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President Bush Plugs S Corps in Chicago

Say what you want about this President, he understands the important role S corporations play in the economy and the critical link between low tax rates, business investment, and job creation. This excerpt is from the President’s speech in Chicago on Monday, but it could have come from any of his economic speeches over the past seven years.

“I don’t think there are many folks who believe that Washington really needs more of your money — I certainly don’t. Unfortunately, Americans could be facing higher taxes unless Congress takes action to stop it. You see,

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2019-02-06T18:43:58+00:00January 9, 2008|

Congressman Kind Introduces S Corp Modernization Bill

Just before Congress left for the holiday break, Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced legislation to help improve the rules under which S corporations operate. The bill, H.R. 4840, is entitled the “S Corporation Modernization Act of 2007″ and was cosponsored by a strong bipartisan set of members, including Representatives Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Phil English (R-PA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), and Steve Kagen (D-WI).

Congrats to the Kind office for introducing this important legislation and putting together this impressive list of cosponsors. Given that most of our S corporation challenges are tax-related, the fact that six

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2019-02-06T18:43:58+00:00December 20, 2007|

Debate Over Taxing Hedge Funds

Under the category of “We Told You So,” yesterday’s CongressDaily includes an analysis by Martin Vaughn that makes a point similar to the theme of our last Wire – that the debate over how to tax hedge funds is just the beginning of the debate over how to define and tax all sorts of income from ownership. Here’s how Martin sees it:

Forget Blackstone. Many smart people on both sides of the argument over whether to raise taxes on private equity and hedge fund managers’ profits see this as a proxy debate for whether the tax code should

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2019-02-06T18:44:37+00:00July 20, 2007|

S Corps Everywhere!

You couldn’t swing a dead cat in Washington last week and not hit somebody busy touting the benefits of S corporations to the American economy, job creation, and retirement security. First, the President highlighted S corporations while defending his record on tax policy at a news conference last week :

I believe if the Democrats had the capacity to, they would raise taxes on the working people. That’s what I believe. They’ll call it tax on the rich, but that’s not the way it works in Washington, see. For example, running up the top income tax bracket would tax small businesses.

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2019-02-06T18:47:19+00:00September 22, 2006|