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The top marginal tax rate on income of 39.6%, provided for under the expiration of the 2001 portion of the Bush tax cuts, was retained. This was an increase from the 2003–2012 rate of 35%. [3] The top marginal tax rate on long-term capital gains of 20%, provided for under the expiration of the 2003 portion of the Bush tax cuts, was retained.
The Bush tax cuts (along with some Obama tax cuts) were responsible for just 24 percent. [29] The New York Times stated in an editorial that the full Bush-era tax cuts were the single biggest contributor to the deficit over the past decade, reducing revenues by about $1.8 trillion between 2002 and 2009. [30]
However, Bush soon confirmed that tax increases were on the table. [3]: 34 Some of the most enraged over the change in policy were other Republicans, including House Whip Newt Gingrich, the Senate leadership, and Vice President Dan Quayle. They felt Bush had destroyed the Republicans' most potent election plank for years to come.
(The Center Square) – An Illinois congressman is urging lawmakers to extend President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts. Many provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are set to expire at the end of ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Voters in Illinois will get a chance to decide whether Illinois millionaires should pay an additional tax to fund a statewide property tax relief fund. Former Illinois ...
(The Center Square) – After Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed a budget anticipating $55.4 billion in state taxpayer funds, the process of coming to a revenue estimate for the looming Illinois state ...
The maximum estate tax, gift tax, and generation-skipping tax rate, which was 55% in 2001 (with an additional 5% for estates over $10,000,000 in order to eliminate the benefit of the lower estate tax brackets) was reduced to 50% in 2002, with an additional 1% reduction each year until 2007, when the top estate tax rate became 45%.
Illinois residents will vote on a 3% tax for millionaires in November. ... that the new tax would generate $4.5 billion annually if passed into law, according to WBEZ, Chicago's public radio ...