WASHINGTON (AP) - News flash: Republicans in Congress want to raise taxes. Impossible, right? Republican lawmakers are so bitterly anti-tax, surely they are struggling to avoid the payroll tax will increase by almost every employee begins January 1, is not it?
Apparently not.
Many Republicans who fought the same hammer-and-keep George W. Tong Of the time Bush tax cuts to expire after the plan now says another cut "temporary" tax will end as planned. By their own definition, is equivalent to a tax increase.
Tax relief for the expansion, opposed to President Barack Obama is applied. Unlike the proposed changes to income tax, this policy will help the 46 percent of all Americans who have no federal income taxes, but who pays the "tax on wages" of almost every penny they earn.
There are other differences, and Republicans say their position is consistent with their goal of long-term tax policies that stimulate employment and greater certainty for the economy.
"It's always a net positive effect to let taxpayers keep more of what they earn," said Jeb Hensarling's representative, "but not all tax cuts are created equal, to help boost the economy again. " Texas Legislature is in the House GOP leadership team.
The debate is likely to boil in the coming weeks, a bipartisan special committee to look for deficit reduction and considering that tax cuts are sacrosanct.
It is a tax that the vast majority of workers to pay, but many do not recognize because they can not read or understand their pay stubs. Workers who typically pay 6.2 percent of their salary to a tax designated for Social Security. Your employer pays the same amount, for a total of 12.4 percent per worker.
As part of a bipartisan spending last December, Congress approved Obama's request to reduce workers by 4.2 percent to an annual rate has not changed employer. Obama wants Congress to extend the discount for a year. Otherwise, the return rate to 6.2 percent on January 1.
Obama said the payroll tax in his weekend radio and the Internet address on Saturday, when he asked Congress to work together with the measures that will help the economy and create jobs. "There are things we can do now that will bring more customers for businesses and new jobs throughout the country. We can cut payroll taxes again, so families have to spend an extra $ 1,000," he said.
Social Security payroll taxes apply only to the first $ 106,800 salary of the employee. Therefore, $ 2,136 is the biggest benefit of all those eligible for a one-year reduction.
The vast majority of Americans earning less than $ 106.800 per year. Millions of workers pay more in payroll taxes than in federal income taxes.
The tax reduction of 12 months will cost the government $ 120 billion this year, and a similar amount next year whether to renew.
This worries Representative David Camp, R-Mich., Chairman of Ways and Means Committee tax write, and a member of the House and Senate responsible for finding supercommittee further cuts in the deficit. Tax cuts, "no matter how well intentioned," will drive the deficit increase, so the panel's task more difficult, the camp office, he said.
But Republican lawmakers are increasingly concerned about the tax cuts the deficit to grow. Led the battle to extend a much larger tax relief: the large 2001 income tax reduction under Bush. He was due at the beginning of this year. Obama is campaigning on a promise to stop the tax cuts only for the wealthiest Americans, but a solid GOP opposition forced him to back down.
Many Republicans are adamant not to raise taxes, but in silence much that would mean leaving the payroll tax cuts expire.
Republicans cite the main differences between the two "temporary" tax, starting with the fact that Bush was able to live 10 years from the beginning. To stimulate job growth, lawmakers say, is preferable to reduce the tax rate on income of individuals and companies to extend the exemption from payroll taxes.
"We do not need short-term antics. We need long-term fundamental changes in our tax structure and our regulatory structure that people who create jobs can be trusted," said Senator Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. When asked about the issue of pay.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. "I never thought this kind of temporary tax exemption is the best way to grow the economy," said spokesman Brad Aurora.
The Congressional Budget Office said the reduction of social security to boost the economy in the short term. But he says the benefit is greater if employers get tax relief instead of, or workers.
Some top Republicans to wait and see approach, waiting for the question on wages to be a bargaining chip in future talks debt relief.
Neither the Chairman John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Senate, R-Ky., Took a firm position on the desirability of extending the tax cuts a year.
Most GOP presidential candidates are treading softly.
The former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has not categorically exclude an additional year for payroll tax cuts, but he "would rather see the tax cut pay of the employer" to encourage job growth, his campaign said.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said the Republicans will be under increasing pressure to extend the pay cut imposed. If they refuse, said in a recent speech, "we are in a position where we're going to raise taxes on low-income Americans the day to go to work."
Many Democrats also ambivalent Obama's proposed tax relief for expansion. They are more focused on the protection of social programs for deep spending cuts. Some fear that the map is intended to reduce the tax on Social Security would weaken the program's health and weight.
Decades of payroll tax has generated more income than social security benefits paid. Crossing has been used to fund other activities of the authorities. Last year, however, the benefits of social security has begun surpassing designated income sources, forcing the program to start tapping the "Fund" state requirements.
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