Tag: Taxes

Beltway Confidential

Harry Reid refuses to read bipartisan letter about tax reform

Joel Gehrke · July 25, 2013 12:00 am

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, and the House Ways and Means Committee Chairman, Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., talk about tax reform in Maplewood, Minn. (AP/Hannah Foslien)

Tax reform in the works, but with disagreement over its goals

David M. Drucker · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

Thanks to artificially low interest rates, the United States has been able to finance deficits exceeding $1 trillion every year from 2009 through 2012 at very low cost. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Big Ideas: On deficits, leaner armies and government innovation

Joseph Lawler · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

A San Jose State University study found that 58 percent of Americans would support a 10-cent gas tax increase to maintain roadways, and 54 percent would support the tax if it would improve safety. (AP/Nam Y. Huh)

Gas tax is an investment, and should be treated that way

Jim Ely · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, wants to know if CFPB has harmed the U.S. Trustee Program by improperly using it to capture millions of bankruptcy case files it couldnât otherwise obtain. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Chuck Grassley uncovers new evidence of tax violations by feds

Susan Crabtree · July 16, 2013 4:00 am

North Carolina to Cut, Reform Taxes to Boost Economy

Fred Barnes · July 15, 2013 11:10 pm

Former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes once said, "We can't tinker with this tax-code monstrosity or try to reform it around the edges. The only thing we can do with this hideous beast is kill it, drive a stake through its heart, bury it and hope that it never rises again to terrorize the American people." (AP File)

Examiner Editorial: Abolish the IRS, don’t ‘reform’ it

Washington Examiner · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

Farmer Martha Boneta has been involved in a series of disputes with the Piedmont Environmental Council and the government of Fauquier County, Virginia. (AP File)

Audited Virginia farmer faces more thuggery

Mark Fitzgibbons · July 7, 2013 4:00 am

The Internal Revenue Service exists to tax production; taxing consumption instead could eliminate the need for it. (Thinkstock)

Don’t reform the IRS, shut it down

Leo Linbeck III · July 3, 2013 4:00 am

Ready for Action

Geoffrey Norman · July 1, 2013 3:11 pm

Government study finds corporations pay less than 13 percent in taxes

Government study finds corporations pay less than 13 percent in taxes

Susan Ferrechio · July 1, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., introduced a bill for a "duty suspension" that a lobbying firm pushed for. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Mel Watt, lobbyist donors and government favors

Timothy P. Carney · July 1, 2013 4:00 am