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  IRS Says 44% Cut in Tax Rates OK With Us

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 16, 2013

  If Congress were to eliminate all tax expenditures, it could cut individual income tax rates by about 44% and still generate about the same amount of revenue, the IRS' taxpayer advocate said in a report that went mostly unnoticed.

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  IRS Burdened by Inadequate Resources: Internal Monitor

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  January 17, 2012

  American taxpayers face inadequate service, erosion of rights and reduced tax compliance because of the Internal Revenue Service's expanding workload and declining resources, according to a report by the IRS' internal monitor.

• Patching it Up

  By Julian Block  |  April 1, 2009

  Amidst all the partisan squabbling over the size of President Obama's economic stimulus package and the role of tax cuts therein, there was, at least,...

• The ISO Trap

  By Julian Block  |  January 1, 2008

  By now, we all know the drill: The law requires individuals to calculate their tax liability two ways. First, they do the computation under the...

• Relief Pitcher

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  October 1, 2005

  In the category of timely topics, you can't get much that's fresher than this: in our spotlight this month we've got municipal bonds, the alternative...