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Dan Morain: Profits up, deficit rising – blame tax breaks
May 09, 2012

Dan Walters: Former lawmaker Dan Boatwright was colorful in all ways
May 01, 2012

Head to Head: Would Rep. Paul Ryan's tax plan improve the U.S. tax system?
April 12, 2012

Paul Krugman: Reaction to Ryan's budget exposes a gullible center
April 10, 2012

Another View: Eliminate a loophole that drains state's jobs
March 11, 2012

Dan Morain: Revenue down and lawmakers seek tax breaks?
March 07, 2012

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London Property May Be Haven if Greece Exits Euro
May 21, 2012 | Bloomberg

Obama to Congress: Pass Small Business Tax Break
May 16, 2012 | Associated Press

Tax Break for Elderly
May 10, 2012 | KIMT CBS 3

Tax Break Wikipedia Information

A tax break is a tax saving. This includes:

Tax exemption, an exemption from all or certain taxes of a state or nation in which part of the taxes that would normally be collected from an individual or an organization are instead foregone.

Tax deduction, an expense incurred by a taxpayer that is subtracted from gross income and results in a lower overall taxable...

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Carl Gibson: Grassroots Victory: A coalition of big corporations has lost a battle to nab a huge tax break
May 08, 2012
May 7, 2012 - A coalition of some of the world's biggest and greediest corporations, which lobbied to shift their tax burden from themselves to America's...

Robert Greenstein: Ryan budget is Robin Hood in reverse
March 26, 2012
March 21, 2012 - The new Ryan budget is a remarkable document — one that, for most of the past half-century, would have been outside the bounds of mainstream...

Another Shot at Tax Break Democrats Love to Hate
February 10, 2012
Another Shot at Tax Break Democrats Love to Hate Posted by John Myers, KQED, 2/8/12 For the last several years, [...]

Jerry Brown vetoes tax break sunset, new budgeting scheme
October 10, 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed bills to restrict tax breaks and overhaul California's budgeting system, his office announced this morning. Brown vetoed Senate Bill...

Reform group argues against tax break for political committees
October 03, 2011
Oct. 3, 2011 - A campaign finance reform organization has sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service challenging the tax-exempt status of four high-profile...

Reform group argues against tax break for political committees
October 03, 2011
Here is an issue we discuss here regularly — challenging the tax-exempt status of certain political groups. BTW, “Tea Party Patriots, Inc. operates as a social...

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'' Single Sales Factor'' Initiative Backers Look to November
February 13, 2012 | RSS Feed: Capital Public Radio State Government News
It would end a tax break that critics say discourages out-of-state businesses from hiring in California. ...

House GOP rejects payroll tax deal
December 18, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
WASHINGTON -- The fate of the two-month Social Security tax break extension suddenly became uncertain Sunday as House Speaker John Boehner said he and most Republicans were...

Fresno County retains tax break for farmers
September 27, 2011 | FresnoBee.com: Local
Fresno County supervisors on Tuesday committed to preserving tax breaks for thousands of county farmers under the Williamson Act, despite losing state reimbursement for the...

With new state budget comes a 1% tax break
June 30, 2011 | FresnoBee.com: Local
It might be time to buy that Tiffany necklace, Sony plasma TV or Winnebago you've been hankering for. Read comments ...

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Hatch: Partisan differences impede tax compromise
May 22, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
But I could not agree to the structure of the tax break or to the extraordinary burden it would have put on local property taxes and the essential services that local governments...

Politico: Iowa' - - s Tom Harkin hasn' - - t talked to the president in months
May 22, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
And when Harkin threatened in February to filibuster an extension of the Social Security payroll tax break, the president made assurances to the Iowa Democrat that persuaded him...

Democrat John Gregg calls for lower corporate taxes
May 16, 2012 | indystar.com
Under Gregg's proposal, companies that are headquartered here or move their operations here -- and Gregg said that would have to not be some sham address just to win the tax break ...

Lawmakers tally their hits, misses
May 13, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (House File 2460) The longtime tax break allows cities to set... ISSUES THAT JUST CAME UP FIELD OF DREAMS TAX BREAK (Senate File 2329) A planned $38...

Obradovich: Piles of crumbs left at Iowa's Capitol
May 13, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The House passed a tax break for'' supply chain'' businesses that might spin off an anchor company, but it died in the Senate. This was the most significant achievement of the...

Two Democrats'' no' votes kill Senate property tax bill
May 09, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
'' The vast majority has shifted to a special-interest tax break for apartment owners and we're opposed to it,'' Corbett said, specifically noting a provision that would tax...

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