Truthout
Taxes
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Workplace Democracy
We need a whole new approach to labor law in the United States that provides workers more freedom and democracy in the workplace.
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Budgets As Moral Documents, Nuclear Weapons and the Fate of Life
Budgets are moral documents and are supposed to represent the people's priorities.
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What Newly Released Docs Tell Us About the IRS and How It Handles Dark Money Groups
In a party-line vote, a GOP-led House committee will seek criminal charges against an IRS official accused of unfairly targeting the applications of conservative groups and misleading the Treasury …
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Ending Tax Breaks for Super-Rich Can Make Tax Day Fun for Rest of Us
Four simple tax changes could raise lots of money by taking away subsidies for rich people.
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Hiding Profits in Slimy Offshore Wormholes
Caterpillar channeled 85 percent of its international parts profits into what amounts to a tax shelter.
Personalized Tax Receipt Shows Exactly How the Federal Government Spent Taxpayer Dollars
Millions of Americans will file their federal income tax returns on April 15 with no idea what the government actually does with all that money.
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The Tax Code in Action: Charity Starts at the Top
Dean Baker: There is nothing natural about the government giving tax exempt status to big money non-profits.
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More Proof Corporate Tax Cuts Have Done More Harm Than Good
The taxes paid by corporations today are near record lows as a percentage of the United States' total tax bill, even as they are recording massive profits.
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Higher Taxes on Higher Incomes
To avoid waste, reduce inequality and maintain some semblance of market efficiency, income taxes should be used to make money as meaningful to a millionaire as it is to …
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Gold for Executives; Contempt for Taxpayers
Section 162(m) has failed as tax policy, but it does two things to perfection: it runs up federal red ink, and it shows contempt for taxpayers.