Americans may be slammed by shocking tax hike

Andrew Conte
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
July 7, 2010

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After nearly a decade of federal tax cuts, Americans could awaken New Year’s Day with a whopper of a hangover.

Breaks covering everything from child tax credits to the death tax are set to expire that day, less than six months from now, bringing higher payments for nearly every American who pays taxes.

“We’ve never in history seen anything quite like this, where such a major portion of the tax code is set to expire on a single date and affect so many Americans all at once,” said Scott Hodge, president of The Tax Foundation, a Washington nonprofit that tracks tax policies.

Enacted in 2001 and 2003, the cuts run out unless Congress votes to extend them. President Obama proposed extending some tax breaks, for couples earning less than $250,000 a year, but lawmakers could let them all expire.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 8:45 pm

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