Comprehensive Tax Reform: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, on the President's Tax Proposals to the Congress for Fairness, Growth, and Simplicity, May 30; June 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 25, 26, 27; July 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 19, 22, 25, 26, 29, 30, and 31, 1985 [hearings Held May 30, 1985 Through July 31, 1985].U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 - Income tax |
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Page 1480 - stock" means any share or certificate of stock in a corporation, any bond or other evidence of indebtedness which is convertible into any such share or certificate, or any evidence of an Interest in, or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing.
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Page 890 - ... tax system means a higher tax burden for lower income wage earners. If we look at state income and sales taxes paid (and it is at the state level where there is opportunity for progressivity; most local governments are dependent on the property tax) , I think you will note some surprising results. A married couple with two children at. a $17,500 income level actually paid more state taxes in Alabama or West Virginia than in New York. That family paid less state taxes in California, Michigan or...
Page 1496 - capital assets" as used in this section means property acquired and held by the taxpayer for profit or investment for more than two years (whether or not connected with his trade or business), but does not include property held for the personal use or consumption of the taxpayer or his family, or stock in trade of the taxpayer or other property of a kind which would properly be included in the inventory of the taxpayer if on hand at the close of the taxable year.