President Obama and Tax Reform

White House website ; speech of 7/30/13 On July 30, 2013, President Obama laid ou t some items he would like to see as part of tax reform. A...

State of the Union and Tax Reform

White House release of 2013 State of the Union Address, 2/12/13 Last night in the State of the Union Address, President Obama stated that ta...

Will Obama and Romney list the tax subsidies they will cut for lowered rates?

The calls for lower tax rates come along with vague calls for cutting tax expenditures or base broadening. I say vague because we rarely hea...

"Tax hike" misleading, overlooks call for big tax cut. What about tax policy?

Some recent news stories and blogs refer to President Obama's call to only extend tax cuts for the 97% of individuals with income under ...

President Obama's Business Tax Reform Plan

Near the end of February 2012, President Obama released his business tax reform plan which had been hinted at for some time.  In his 2011 St...