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Taxware

This site includes a list of Taxware feature articles as well as other tax articles of interest.

Tax News Network

Check out this link for business tax, state tax, global tax, and insurance tax articles.

Tax Wire

A news wire that is continually updated to report late-breaking items.

RIA Hot Weekly News

Check out this link for weekly updates of federal and state and local tax events.

Tax Tips and Facts

This Web site features the current and back issues of Tax Tips and Facts, an award winning newsletter.

SaveWealth.com

Find the recent changes in tax law here!

Gail Perry's Fun with Taxes

This Web site includes weekly columns of Gail Perry (Tax Columnist for the Indianapolis Star newspaper), a variety of tax links, and tax news sources.

Michael Gray, CPA's Articles

Check out this link for personal tax planning articles.

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Estate Tax Articles

Is Your Estate in Order?
Do you care about what happens to your assets after you die? If you were to die tomorrow, do you know how your assets will be distributed?

Article Archive

Articles on how to minimize estate taxes.

Wills, Trusts & Estates

A list of estate tax articles.
Basic Estate Planning
This article attempts to explain in broad terms various estate planning vehicles for the elderly, such as living wills, durable powers of attorney, federal estate and gift taxation, the probate system, avoiding probate, Medicaid eligibility, and guardianship.

Advanced Estate Planning - Introduction

An index of articles for advanced estate planning including reducing the taxable estate.

Tax & Estate Planning Resources on the WWW

An article on the benefits and drawbacks of researching using the Web. This article also provides research strategies and links to tax sites.

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Federal Tax Articles

Individual Planning for Retirement

Your retirement is one of the largest and most important goals you will ever save for. Learn how to make the most of your investment options, including Traditional, Roth and Rollover IRAs.

Pension Distribution Planning Articles

Find some of the best articles on pension distribution planning here!

Lawyers Weekly USA

A collection of articles about the Roth IRA and how it affects lawyers and clients.

Baby Steps Equal Big Tax Savings

The Tax Reform Act of 1997 ("TRA '97") created many big-ticket tax benefits that have received widespread media attention.

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Tax Reform Articles

Health Reform, Meet Tax Reform
In 1994's abortive health care debate, the Clinton administration's fatal error was to make a universal entitlement to coverage the sine qua non of reform. The public rejected the administration's argument that its program would reduce costs while eliminating inequities and inefficiencies. To get reform back on track, Democrats need to recognize that controlling costs is the key not only to expanding coverage but to preventing its further erosion.

The Illusory Rewards of a Capital Gains Tax Cut

The Congress has returned once again to the question of whether returns to capital should be accorded more favorable tax treatment than returns to labor.

National Center for Policy Analysis

National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Bruce Bartlett says that it is essential for Congress to fundamentally reform the tax code. "As long as the tax law is so incredibly complex and indecipherable, conflicts between the IRS and taxpayers are inevitable. With tax rates as high as 39.6 percent, taxpayers have a powerful incentive to claim every possible exemption, deduction and exclusion. The remedy is to replace our current tax system with something like a simple flat rate tax on a consumption base."

Tax Reform: Challenges and Possibilities

Eric Schlecht and Jared Adams of the National Taxpayers Union Foundation outline the likely benefits and drawbacks to proposals to replace the income tax with a flat tax or a national sales tax.

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Foreign Tax Articles

Foreign Tax Articles
Tax articles for various different countries including Bolivia, Canada, Denmark, and Egypt. Click on this page then simply scroll down.

Income Tax Treaty Articles

Selected articles on income tax treaties between the U.S. and Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.

The Global Tax Monitor

Looking for current information about indirect taxes around the world? Take a look on The Global Tax Monitor, an international newsletter. Each issue focuses on a different tax development to help you with your business worldwide.

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