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Ask the taxgirl: The President and Income Taxes

20 May 2009

Taxpayer asks: Does the President have to pay income tax? – I get that question a lot. And this week, I also received this question: – Taxpayer asks: Does the President pay income taxes to every state he visits on official business? This question occurred to me because of the pending Mobile Workforce legislation. Also, [...]

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Dave Barry Runs for President, Tax Plan Is Surprisingly Simple

22 July 2008

Comedian Dave Barry is running for President (not) and he has a tax plan (also not). Check out this video clip on CNN.

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Presidential Candidates: Where do they stand on taxes?

18 April 2008

This week – in the midst of a busy tax season – I wrote a guest post for One Vote Matters. It’s a quick and dirty summary of where the presidential candidates stand on tax issues. You can read the entire post here.

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How much money do you need to make to be President?

18 April 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has released his tax return for the 2007 tax year showing that together with his wife, the Obamas earned $4.2 million. A whopping $4 million of that income was in the form of royalties from the sale of his books. Other income includes Obama’s Senate salary of $157,102 and $103,633 [...]

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Obama Releases Tax Returns, Challenges Clinton To Do the Same

26 March 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has released seven years of his tax individual returns this week. The Obama family reported income of $1.65 million in 2005 and nearly $1 million in 2006. During that same period, the family made $137,622 in charitable donations. Prior to 2005, the family seems to have a different financial picture. [...]

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Has Obama Changed the Race?

19 March 2008

If you had asked me, before today, what the single most important issue would be in the upcoming presidential election, I would have said the economy, hands down. For purposes of the election, it’s more important to voters than Iraq, than health care, than the environment (though clearly those issues are intertwined with the economy). [...]

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