“In addition to a soaring stock market, 6.6 million jobs have been created since tax relief measures went into effect in 2003. Our deficit situation has also improved as tax revenues have increased at double-digit rates over the past two years.” YearsHas BeensTwoJobsPastSituationMillionsEffectsTaxesRateReliefTwo YearsSoarRevenueDeficitOver The Past Author:Randy Neugebauer
“I've never had it so good in terms of taxes. I am paying the lowest tax rate that I've ever paid in my life. Now, that's crazy. And if you look at the Forbes 400, they are paying a lower rate, accounting payroll taxes, than their secretary or whomever around their office. On average. And so I think that actually people in my situation should be paying more tax. I think the rest of the country should be paying less.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldLooksCountryTermSituationCrazyTaxesOfficePaidRateAverageSecretaryLowestAccountingPayrollForbesPayroll Tax Author:Howard Warren Buffett
“Any Democrat who squirms on the tax-cut issue in the primaries has no chance ' zero ' to win the nomination. Each will have to take the “pledge” to oppose the Bush tax cuts. Thus, Bush will have succeeded in creating a situation where anyone who can win the nomination can't win the election. Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase.” WinningChanceSituationIssuesCuttingTaxesCreatingIncreaseElectionDemocratFavorsPrimariesZeroPledgeTax CutsNominationsCan't WinTax Increases Author:Dick Morris
“I think that the tax situation needs to be worked out between the countries themselves.” ThinkingNeedsCountrySituationTaxes Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“I don't think this is a situation where you can say that Congress was avoiding any mention of the tax power. It'd be one thing if Congress explicitly disavowed an exercise of the tax power. But given that it hasn't done so, it seems to me that it's - not only is it fair to read this as an exercise of the tax power, but this court has got an obligation to construe it as an exercise of the tax power if it can be upheld on that basis.” IfsThinkingDoneSeemsGivenSituationOne ThingExerciseTaxesFairsBasesCourtCongressObligationAvoiding Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“I think that actually people in my situation should be paying more tax.” PeopleThinkingShouldSituationTaxes Author:Warren Buffett
“We're in a very Orwellian situation where when we - we've slashed defense. And we've raised taxes. And we consider $600 billion annual deficit success because it's not $1 trillion.” SituationTaxesRaisedDefenseBillionsDeficitAnnualsOrwellian Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“We in Germany could, for example, lower taxes. And who is against that? The Social Democrats. We could also mobilize more private investments for public infrastructure projects liken the construction of highways. But the Social Democrats also reject this, even though they are at times similar to others abroad in their carping about the surplus. Incidentally, some of the consequences of the good economic situation are strong increases in wages, rising pensions and a strong labor market.” StrongSituationEconomicTaxesConsequenceLaborDemocratInvestmentConstructionPension Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“Almost three years ago, when I retired, my wife and I were talking about our philanthropic work and how does one help give opportunity, particularly to kids growing up in very disadvantaged situations.And my initial kind of sense was, the government does that primarily, and what we should mostly do is pay our taxes. My wife said, no, I don't think that's quite right for us. We need to do more. We can do better.” ThinkingGivingKindHelpingKidsOpportunitySituationGrowing UpWifeTaxesMy WifeRetiredPhilanthropic Author:Steve Ballmer
“Much of the blame for the situation lies with the states themselves. They haven't been able to pass decent laws. For decades, tax authorities have been taking aim at the phenomenon of tax havens, and the most aggravating thing is that they aren't just in Bermuda or on the Cayman Islands, but right outside our front door.” LyingSituationTaxesAuthorityAimBlameDecentPhenomenonAggravating Author:Wolfgang Kubicki
“The Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and others, exactly. We have to take a close look at their tax regimes, particularly if we want to move forward with European integration. We can't have a situation in which some EU member states enrich themselves at the expense of their partners.” MovingSituationTaxesMoving ForwardIrelandIntegration Author:Wolfgang Kubicki