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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]
The Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 ("JGTRRA", Pub. L. 108–27 (text), 117 Stat. 752), was passed by the United States Congress on May 23, 2003, and signed into law by President George W. Bush on May 28, 2003. Nearly all of the cuts (individual rates, capital gains, dividends, estate tax) were set to expire after 2010. [1]
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.
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 law created what would become some of the most important modern provisions in the tax code, including the child tax credit, the Roth IRA, and the education savings account. George W. Bush ...
That law also lowered the capital gains tax and taxes on dividends. 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]
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is the Obama administration's point man for selling the idea that letting tax rates for the wealthy return to where they were under President Clinton will be good ...
On November 5, 1990, Bush signed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. [13] Among other provisions, this raised multiple taxes. The law increased the maximum individual income tax rate from 28 percent to 31 percent, and raised the individual alternative minimum tax rate from 21 percent to 24 percent.