Thursday, April 19, 2012

Small business tax

  • The U.S. House passed a one-time tax break of as much as 20 percent for small businesses in a vote that illustrates the differences between the parties' election-year agendas.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • The GOP-controlled House voted Thursday to extend new tax cuts to businesses with fewer than 500 employees, a vote designed to contrast with Democratic push this week to impose higher taxes on those making more than a million dollars a year.
  • (Washington Post)
  • WASHINGTON -- A $46 billion tax break that would go disproportionately to the wealthy and add to the deficit passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, largely on the strength of the Republican majority.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a Republican plan to cut taxes on small businesses by as much as 20%, the partys answer to President Barack Obamas Buffett rule.
  • (NASDAQ)
  • Not even Rep. Eric Cantor is holding out hope that his proposed small business tax cut legislation, which will likely pass when voted on in the House of Representatives today, has a chance of passing once it gets to the Senate.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed an election-year tax cut for nearly every employer in the country through the House on Thursday, ignoring a White House veto threat as they cast themselves as champions of small business and job creation.
  • (Oregonian)
  • WASHINGTON, April 19 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S.
  • (Reuters)
  • With a 235-173 vote Thursday, the House passed a 20 percent tax cut aimed at small businesses, despite a White House veto threat and protests from Democrats that the tax break would disproportionately help the rich and fatten the nation's deficit.
  • (Politico.com)
  • WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • The House is scheduled to vote Thursday on a GOP measure to cut taxes on small businesses.
  • (NPR News)

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