Article: As tax code grows more complex, few are willing to give up special deductions.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

Article: Special deductions for business owners
Post-Tribune (IN);  March 28, 2004 ;     297 words ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION If you own your own business, you may be able to claim an additional 50 percent depreciation deduction for qualified property you bought on or after May 6, 2003, according to Jackson Hewitt's tax resource center online. The

Article: The torture of tax day.(income tax code ...
U.S. News & World Report;  March 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... interest groups have used the tax code as a tool for social justice ... Olson. Recent changes to the tax code as part of last year's ... seriously about working within the tax code, not rooting it up," he ... eliminate abuses or carve out special deductions and benefits have ...

Article: EDITORIAL: Can Congress accept a simpler tax ...
Reading Eagle (Reading, PA);  November 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... implemented and the tax code simplified. "Tax reform ... that doesn't provide special deductions or adjustments for every ... dickering with a revised tax code for at least five years ... regulations that form our tax code today. To see more ...

Article: Tax code changes present plenty of pitfalls for the ...
Washington Times (Washington, D.C.);  February 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... plenty of pitfalls for the unwary. "The tax code is just as complex as last year, if ... the tax law that allow them to claim special deductions. Good Samaritans who provided housing ... Management Agency disaster-relief centers. Tax code changes also created an incentive for ...

Article: In TurboTax we trust; Tax code changes present ...
The Washington Times;  February 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... plenty of pitfalls for the unwary. "The tax code is just as complex as last year, if ... the tax law that allow them to claim special deductions. Good Samaritans who provided housing ... Management Agency disaster-relief centers. Tax code changes also created an incentive for ...

Article: I want a simple tax code.(Commentary)(Op-Ed)
The Washington Times;  August 5, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Europeans don't have the endlessly complicated system of special deductions and credits, a system which the "historic" new accord ... libertarians who are actually delighted at the miseries of the tax code, as they keep the public in a constant rage at the government ...

Transcript: EQUITY IN THE TAX CODE:LEONARD E. BURMAN
Congressional Testimony;  September 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... result of the AMT in 2007. They are on the AMT solely because they have four children. They don`t take any special deductions. They get no benefit from the new 10 percent rate bracket or the higher standard deduction for couples enacted ...