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Post by RussellK » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:34 am

Are the current deductions/loopholes impeding startups? I keep hearing that the tax code is complex but is it? Four years ago I fired my CPA who had me convinced me how complex this thing was. I bought a software package for $99 and started doing it myself for both the business and personal returns. Could it be even simpler? Sure. And it's true I'm not GE but doesn't the same code apply to everyone?

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Post by Hippie » Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:35 am

What's stiffling startups, IMO, is the $1200 a month health insurance you suddenly have to pay yourself.
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Post by RussellK » Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:46 am

Hippie wrote:What's stiffling startups, IMO, is the $1200 a month health insurance you suddenly have to pay yourself.
Amen to that. Almost everyone I know that is in business for themselves has a spouse covering them on a group plan somewhere.

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Post by yondermtn » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:12 am

Hippie wrote:What's stiffling startups, IMO, is the $1200 a month health insurance you suddenly have to pay yourself.

Agreed.
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Post by BumbleBus » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:51 am

Sylvester wrote:Never happen. If he gets elected president he will never get this off the ground, period.
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Post by Hippie » Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:32 am

BumbleBus wrote:... I expect zero change in 2012 regardless of who is elected.
Pretty much true.
We suffered Vilsack (the sac, or ball-sac, as I called him) as a do nothing govenor in Iowa.
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Post by BellePlaine » Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:36 am

RussellK wrote:Are the current deductions/loopholes impeding startups?
I don't know, now that I think about it further maybe you're right.

I still think that the plan has great ideas. I think that it would encourage saving and investing over spending and borrowing. I like that for a change.
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Post by RussellK » Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:21 am

Being cash poor impedes saving and encourages borrowing. I'd like to see more people saving, investing and living debt free too. How does the Cain plan address that.

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Post by vdubyah73 » Sat Oct 22, 2011 2:18 am

RussellK wrote:Being cash poor impedes saving and encourages borrowing. I'd like to see more people saving, investing and living debt free too. How does the Cain plan address that.
add a 9% sales tax to everything and you will start to think twice before buying any big ticket items. you'll have to save up to pay for food. clothing, utilities, etc, etc....
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Post by RussellK » Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:54 am

vdubyah73 wrote:
RussellK wrote:Being cash poor impedes saving and encourages borrowing. I'd like to see more people saving, investing and living debt free too. How does the Cain plan address that.
add a 9% sales tax to everything and you will start to think twice before buying any big ticket items. you'll have to save up to pay for food. clothing, utilities, etc, etc....
Whenever they talk about a flat tax locally they say necessary items like food, medicine & clothing will be exempt and there is an income threshold that if a taxpayer falls below exempts them from sales tax. The middle class will take the real hit on this. Can you imagine the tax bill on a washer dryer purchase? Or a car?

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Post by Sylvester » Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:20 pm

Hey maybe they could tax on imported goods from China?
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Post by dingo » Fri Oct 28, 2011 7:40 pm

Sylvester wrote:Hey maybe they could tax on imported goods from China?
i dont think the Chinese would like that...they need our buying power to remain stable..after all, thats why they are bankrolling our crumbling empire.
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