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Gov. George W. Bush will lay out the centerpiece of his economic agenda on Wednesday, calling for sweeping cuts in income tax rates, a tax break for many married couples [...]

Stepping up his attack on Republican tax-cutting proposals, President Clinton said today that the cost of the tax bill moving through the House would rise to unimaginable levels and threaten […]

The first clue was an obscure reference in a corporate financial statement to a sizable tax benefit, a possible tipoff to a new form of tax shelter. Not long after […]

DEBATES about overhauling tax policy have never lacked vigor, but for the last 15 years they have been restrained by the huge Federal budget deficit, which has rendered talk of […]

For all Washington's celebratory mood over the nation's first major tax cut in 16 years, Congress and the Clinton Administration hardly issued an open invitation to the party. Rather than […]

The nation's governors are calling for state tax cuts of $4.4 billion next year, the largest aggregate reduction in at least two decades, and are seeking to keep spending increases […]

IT has been excoriated as a handout to the rich at the expense of the middle class and the poor, and it has been promoted as the key to unlocking […]

Bob Dole has added a potentially far-reaching and controversial element to his economic package, promising that he would act immediately to exempt from capital gains taxes any inflation-induced increase in […]

In Bob Dole's rhetorical shorthand, the issue comes down to a few snappy phrases that draw sustained cheers whenever he uses them on the campaign trail: a tax system that […]

The Republican challenger, far behind in the polls, promised to slash taxes and reinvigorate the economy, then stormed back to defeat an incumbent Democrat who had raised taxes. That was […]

The tax-cut proposals being considered by Bob Dole's Presidential campaign range as high as $600 billion over six years, but Mr. Dole has not made any decision on the size […]

After years in the political wilderness, while official Washington focused on deficit reduction, Republican proponents of deep tax cuts are once again getting a serious hearing within their party. They […]

The California Insurance Commissioner said today that the Internal Revenue Service had unexpectedly billed the Executive Life Insurance Company $643 million for back taxes and penalties, further imperiling the troubled […]

As they have throughout the yearlong process of developing a tax-revision package, business executives reached yesterday had varying reactions to the proposals that emerged this weekend from the House Ways […]

The article discusses agreement within the U.S. Republican Party (G.O.P) regarding the need for government spending cuts in the U.S. as of March 4, 2013. Topics addressed include division within the party on other issues since the reelection of U.S. President Barack Obama, U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives John A. Boehner's attitudes towards the government's sequestration budget policy and tax increases, and the future of conservatism in the U.S.

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush called for cutting Social Security benefits for future retirees to put the system on sound financial footing, proposing doing so in a way that would demand the most sacrifice from higher-income people. Comments of Bush at a news conference at the White House; Issue of the benefit cuts or tax increases needed to balance the system's books as the baby boom generation ages and life expectancy increases; His defense of his nominee for United Nations ambassador, John R. Bolton; Remarks concerning gasoline prices and a timetable for troop withdrawal from Iraq; Challenges that Bush is facing, including falling approval ratings and a slowing economy; Overview of Bush's Social Security proposal.

Presents analysis on President George W. Bush's new tax plans. Aides who say the President is committed to reforming the tax code in the United States; Plan to name a bipartisan commission to study and make recommendations; Assertion by Bush that he wants to retain two of the most politically popular breaks in the tax code which are the deductions for mortgage interest and charitable giving; Further statement that he wants the new reforms to neither add nor reduce taxes; Burdens to enacting significant change.

Discusses the effort of U.S. President George W. Bush to improve his ratings by stressing the improvements in the U.S. economy. Impact of the creation of 900,000 new jobs in the last four months in the U.S.; Consideration of how the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal is affecting the presidential campaign; Statistics on how Bush's tax cuts have stimulated the economy; How Republicans wish to emphasize economic gains in the Bush campaign's advertising; Focus of the media on the price of gas, health care, and the loss of U.S. jobs to other countries.

Reports on the move of U.S. President George W. Bush to focus on his tax cuts and the improving outlooks for jobs in the U.S. during his visit to Iowa. Assertion of Bush on the role of the tax cuts in the recovering of the economy; Renewal of the call of Bush to make permanent the tax cuts he has championed; Creation of jobs.

Details the campaign made by U.S. President George W. Bush in Florida. Attack against rival John Kerry over taxation; Citation of the legislative record of Kerry; Invocation of the September 11 terrorist attacks; Comparison of policies on national security.

Reports on the revelation of Joshua B. Bolten, nominee of U.S. President Bush for director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget, that the administration has no plans to push the tax cuts beyond those it had already proposed.

Reports on the agreement of the U.S. House Republican leaders on May 1, 2003 to abandon President George W. Bush's plan to eliminate all taxes on dividend.

Reports on the actions taken by U.S. President George W. Bush to pursue the introduction of his tax cut proposal, as of April 21, 2003.

Deals with assumptions that U.S. President George W. Bush will use his wartime popularity for his proposed tax cut.

Reports on the efforts of the U.S. government to promote its proposed round of tax cuts in response to the criticism of the plan by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan as of February 13, 2003.

Reports on the defense made by U.S. President George W. Bush of the fairness of his tax cut proposal which faces criticisms from Democrats.

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush is calling for the elimination of taxes on stock dividends. Efforts to renew prosperity through improving the financial health of investors as well as to secure his own electoral success; The debate among political analysts over the proposed tax cut; Comments from some of Bush's Democratic critics; Impact on the way companies raise money, the way Americans invest, and Americans' views of retirement plans.

Focuses on the plans of United States Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill to rewrite the tax code. Suggestion that this may result in a political battle between Republicans and Democrats; Issues which would be raised in this debate, such as the tax rate for wealthy taxpayers and the use of the tax code to encourage or discourage certain types of behavior; Prior tax code reform efforts; Details of reform proposals.

Discusses issues on the move of U.S. President George W. Bush's administration to review options to overhaul the federal tax system in the country in 2002.

Reports the anticipation toward official assessments of whether proposed tax reductions will help the economy and generate more revenue for the U.S. government.

Reports that the U.S. Senate approved the proposed bill of tax cuts for business and extended benefits for unemployed workers.

Reports on the appeal of U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan for Congress to link any further tax reductions or spending increases to progress in paying down the national debt. Provision of specifics on the process by which the plan will work; Caution issued on the implication of letting the government's fiscal conditions to continue deteriorating.

Reports on the economic recovery package in U.S. Extension of the unemployment benefits; Inclusion of permanent tax cuts for individuals and businesses; Temporary tax credit for businesses to invest industrial equipment.

Reports on the tax bill pushed by California Representative Bill Thomas, which focused on business tax cuts in the United States.

Reports that United States President George W. Bush requested the U.S. Congress on October 5, 2001 to devote the remaining budget of its economic recovery plan to tax cuts in order to uplift the economy.

Focuses on opposition to two tax-cut proposals made by Republican legislators in the United States for stimulating the economy. Proposals to cut the capital gains tax or reduce corporate income taxes; Criticism of the proposals which was expressed to the Senate Finance Committee by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and former treasury secretary Robert Rubin; Indications of a serious economic slowdown; Question of how to stimulate economic recovery.

Reports that key Democratic and Republican leaders in the United States are discussing possible compromises on additional tax cuts, in light of the poor economic outlook on September 11, 2001. Suggestion of the Democratic chairman of the Senate Budget Committee that such a deal could involve the temporary use of a portion of the Social Security surplus; Pressure on U.S. President George W. Bush to take a more aggressive approach to dealing with the economic slowdown; Political implications.

Discusses how the tax cut signed into law by United States President George W. Bush is complicating the rest of Bush's agenda. How the government may not be able to finance military changes and the development of a national missile defense system; Budget problems within the government.

Reports on the allegations of the Democratic Party that a phrase printed on tax rebate checks was being used by the administration of President George W. Bush for political purposes.

Reports on plans of United States President George W. Bush to overhaul the U.S. tax code. Plans still in discussion stage; Need for a broad consensus concerning taxes; Tax reform options including introduction of a flat tax and the dissolution of the Internal Revenue Service; Desire of some to develop an entirely new tax code.

Reports on the approval by the United States Congress of a tax cut bill to reduce all income tax rates over five years. How politicians voted; Comments by President George W. Bush on the tax cut; Way in which the bill would benefit taxpayers; Details of the bill.

Discusses tax cut issues in the United States.

Deals with the views of United States senators on the tax cut proposed by President George W. Bush.

Discusses the significance of the proposed tax cut to the improvement of economic conditions in the United States in 2001.

Focuses on the agreement reached between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate on the allocation of funds to tax cuts and spending in the United States.

Comments on the immediate tax cut proposed by the Congress of the United States for 2001.

Reports on the failure of United States (U.S.) President George W. Bush to convince U.S. Democratic senators to support his tax plan.

Reports on the vote of the United States Senate to adopt a budget blueprint calling for tax cuts.

Focuses on the action taken by the United States Republicans to make tax cuts more favorable to low-income payers.