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This Is How the President Is Making the Tax Code Work for Middle-Class Families
Posted byon January 18, 2015 at 2:51 PM ESTPresident Obama announced his plan to eliminate loopholes that let the wealthiest and big corporations avoid paying their fair share in taxes, and to invest those savings to help middle-class families strengthen their standing in the 21st-century economy.
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Dan Pfeiffer Joins Medium: "Breaking Down the 'Worst' Year in Washington"
Posted byon December 19, 2014 at 11:34 AM ESTToday, Dan Pfeiffer joined the popular blogging platform Medium, posting an op-ed that reflected on 2014 as a year of great progress for President Obama and the progressive agenda -- no matter what the critics have said.
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President Obama Speaks with the Business Roundtable
Posted byon December 3, 2014 at 6:52 PM ESTPresident Obama speaks with Business Roundtable, a group of CEOs of some of the country's leading companies, at an event in Washington, D.C.
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Giving Americans Easier Access to Their Own Data
Posted byon November 12, 2014 at 10:23 AM ESTThe Internal Revenue Service's new "Get Transcript" tool allows taxpayers improved access to their own personal tax data. This innovative information service is the latest in a series of "My Data Initiatives": Federal efforts to empower Americans with easy, secure, and useful access to their personal data.
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The Cost of Doing This Kind of Business: What Corporate Inversions Mean for America’s Future
Posted byon September 26, 2014 at 12:00 PM ESTYou don’t get to pick your tax rate, and neither should corporations.
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The President's Statement on Today's Treasury Department Action on Inversions
Posted byon September 22, 2014 at 5:43 PM ESTThe Treasury Department is taking action to discourage companies from taking advantage of corporate inversions – moving their tax residence overseas on paper to avoid paying their fair share in taxes here at home.
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White House Taxpayer Receipt
Posted byon April 15, 2013 at 4:53 AM ESTUnderstand how and where your tax dollars are being spent.
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Weekly Address: Working Together in the New Year to Grow Our Economy and Shrink Our Deficits
Posted byon January 5, 2013 at 6:00 AM ESTPresident Obama talks about the bipartisan agreement that Congress reached this week which prevented a middle-class tax hike, congratulates the newly sworn-in members of Congress, and looks forward to working with the new Congress in the new year to continue to grow our economy and shrink our deficits in a balanced way.
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White Board: Here's What's in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Posted byon January 4, 2013 at 10:13 AM ESTBrian Deese explains what the new agreement to extend tax cuts for the middle class means for the economy and how it met President Obama's key economic priorities.
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White House Office Hours: Agreement to Extend Middle Class Tax Cuts
Posted byon January 3, 2013 at 6:54 PM ESTOn Friday, January 4th at 11:30 a.m. ET, the White House is answering your questions about the tax deal during a live Twitter Q&A.