Politics
Budget: Clinton holds session with low-income workers. GOP lawmakers say $500-per-child benefit is for middle class.
July 11, 1997
Business
High-income taxpayers are spending more time these days talking to their accountants, lawyers and other tax advisers.
March 21, 1993
Republican presidential candidate and multimillionaire Steve Forbes has proposed a flat tax that country club voters should gladly embrace.
Feb. 5, 1996
Congressional tax writers did something this year that has amazed and delighted even critics of the sweeping tax overhaul legislation now headed toward a final vote in Congress--they pulled the teeth from the federal tax bite on the poor.
Aug. 20, 1986
The biggest winners would be married couples with children, wealthy taxpayers and investors. But all of the tax breaks have sunset provisions.
May 23, 2003
World & Nation
“When there is an income tax,” Plato said, “the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.”
Jan. 20, 1985
In looking for someone to pay for most of the state’s $12.6-billion deficit, Gov.
May 9, 1991
Here is a glossary of commonly used tax terms.
Feb. 22, 1998
Archives
Most middle-income voters will be more than a little cynical when they hear politicians in Washington debating “tax fairness.”
July 22, 1990
Two-income couples gradually will get some modest breaks from the $1.35-trillion bill, but other penalties remain in the tax code.
June 3, 2001