- Ryan Tax Plan Reserves Most Tax Cuts for Top 1 percent, Costs $4 Trillion Over 10 Years [Citizens for Tax Justice] http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2016/06/ryan_tax_plan_reserves_most_tax_cuts_for_top_1_percent_costs_4_trillion_over_10_years.php#.v6yjvsgrkck 88 comments politics
- Bernie Sanders' Health Care Tax Plan Would Raise $13 Trillion, Yet Increase After-Tax Incomes for All Income Groups except the Very Highest: "...[W]orkers would get comprehensive health insurance in addition to higher wages." http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2016/02/bernie_sanders_health_care_tax_plan_would_raise_13_trillion_yet_increase_after-tax_incomes_for_all_i.php#.vwvgnbmrlbi 645 comments politics
- Ted Cruz's Tax Plan Would Cost $13.9 Trillion, While Increasing Taxes on Most Americans http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2016/03/ted_cruzs_tax_plan_would_cost_139_trillion_while_increasing_taxes_on_most_americans.php#.vumeffmrsuk 162 comments politics
- Jeb Bush's Tax Plan Gives Top 1% Average Tax Cut of Nearly $180,000: Bush’s Tax Plan Turns Populism on Its Head http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2015/10/jeb_bushs_tax_plan_gives_top_1_average_tax_cut_of_nearly_180000.php#.vlqnzxartme 229 comments politics
- Donald Trump's $12 Trillion Tax Cut: Tax Plan Reserves Biggest Tax Cuts for the Best-off Americans http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2015/09/donald_trumps_10_trillion_tax_cut.php#.vloeqharr1m 85 comments politics
- Trump Tax Plan Would Cost More than $10 Trillion Over 10 Years http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2015/09/trump_tax_plan_would_cost_more_than_10_trillion_over_10_years.php 149 comments politics
- Fifteen (of Many) Reasons Why We Need Corporate Tax Reform: "This CTJ report illustrates how profitable Fortune 500 companies in a range of sectors of the U.S. economy have been...successful in manipulating the tax system to avoid paying even a dime in tax on billions of dollars in U.S. profits." http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2015/04/fifteen_of_many_reasons_why_we_need_corporate_tax_reform.php 11 comments politics
- Congress should find another way to pay for transportation projects than repatriation. “A repatriation tax holiday was a bad idea when Congress last enacted one in 2004 and it's a bad idea now,” http://ctj.org/ctjinthenews/2015/01/the_hill_critics_assail_proposed_tax_holiday_for_roads.php 14 comments politics
- It’s claimed that the richest Americans pay a disproportionate share of taxes. These claims ignore federal payroll taxes, federal excise taxes, state and local taxes — focusing on just federal personal income tax. These regressive taxes take a larger share of income from poor/middle-income families. http://www.ctj.org/pdf/taxday2012.pdf 6 comments politics
- Legislation Introduced to Stop American Corporations from Pretending to Be Foreign Companies http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2014/05/legislation_introduced_to_stop.php 4 comments politics
- House Committee Votes to Increase Deficit by Nearly $300 Billion with "Bonus" Depreciation http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2014/05/house_committee_votes_to_incre.php#.u4fz5sj40ta 4 comments politics
- The U.S. Is One of the Least Taxed of the Developed Countries http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2014/04/the_us_is_one_of_the_least_taxed_of_the_developed_countries.php 606 comments politics
- Another Ryan Budget Gives Millionaires Average Tax Cut of At Least $200,000 http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2014/04/another_ryan_budget_gives_millionaires_average_tax_cut_of_at_least_200000.php#.uzy7efea-v8 264 comments politics
- Many of America’s Most Profitable Corporations Pay Little or No Federal Income Taxes; Multinationals Pay Higher Rates Abroad Than in the U.S. http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2014/02/the_sorry_state_of_corporate_taxes.php 6 comments politics
- Report Finding Massive Corporate Tax Avoidance Released Same Day as Congressional Plan to Slash Corporate Tax Rate http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2014/02/report_finding_massive_corporate_tax_avoidance_released_same_day_as_congressional_plan_to_slash_corp.php 27 comments economy
- Report Finding Massive Corporate Tax Avoidance Released Same Day as Congressional Plan to Slash Corporate Tax Rate http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2014/02/report_finding_massive_corporate_tax_avoidance_released_same_day_as_congressional_plan_to_slash_corp.php#.uw_yaowwvvu 4 comments politics
- Congress Is About to Shower More Tax Breaks on Corporations After Telling the Unemployed to Drop Dead http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2014/02/congress_is_about_to_shower_mo.php 596 comments politics
- Republican Platform Expected to Endorse Gutting Laws that Stop Offshore Tax Evasion http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2014/01/republican_platform_expected_t.php#.uugawrqo7iu 23 comments politics
- Corporate-Backed Tax Lobby Groups Proliferating: The corporate tax reform debate in the nation's capital has been invaded by an army of corporate interest groups seeking to rebrand and build momentum for a corporate tax reform that benefits corporate rather than public interests. http://www.ctj.org/ctjreports/2013/08/corporate-backed_tax_lobby_groups_proliferating.php#.uhkkmd_qo2k 3 comments politics
- Do the Math: Sequester Cuts to IRS Increase the Deficit http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2013/04/do_the_math_sequester_cuts_to.php 3 comments economy
- A revealing new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that in 2011, the US government spent as much on corporate tax expenditures as it collected in corporate taxes http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2013/04/the_corporate_tax_code_gives_a.php 4 comments politics
- The U.S. Continues to Be One of the Least Taxed of the Developed Countries http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2013/04/the_us_continues_to_be_one_of_the_least_taxed_of_the_developed_countries.php 10 comments politics
- Study: US Tax Code Fails to Slow Widening Economic Inequality http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2013/04/study_us_tax_code_fails_to_slo.php#.uv3-kb9k8yf 4 comments politics
- The Myth that "Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves" Is Back http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2013/03/the_myth_that_tax_cuts_pay_for.php 38 comments politics
- Paul Ryan's Latest Budget Plan Would Give Millionaires a Tax Cut of $200,000 or More http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2013/03/paul_ryans_latest_budget_plan_would_give_millionaires_a_tax_cut_of_200000_or_more.php#.uud0y0j-gye 6 comments politics
- Arthur Laffer Promises Trickle-Down Prosperity, Again http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2013/01/arthur_laffer_promises_trickle.php 5 comments politics
- 92 billion on corporate welfare versus 59 billion on social programs. Also comparisons with other countries spending and taxation http://ctj.org/ctjinthenews/2012/09/ironton_tribune_looking_at_47_percent_victims.php 13 comments politics
- Fortune 500 Companies Are Sheltering 1.5 Trillion in Income in Overseas Tax Havens. That's 455 Billion dollars they owe to the US treasury. CTJReports http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2012/10/which_fortune_500_companies_are_sheltering_income_in_overseas_tax_havens.php 11 comments politics
- Ending the Capital Gains Tax Preference would Improve Fairness, Raise Revenue and Simplify the Tax Code http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2012/09/ending_the_capital_gains_tax_preference_would_improve_fairness_raise_revenue_and_simplify_the_tax_co.php 3 comments politics
- GOP candidates tax plans favor richest 1% - New Report http://www.ctj.org/ 3 comments politics
- Why don't Democrats argue: "The top 1% earn more than 20% of the income, but pay less than 5% of payroll and excise taxes?" Nearly an equal share of federal revenues as income tax. http://www.ctj.org/pdf/taxday2011.pdf 37 comments politics
- Citizens for Tax Justice, as part of a forthcoming study on tax avoidance among the Fortune 500, has identified 12 corporations that have paid an effective rate of negative 1.5 percent on $171 billion in profits. http://www.ctj.org/pdf/12corps060111.pdf?=source 8 comments politics
- Verizon pushes for 1 Billion in concessions from workers, recieves nearly 1 billion in subsidies from government http://ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2011/08/verizon_pushes_for_1_billion_i.php 2 comments politics
- Speaker Boehner calls for "territorial" tax system; would exempt corporate profits shifted offshore http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2011/05/speaker_boehner_calls_for_terr.php 3 comments politics
- Republican budget proposal wants to raise taxes on lower 90% and lower taxes on top 10% all while cutting revenue by $2 trillion according to Center for Tax Justice. http://ctj.org/pdf/ryanplan2010.pdf 67 comments politics
- On April 15, make your income tax check payable to Boeing: Hugely profitable company wins $35 billion federal contract and hasn't paid a dime in federal taxes in 3 years. http://www.ctj.org/pdf/boeing0211.pdf 7 comments politics
- The Bush Tax Cuts Cost Two and a Half Times as Much as the House Democrats' Health Care Proposal http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2009/09/the_bush_tax_cuts_cost_two_and_a_half_times_as_much_as_the_house_democrats_health_care_proposal.php 5 comments politics
- The Bush Tax Cuts Cost Two and a Half Times as Much as the House Democrats' Health Care Proposal - CTJReports http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2009/09/the_bush_tax_cuts_cost_two_and_a_half_times_as_much_as_the_house_democrats_health_care_proposal.php 4 comments reddit.com
- Hypocritical Republican senators supported a tax giveaway of $2.48 trillion dollars from Social Security taxes for their billionaire cronies. Now, they oppose $900 million to provide health care for every American. http://www.ctj.org/ 23 comments politics
- 71 companies managed to pay no state income tax at all in at least one year from 2001 through 2003 despite making $86 billion in pretax U.S. profits in those no-tax years. http://www.ctj.org/html/corp0205.htm 23 comments reddit.com
Linking pages
- Ted Cruz's 'crazy' tax plan would cost US at least $16tn, thinktank says | Ted Cruz | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/12/ted-cruz-crazy-tax-plan-thinktank-analysis 85 comments
- Cheap Laughs - The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200910/satire 20 comments
- Mitt Romney 2011 Tax Return Includes Massive Gain From Controversial Bain Deal | HuffPost Latest News http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/mitt-romney-2011-tax-return-bain_n_1914587.html 20 comments
- Burger King deal: Blame it on Congress (Opinion) | CNN http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/27/opinion/mcintyre-burger-king-merger/index.html?hpt=hp 7 comments
- Europeans Accuse Ireland of Giving Apple Illegal Tax Break - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/business/international/european-commission-report-warns-ireland-over-tax-treatment-of-apple.html?_r=0 6 comments
- When It Comes to Tax Avoidance, Donald Trump’s Just a Small Fry - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/business/dealbook/when-it-comes-to-tax-avoidance-donald-trumps-just-a-small-fry.html 6 comments
- The Real Problem With Romney’s Offshore Investments – Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/mitt-romney-offshore-investments-cayman-islands 5 comments
- Nancy Folbre: Tax Havens and Treasure Hunts - The New York Times http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/tax-havens-and-treasure-hunts 0 comments