Cool Website Calculates Tax Benefits

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2007
Cool Website Calculates Tax Benefits
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Wed, 09-17-2008 - 2:55pm

Here is a cool website where you can enter your family filing status and AGI and see whether/how your family will benefit tax-wise from the candidates' proposed tax plans:


 


http://home.comcast.net/~adiabat/VoterEducationTools/Obama_vs_McCain_on_Taxes.htm


I will do better under Obama.

Sopal


Sopal

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iVillage Member
Registered: 01-28-2004
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 12:19am
But if you are a single elderly person, 0 dependants, you are worse off by $248 with
Obama figuring the effect of corporate taxes.
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 12:22am

Can you refute the fact that gov't revenues decreased when capital gains taxes were raised in the last 20 years.


iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2007
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 12:22am

Sopal

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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 12:24am
Yes they do, and this is why some donate! I wonder if they would donate if they didn't get a write-off?

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2007
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 12:39am
Explain that please, because I don't see that in the permutations that I was able to generate using the calculator.

Sopal

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iVillage Member
Registered: 01-28-2004
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 12:50am

filing status, elderly. 0 dependents. AGI 10,000


Computes it at= Obama +118 taxes


iVillage Member
Registered: 12-07-2006
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 1:01am

The are too many things that would make these calculations inaccurate.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-19-2007
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 1:20am

I get a nice break with Obama and I can use it. Great link!

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-07-2006
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 1:22am

Eeeek - What is this?!

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-15-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 1:25am

"and I have linked to Wikipedia"


Yip, so have I.

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