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According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the expiration of the Bush income tax rates (i.e., returning to Clinton-era rates) would have affected higher income families more than lower income families. The Bush tax cuts reduced income taxes for those earning over $1 million by $110,000 per year on average during the 2004–2012 ...
Collectively, the Bush tax cuts reduced federal individual tax rates to their lowest level since World War II, and government revenue as a share of gross domestic product declined from 20.9% in 2000 to 16.3% in 2004. [10] A 2012 Congressional Budget Office analysis found that the tax cut reduced federal tax receipts by $1.2 trillion over ten ...
Between 2001 and 2003, the Bush administration instituted a federal tax cut for all taxpayers. Among other changes, the lowest income tax rate decreased from 15% to 10%, the 27% rate went to 25%, the 30% rate went to 28%, the 35% rate went to 33%, and the top marginal tax rate went from 39.6% to 35%. [8]
That's because if the Bush-era capital-gains tax cuts expire in. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Despite objections raised by Democrats, and a lengthy delay of the final vote until late Thursday, the House of Representatives has passed an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts, keeping payroll ...
Signs of a compromise are increasing in Washington on extending the Bush tax cuts for all income levels. The question is: Does it make good economic sense to continue them, or is this merely ...
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.
On Monday, President Obama suggested a tax break that will benefit America's wealthiest citizens -- as well as some of its poorest. He proposed that the Bush-era tax cuts, which are set to expire ...