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Tax Talk 2012: Lee Wrights

14 January 2012

As I noted before, in terms of what affects voters the most, I feel strongly that it’s important to understand what it is that each candidate hopes to bring to the table in terms of tax incentives, tax policy and tax proposals. With that in mind, I contacted each of the candidates who has officially [...]

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Taxes from A to Z: P is for Presidential Election Fund

18 March 2011

Admit it, you’ve stared at that checkbox for the presidential election fund and you have no idea what it really means… It’s one of the great mysteries of the form 1040. First of all, you have to understand that the checkbox has nothing to do with your actual tax calculation. If you check “you” or [...]

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Don’t Gamble on the Budget: Just Raise Taxes Says Quinn

9 November 2010

In one of the more bizarre statements this post-election season, Gov. Pat Quinn (D) of Illinois has advised the legislature that an alternative plan to raise revenue won’t work and instead, he wants to focus on raising the state’s income tax. Days after squeaking by in the gubernatorial race, Quinn told the Chicago Sun-Times that [...]

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Post-election tax predictions

8 November 2010

My kids are fairly certain that fairies can see into the future. Despite setting traps all over our yard to catch a fairy or two, we got nothing (though the squirrels are quite happy with all of the “bait”). Without any psychic fairies, I’m pretty much stuck, like most taxpayers, trying to figure out on [...]

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Tax Issues and Elections

3 November 2010

According to most post election polls, voters cited the economy as the #1 factor in influencing votes – more than health care, more than abortion, more than homeland security, more than immigration, more than education. This makes me wonder: what influenced your vote this year? If it was the economy, were taxes a factor? Or [...]

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Bill Gates Loses on Election Night

3 November 2010

There’s rich and then there’s Bill Gates rich. And apparently, the two don’t see eye to eye. At last night’s election, Washington voters soundly rejected a plan to introduce a state income tax aimed at upper income taxpayers to pay for education and health initiatives. The Microsoft billionaire publicly endorsed the measure, known as Initiative [...]

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Election Day 2010 Freebies: What Do They Mean?

2 November 2010

This election is big for all parties. That’s both a good thing – and a not so good thing – depending on who you are. Of course, in the effort to get out the vote, we’re going to hear about allegations of voter fraud, vote tampering and bribery. Increasingly, these issues are associated with the [...]

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Vote

2 November 2010

Where I grew up (in North Carolina), you can register to vote so long as you will be at least 18 years old by “the next general election.” You can pre-register to vote as early as 16 years old – again, assuming that you’ll be at least 18 years old on or before election day [...]

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Election Season Isn’t Over Yet

18 November 2008

Election Day was last week, right? Yet, a week and a half later, we’re still waiting for outcomes in at least two Senate races. And in the “anything can happen” category, voters in San Jose still don’t know the outcome of the vote to increase sales tax to increase regional transit to the city. Votes [...]

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Election Results: State Tax Legislation

5 November 2008

It was a historic day on yesterday with the election of President Elect Barack Obama. It’s almost easy to forget that there were other elections and ballot issues to consider but voters in some states faced a laundry list of issues. Among those were several state tax measures, including: In Arkansas: Voters supported an amendment [...]

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