BILL CHERRY'S GREATEST DALLAS PARK CITIES REAL ESTATE BLOG: February 2009

OBOMA ADMINISTRATION TAX REFORM ITEMIZED

PERSONAL NET INCOME OVER $250,000 PER YEAR

$338 billion - Bush tax cuts expire
$179 billlion - eliminate itemized deduction
$118 billion - capital gains tax hike

Total: $636 billion/10 years

BUSINESS TAX CALCULATIONS

$17 billion - Reinstate Superfund taxes
$24 billion - tax carried-interest as income
$5 billion - codify "economic substance doctrine"
$61 billion - repeal LIFO*
$210 billion - international enforcement, reform deferral, other tax reform
$4 billion - information reporting for rental payments
$5.3 billion - excise tax on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas
$3.4 billion - repeal expensing of tangible drilling costs
$62 million - repeal deduction for tertiary injectants
$49 million - repeal passive loss exception for working interests in oil and natural gas properties
$13 billion - repeal manufacturing tax deduction for oil and natural gas companies
$1 billion - increase to 7 years geological and geophysical amortization period for independent producers
$882 million - eliminate advanced earned income tax credit

Total: $353 billion/10 years

*Repealing LIFO ("last in, first out") accounting will seriously affect many businesses as they change over to FIFO ("first in, first out").

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