'Tax super-rich at 50%' proposal
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Hit the super-rich with a 50% inheritance tax and allow cuts for the middle class, says a leading think tank.
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday gave overwhelming final approval to a bill that would ensure millions of middle income taxpayers do not become ensnared by a tax originally designed for millionaires.
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New laws could increase your family's tax bill.
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Top House Democrats yesterday proposed one of the most far-reaching changes to tax law in decades that would more than double what managers of private-equity and hedge funds are required to pay.
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Sarkozy said Sunday he planned to propose to his EU colleagues that the bloc's new members with lower than average tax rates be barred from receiving structural aid funds, arguing that if they were rich enough ...
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An extra Â£50m redistributed for social housing could allow an extra 900 properties to be built this year.
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The union&#39;s proposal to end the lockout, made Thursday at the league&#39;s Canadian headquarters, calls for a tax that would penalize -- and perhaps deter -- high-end payrolls.
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French President Jacques Chirac will put forward ideas for an international tax scheme that would help build a 50-billion-dollar war chest to fight poverty during a 55-nation conference on economic development ...
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And how Alistair Darling didn't exactly solve it Analysis Why the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, had to propose altering capital gains tax (CGT) back in the autumn is pretty simple to explain. There was a certain amount of vociferous shouting (led by the Guardianistas, of course) that the sight of private equity barons paying less tax than their cleaners was a moral outrage that must be stopped. Few stopped to think that the very idea was itself absurd: a lower rate of tax, possibly, but they certainly weren't paying less tax either in total or as a portion of their total earnings. No matter, a band wagon was rolling and something must be done.â¦
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The top U.S. congressional tax writer proposed sweeping tax legislation on Thursday that would repeal a tax for the rich that has been hitting more middle-class Americans and replace it with a new tax on high-income earners.
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No one in the Republican presidential race talks more about middle-class tax relief than Mitt Romney. The twist: His view of who fits into the middle class is more expansive than most.
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Labour MPs oppose a suggestion political donations - including from unions - be capped at Â£50,000.
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CAPRI, Italy  - Silvio Berlusconi was one of the   many billionaire holidaymakers forced this year to pay a   "luxury tax" on the island of Sardinia, to raise funds to pay   for vital services.
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Â· Law could force firms to hand over 51% of sharesÂ· Wealth would reward supporters, say analysts
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Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama proposed up to $85 billion in tax cuts for about 150 million Americans on Tuesday, paid for by raising capital gains and dividend taxes on the wealthy.
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The ruling Uri Party on Monday proposed an income tax cut by one percentage point and additional government spending of 5.5 trillion won next year in a policy bid to stimulate the economy.
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One budget-cutting proposal on the table