama's permanent campaign, and the lack of seriousness in his...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 11, 2012 48 Comments

Here's a description of the "fiscal cliff": So just what is this "fiscal cliff" that has the financial markets rattled and economists and policymakers alike in a tizzy over the potential for sending the economy into another tailspin? It's a one-two punch of expiring Bush-era tax cuts and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 21, 2012 35 Comments

All the details and links at TaxProf Blog. Short version.  He made a lot, and gave a lot to charity. The interesting part: The campaign also released a statement from PriceWaterhouseCoopers on the Romneys’ tax filings over 20 years, from 1990 – 2009: In each year during the entire 20-year...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 19, 2012 10 Comments

You do realize that there actualy are some Patriotic Millionaires, don't you? Guys like Warren Buffet and others who insist that people pay higher taxes, but don't take the chance to pay voluntarily. Like this guy, who turned out to be a plant by a group called...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 27, 2012 37 Comments

Three radio events yesterday, all related to my post Obama and Warren cribbed “build it” narrative from progressive Berkeley Professor. 1. Rush featured the post in a lengthy segment.  I don't have the audio, but the transcript is here. (Audio added via DailyRushbo): 2. I was a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2012 23 Comments

To make it perfectly clear to those of you who want to keep more than a hunk of your money, who think you are successful because you are smarter or worked harder, who think you built that business, good for you...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2012 17 Comments

Up to his usual games, via The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has scheduled a vote Tuesday to bring up legislation to extend tax relief to small businesses that increase their payrolls. Republicans question whether it is a sincere effort or just a messaging vote....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2012 34 Comments

The conundrum - how to be intellectually consistent that the mandate was an unconstitutional penalty to force people into commerce, yet deal with the fact that The Chief and the four liberal Justices called it a constitutional tax. I said the only solution to this pretzel...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2012 73 Comments

Saving Obamacare by calling a penalty a tax has created all sorts of political contortions. What if the Supreme Court had called a dog a cat, would we then be required to call a dog a cat, particularly if it were better for us? That's where we...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 15, 2012 38 Comments

A reader writes: Not sure if you have something planned for tax day, but thought you'd like a little perspective from the private sector. If you do use it, please hold back our names - a few of my clients are liberals! The joys of being a small business...

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