Business Services Industry
Count on Congress to make some tax breaks permanent this year.(TAXES)
Kiplinger Letter, The, January, 2005
Count on Congress to make some tax breaks permanent this year.
Among them: The $1000 per child credit. The wider 15% tax bracket and bigger standard deduction for married couples. Special tax breaks for states? college savings plans. Greater expensing for small businesses.
Odds are improving for lasting repeal of federal estate taxes. At a minimum, expect a higher exclusion or a lengthier temporary repeal.
Prospects for extending other tax cuts are iffier. More Democrats object to making permanent the 2001 tax rate cuts and the 15% rate on dividends and long-term capital gains. And they need only 41 votes to deep-six Bush?s proposal to make all the cuts a lasting legacy.
One no-brainer: A quicker deduction for tsunami relief...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
