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TaxVox
September 9th, 2015

Jeb Bush’s Tax Plan: High Marks for Transparency But Key Questions Remain

Howard Gleckman
September 9th, 2015

At first glance, GOP presidential hopeful Jeb Bush’s tax reform plan is a standard lower-the-rates, broaden-the-base overhaul of the revenue code. But a closer look shows a something-for-everyone stew filled with interesting ingredients…

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TaxVox
August 11th, 2015

Clinton Would Tinker With, Not Rewrite, the Tax Code

Howard Gleckman
August 11th, 2015

While many Republican presidential candidates are promoting their versions of broad-based tax reform, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton so far seems disinterested in fundamentally restructuring the code.

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TaxVox
July 28th, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s Off-the-Mark Proposal to Encourage More Patient Investors

Len Burman
July 28th, 2015

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has proposed to radically rejigger top capital gains tax rates to encourage investors to take a longer-term perspective.

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TaxVox
July 21st, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s Complex, Gimmicky Profit-Sharing Plan

Howard Gleckman
July 21st, 2015

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has offered a new tax subsidy to encourage firms to share profits with their employees.

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TaxVox
July 13th, 2015

Hillary Clinton Outlines Her Play-It-Safe Tax Agenda

Howard Gleckman
July 13th, 2015

In what her campaign billed as a major economic policy speech today in New York, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton outlined her agenda for what she described as a Growth and Fairness Economy.

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TaxVox
May 27th, 2015

The Trouble with the FairTax

Len Burman
May 27th, 2015

GOP Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee recently got into a spirited debate with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace about Huckabee’s proposal to replace all federal taxes with a national retail sales tax, called the FairTax by its supporters.

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TaxVox
May 12th, 2015

Is the GOP’s Enthusiasm for Tax Cuts Going the Way of American Idol?

Howard Gleckman
May 12th, 2015

The silence is deafening. Remarkably, Republicans lining up to run for president aren’t talking about cutting taxes. Tax reform? Sure. Rate cuts? Absolutely.

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