TaxEsqBlog -by Ronald J. Cappuccio, J.D., LL.M.(Tax)

More Taxes – Time after Time Wake up and smell the coffee!  Its political season again and unfortunately it appears most candidates for State Governors and Congress are advocating a “tax the other guy” approach. “We need more money for the schools!”-Tax the Rich. “We need more money for the poor!” – Tax the oil companies. “We need more money for the seniors!”-Increase sales tax. “We need to fight Ebola!”-Tax the pharmaceutical companies. We need money for good clauses so therefore we need to increase taxes?  Does that really makes sense?  When a politician advocates increasing taxes they always try to make it sound like they are not going increase your taxes but somehow your taxes will be increased.  Has any country ever taxed themselves and prosperity?   The fact is if you tax something you get less of it.  That truth is immutable and is not difficult to understand.  Politicians just simply ignore that and try to get voters to forget abou...

Pres. Obama Attacks Businesses Fulfilling his campaign promise to increase taxes on US multinationals, Pres. Obama Attacks Businesses. His goal is to hamper US businesses by taxing income earned in foreign countries as if it were earned in the US. "If financial institutions won't cooperate with us, we will assume that they are sheltering money in tax havens and act accordingly," Obama overtly threatened Banks and businesses. Even though this creates even greater incentives for businesses to leave the US, Obama is pretending to "do something." What a disaster!

Instead of an immediate, permenant tax cut which would allow people to spend and invest their own hard earned money, President-elect Obama is proposing a massive increase in government expenditures (and ultimately taxes!) The Washington Post reports: The package is expected to cost roughly $800 billion over two years. Obama has set ambitious goals for the plan, including a doubling in the production of alternative energy, modernizing 75 percent of the nation's federal buildings, making 2 million homes more energy-efficient, computerizing health records in five years and providing an immediate tax cut of up to $1,000 for most Americans. Obama’s own expert report says: Because it takes time to carry out new spending programs authorized by legislation, we expect the jobs created by spending on infrastructure, education, health, and energy to be concentrated in 2010 and 2011. At the other extreme are funds to protect the most vulnerable, which are generally spent promptly, and tax ...