Posted on 11/17/2009 12:45:54 PM PST by reaganaut1
Did I just see a trail balloon launched? Over at a Wall Street Journal conference, Christina Romer, chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers had this to say about deficit reduction:
But the chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers admitted that health reform and a growing economy isn’t enough to bring down the deficit. She did mention one other place that revenue could come from: letting the Bush tax cuts expire.
Me: Since Obama already wants to get rid of the income and capital gains tax cuts for wealthier Americans that expire at the end of 2010, clearly what Romer is referring to is the rest of the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts. Letting all the 2001 cuts — rate reductions, child tax credit marriage penalty relief — expire would raise tax revenues by $2.5 trillion through 2019. (These CBO numbers assume no negative economic feedback impact from higher taxes.) And letting the 2003 tax cuts on capital gains and dividends expire would be tantamount to a $350 billion tax increase through 2019. And none of this includes possible plans for a VAT that could raise $400 billion a year more to close the huge projected gap — maybe 7 percentage points — between spending as a percentage of GDP and revenues as a percentage of GDP.
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Does this mean that the income you earn in 2010, come April 15th 2011, will be taxed at a higher rate than currently exists, or, 2011 income will be taxed at higher rates?
Hey, if Bush didn't lower the tax rates, they wouldn't have to be raised now. It is therefore Bush's fault.
“Hey, if Bush didn’t lower the tax rates, they wouldn’t have to be raised now. It is therefore Bush’s fault. “
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Why did Bush write in a Sunset clause that called for these taxes to return to the higher rate? Never did understand this.
Bush didn't write the bill. Congress did. In order to get the democrats to allow the bill to come to the floor to be voted on, they required a sunset provision be in the bill. No sunset provision - no 60 votes for cloture - no tax cut bill.
2011 income will have the higher rates. We are safe through 2010.
There is a tax calculator on the web that can tell you what your taxes will be.
Everything will revert back to the year 2000 tax schedules.
Using this 2000 tax schedule and what the wife and I will pay vs what we paid last year, we will be paying in a little shy of SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE!!!
It stays a little lower up to an income of $99,999.
BUT, once you cross the magic number of $99,999 those "percentages owed" REALLY add up!!!!
Mmmmmm....Mmmmmm.....Mmmmmmm..... and THEN let's add some Obamacare payments........some Crap and Tax.......
Better understand - Obama wants to bring America to its knees: He has emasculated or put under his control: auto production, banking, lending, salaries, (soon) newspapers, insurance, and intends to get hold of the medical care system from womb to tomb including “big pharma”. Teachers, the elderly, brokers, broadcasters, bankers, lenders, are having their salaries set by HIM. (P)Just wait until his czars go to work carrying out The Thoughts of Obama full time. You may be in a re-education camp by then.
I’m always amazed how democrats expect doing the exact opposite actions will result in the exact same results as the Republicans’ actions.
They will let them expire. But the new evil rich threshold will be $150,000 not $250,000.
I hope 2010 elections go well. Please Lord.
Here’s the calculator: http://www.moneychimp.com/features/tax_brackets.htm
Yeah, I only put up figures for single filers. For joint filers they get hit really hard.
Work under the table, get paid in cash, and give yourself a tax cut. Screw the government for a change.
Bingo.
A little jury nullification wouldn't hurt for those unfortunate souls who get snagged, too. LOL
If he lets them expire but people refuse to pay them and there is a tax revolt, then what?
Only if they suck it up and comply and I’m sure they will.
Most people get their paychecks from their accounting department. The taxes are already confiscated by then.
Lots o’ luck. Most of us are having trouble paying our current taxes. Blood from a stone?
You do understand that it is congress, and ultimately the conference committee, that writes legislation and not the President, right? Bush pushed for the tax cuts. He told GOP reps and senators what he wanted. They wrote the bill. There were a series of compromises to keep the dems in the senate from filibustering the bill and even to get the squishy "moderate" RINOS from the northeast to approve the legislation. The sunset clause was a democrat insistence. They had multiple chances to make the tax rate cuts permanent, but the dems blocked it every time.
Do the math, a person in the 10% bracket will see a 50% tax increase,,,,’’change you can live with.’’
Tax Provisions Enacted in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, by Year, Pre-2001 Through 2011
Description Pre-EGTRRA 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Tax Rates and Brackets 10 Percent Tax Bracket n.a. Single filers may have income of up to $6,000; joint filers, $12,000; and heads of household, $10,000 Single filers, up to $7,000; joint filers, $14,000; and heads of household $10,000; indexed in 2004 ($6,000;$12,000;$10,000) Single filers, up to $6,000; joint filers, $12,000; heads of household, $10,000 Single filers, up to $7,000; joint filers, $14,000; heads of household, $10,000 Upper and lower thresholds indexed Sunset* 15 Percent Tax Bracket Indexed Upper threshold indexed; lower threshold fixed by 10 percent bracket Higher Tax Brackets (Percent) 39.6
36
31
2839.1
35.5
30.5
27.538.6
35
30
2735 (38.6)
33 (35)
28 (30)
25 (27)35 (37.6)
33 (34)
28 (29)
25 (26)35
33
28
25Sunset* Rate on Capital Gains 10 percent for taxpayers in the 15 percent bracket or below; 20 percent for other taxpayers After May 6, 2003, 5 percent for taxpayers in the 15 percent bracket or below--and 0 in 2008; 15 percent for other taxpayers (10 percent; 20 percent) Sunset* Rate on Dividends Ordinary rates 5 percent for taxpayers in the 15 percent bracket or below--and 0 in 2008; 15 percent for other taxpayers (Ordinary rates) Sunset* Limitations on Itemized Deductions and Personal Exemptions for High-Income Filers Change in Limitations No change Limits reduced by one-third Limits reduced by two-thirds No limits Sunset* Child Credit and Dependent Care Credit Child Credit $500, with limited refundability $600 $1,000 ($600) $700 $800 $1,000 Sunset* Refundable up to 10 percent of earned income above $10,000; threshold indexed after 2001 Refundable up to 15 percent of earned income above $10,000; threshold indexed after 2001 Dependent Care Credit Maximum expenditure eligible for credit = $2,400 for one child and $4,800 for two or more; maximum credit = 20 percent to 30 percent of expenditures Maximum of $3,000 of eligible expenses for one child; $6,000 for two or more children
Maximum credit of 35 percent, phasing down to 20 percent beginning at $15,000 in adjusted gross incomeSunset* Relief from Marriage Penalties Standard Deduction for Joint Filers Standard deduction for joint filers = 167 percent of that for single filers 200 percent of that for single filers (167 percent) 174 percent of that for single filers 184 percent of that for single filers 187 percent of that for single filers 190 percent of that for single filers 200 percent of that for single filers Sunset* 15 Percent Bracket for Joint Filers Upper threshold of bracket for those who are married filing jointly = 167 percent of the top of the bracket for single filers 200 percent of that for single filers (167 percent) 180 percent of that for single filers 187 percent of that for single filers 193 percent of that for single filers 200 percent of that for single filers Sunset* Earned Income Credit for Joint Filers Level of income at which the earned income credit starts to phase out is indexed; end of phaseout depends on number of children Starting point and ending point of phaseout are increased by $1,000 Starting point and ending point of phaseout are increased by $2,000 Starting point and ending point are increased by $3,000 Starting point and ending point are increased by $3,000; indexed from 2008 Sunset* Relief from the Alternative Minimum Tax Exemption for the Alternative Minimum Tax $33,750 for single filers; $45,000 for joint filers $35,750 for single filers; $49,000 for joint filers $40,250 for single filers; $58,000 for joint filers ($35,750; $49,000) Sunset* Partial Expensing of Investment in Qualified Property Depreciation Deduction of Basis of Qualified Property No additional depreciation 30 percent of basis deductible in first year (After September 10, 2001) 50 percent of basis deductible in first year Sunset*
Source: Congressional Budget Office based on Joint Committee on Taxation, Summary of Provisions Contained in the Conference Agreement for H.R. 1836, The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, JCX-50-01 (May 26, 2001); Summary of P.L. 107-147, The Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, JCX-22-02 (March 22, 2002); and Summary of Conference Agreement on H.R. 2, The Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, JCX-54-03 (May 22, 2003).
Notes: EGTRAA = Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001; n.a. = not applicable.
Lightly shaded area indicates a change made by the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002.
Darkly shaded areas indicate changes made by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.
Parenthetical values in those areas are those set by EGTRRA.
* = Provision returns to pre-EGTRRA levels.
That's found at http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=5746&type=0&sequence=1.
totally agree. If raising taxes has no impact on the economy or anything else except growing the money to the government, heck, just raise it to 100% and get it over with - afterall, I’m that will have no impact either.
PS - just like when I go to the range with my .45, the rounds make no impact on the target or anywhere else - guess they just vaporize when leaving the barrel /sarc
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