Federal Tax Policy

Feb 8, 2016

Top 400 Taxpayers See Tax Rates Rise, But There’s More to the Story

As Americans were gathering party supplies to greet the New Year, the Internal Revenue Service released their annual report of cumulative tax data reported on the 400 tax r...

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Feb 4, 2016

Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans

Chlorine bleach plants across the U.S. put millions of Americans in danger of a chlorine gas release, a substance so toxic it has been used as a chemical weapon. Greenpeace’s new repo...

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Jan 25, 2016

U.S. Industrial Facilities Reported Fewer Toxic Releases in 2014

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data for 2014 is now available. The good news: total toxic releases by reporting facilities decreased by nearly six percent from 2013 levels. Howe...

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Jan 22, 2016

Methane Causes Climate Change. Here's How the President Plans to Cut Emissions by 40-45 Percent.

UPDATE (Jan. 22, 2016): Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its proposed rule to reduce methane emissions...

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Nov 20, 2003 by Guest Blogger

From the Citizens for Tax Justice

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Nov 18, 2003 by Guest Blogger

OMB Watch - The Watcher - November 17, 2003 Vol.4 No.23 -

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Internet Tax Moratorium Expires

Legislation that prohibits states and localities from taxing the fee a user pays to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to connect to the Internet expired Nov. 1, 2003.

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Estate Tax Fact Sheet

Basic information about the estate tax and the effects of a repeal can be found by downloading the following FactSheet. Estate Tax: FactSheet (.pdf) October, 2003.

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The Natinal Priorities Project (NPP) recently released illustrations of the cost of an estate tax repeal broken down by state. From their website: "NPP offers two factsheets that show what estate tax repeal would cost the nation and selected states and what that revenue could buy in local services instead."

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Economy and Jobs Watch: Taking the Long View

Current economic policy is becoming unsustainable. Current and projected federal deficits are reaching the point where many economic commentators worry about the long-run viability of current policy.

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Report from the Treasury Department "Death Tax" Roundtable

On Nov. 6 the Treasury Department hosted a “Roundtable on Jobs, Growth, and the Abolition of the Death Tax." There was surprisingly little substance discussed at this one-sided event – most participants opted to rehash old rhetoric opposing the estate tax. There was no new serious research discussed and no new data presented.

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Treasury Roundtable - report

Nov 14, 2003 by Guest Blogger

Tax Analysts: TaxWire: Treasury Holds Roundtable on Estate Tax Repeal

Treasury Holds Roundtable on Estate Tax Repeal

The Treasury Department hosted an event November 6 to rally around President Bush's plan to make the estate tax repeal permanent beyond its 2011 expiration.

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Kyl - Sense of the Senate

Nov 13, 2003 by Guest Blogger

Senator Kyl has introduced a sense of the Congress resolution SJ Res 21 on October 23rd supporting the extension of estate tax repeal from 2010 until it is permanently repealed. Quoting the resolution:

"That it is the sense of Congress that the number of years during which the death tax under subtitle B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is repealed should be extended, pending the permanent repeal of the death tax."

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Media Alert

Nov 13, 2003 by Guest Blogger

Here is the press release from AFET concerning the release of a new reseach report from OMB Watch.

Download related materials (studies, factsheet, etc.)

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