The government spending that creates the demand for tax revenue soon draws resources away from more productive activities.
If demand for tax preferred qualifying dividends were to shift partly over to REITs as this tax advantage is removed, that increased demand should be a tail wind for REIT share values.
Much of this decline is due to the high demand for tax free munis by individual investors in high tax states as well as generally, given the pending tax rate rises in 2011.
The recent outcome of the fiscal cliff deal drove higher tax rates for the top tax bracket from 35% to 39.6% but the silver lining is that higher tax rates will stimulate even more investor demand for tax exempt munis.
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"This is the week that they say there has to be some progress and I'm hopeful that we can make progress, but I have to say that it is imperative that Republicans get off this extraordinarily impractical and unsuppportable demand for tax breaks, " the South Dakota Democrat said.
In the shorter term the political provocation of the bonus payouts is likely to increase demand for a windfall tax on bonuses or salary caps.
To not support that, but then to demand protecting tax cuts for the wealthiest among us, and even extending them, is, to me, I would think an untenable position politically, even if it doesn't weigh on your conscience.
The Speaker has to know that for better or for worse the majority of Americans support the White House demand that tax rates be increased for the top 2 percent of Americans.
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He calls for a massive boost in domestic demand, with income-tax cuts for the lowest paid.
He said pension and provident funds will remain untouched, and there won't be any need for further salary and pension cuts, or an earlier demand by creditors for a financial transaction tax, which would have damaged Cyprus' financial services-driven economy.
The last time the housing market seemed to be in recovery mode was back in mid-2010, after the first-time homebuyer tax credit boosted demand for homes.
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In return, however, Republicans will demand the tax cuts they are clamouring for.
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India has already taken several steps to damp demand for gold, including raising the import tax to 6% from 2% over the past year.
Airlines are exempt from emissions laws now and pay no fuel tax, and whereas demand for cars and electricity is predicted to grow only slowly, demand for flying is forecast to rise hugely over the coming decades.
Nick Robinson said Mr Cable's article had been approved by George Osborne's advisers and the business secretary was clear that he did not support Labour's broader call for the pace of deficit reduction to be slowed and for tax cuts to stimulate demand.
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The report, written by the New Policy Institute (NPI) for the foundation, found 232 local authorities had devised schemes that would demand council tax from everyone regardless of income, while 58 will retain current levels of support for families.
Whenever budgets are tight, and politicians demand more tax money, it is always for teachers, firefighters, and police.
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As wages go up, tax collections go up and demand for government services go down reducing the deficit.
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Many economists, for example, argue that the total exclusion from tax of employer-paid health insurance and the generous tax breaks for homeownership inflate demand and prices in those sectors.
Mr Osborne was also able to reach a compromise between the Lib Dem demand for a sharp rise in capital-gains tax and the strident opposition among many Tories to such a move.
The push for relaxed growth limits comes as Washington is experiencing a revitalization of its downtown similar to what is happening in parts of Chicago and Boston, where rising demand for apartments and retail space has helped boost tax revenue.
In addition, a tax on gasoline helps increase consumer demand for electric cars and seems likely to help the needed technological breakthroughs come even faster.
Letters provided to CNN show IRS officials in Washington and California contacted conservative groups to demand more information before approving the groups' requests for tax-exempt status.
Meanwhile, Republicans in the House of Representatives are dropping a demand that any extension of a payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans be offset by spending cuts elsewhere in the budget.
Dividend tax hike or no dividend tax hike, the demographic-driven demand for income is not likely to change.
And it is the party that continues to demand the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts be made permanent for all.
Input data on, say, sales and demand for Palms, and SimFlex factors in Customs duties and tax policies to help choose where to have products made and how to ship them.
For some time now, demand for houses has been artificially boosted by federal and state tax policies, rising governmental involvement in residential-debt financing, and persistently low interest rates orchestrated by the Federal Reserve.
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The lower incomes and larger family sizes of recent immigrants have increased the demand for public services particularly education without increasing tax payments.
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