TaxBytes

The reason Obama and Biden are convinced Romney’s tax plan cannot work is that having failed themselves to grow the economy, they are defining economic growth out of the equation.

What government should be asking is: Would we rather have 22 percent of a thriving, growing business sector, or 35 percent of a moribund, struggling business sector?

The IRS’s proposed “Real-Time Tax System” will result in a nightmare of compliance, increased IRS spending, and ultimately the loss of our system of voluntary tax compliance.

The tax code should treat investment in human capital at least on par with investment in physical capital.

With the selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s companion on the Republican presidential ticket, it’s clear math will play a major role in the fall campaign. But who’s got the right math?

Governments all over the world are in a lather over the “tax gap”—revenue to which they feel entitled but fail to collect for various reasons. And the U.S. is no exception.

Although all 50 states report an increase in tax receipts they want more, and are trying to get more via the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act, even if it involves trampling on Supreme Court precedent.

It’s time for the federal government to step up and protect consumers from the threat of unfair, duplicative taxes on their digital purchases.

Pro-tax forces across the country see broadband as yet another goose to be plucked.

The "Penny Plan" does what everyone knows needs to be done—sets the federal government’s fiscal house in order and restrains government to a reasonable share of GDP.