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Posted: 5/18/2013 11:45:43 AM EST
Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf gestures during a news conference on the business tax reform III in Bern May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener
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Posted: 5/18/2013 11:45:43 AM EST
Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf gestures during a news conference on the business tax reform III in Bern May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener
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Posted: 12/11/2012 1:10:02 AM EST
Grover Norquist, founder of the taxpayer advocacy group, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), adjusts his glasses as he speaks during the Reuters Washington Summit in Washington June 27, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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Posted: 12/11/2012 1:10:02 AM EST
Grover Norquist, founder of the taxpayer advocacy group, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), adjusts his glasses as he speaks during the Reuters Washington Summit in Washington June 27, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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Posted: 12/6/2012 10:33:44 AM EST
Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras leaves the prime minister's official residence after talks with PM Antonis Samaras, in Athens, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Greece's is finalizing a major tax reform bill, demanded by international rescue creditors as one of several conditions for continued payments. Greece's conservative-led government has promised to try and stem the country's punishing recession, but last month introduced another round of austerity measures. New unemployment figures, released Thursday, showed the country's jobless rate rising to 26 percent in September. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Posted: 12/6/2012 10:33:44 AM EST
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras waits the arrival of Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in Athens, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Greece's is finalizing a major tax reform bill, demanded by international rescue creditors as one of several conditions for continued payments. Greece's conservative-led government has promised to try and stem the country's punishing recession, but last month introduced another round of austerity measures. New unemployment figures, released Thursday, showed the country's jobless rate rising to 26 percent in September. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Posted: 12/6/2012 10:33:43 AM EST
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras waits the arrival of Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in Athens, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Greece's is finalizing a major tax reform bill, demanded by international rescue creditors as one of several conditions for continued payments. Greece's conservative-led government has promised to try and stem the country's punishing recession, but last month introduced another round of austerity measures. New unemployment figures, released Thursday, showed the country's jobless rate rising to 26 percent in September. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Posted: 11/19/2012 7:36:38 PM EST
Grover Norquist, founder of the taxpayer advocacy group, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), adjusts his glasses as he speaks during the Reuters Washington Summit in Washington June 27, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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Posted: 6/27/2012 7:08:16 PM EST
Grover Norquist, founder of the taxpayer advocacy group, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), attends the Reuters Washington Summit in Washington June 27, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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Posted: 6/11/2012 5:48:08 PM EST
Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist addresses the American Conservative Union's annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington February 11, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Posted: 5/4/2012 2:37:58 PM EST
Student protesters hold up a flag during a rally against the government demanding changes in the public state education system, in Santiago April 25, 2012. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's tax reform to help fund an education overhaul could help center-right hopefuls ahead of next year's presidential race, but it won't stifle protests and might backfire by spurring calls for even higher spending. Pinera's reform proposal includes raising taxes on companies and lowering income tax for individuals. If approved, it would raise up to $1 billion a year in extra funding for education. Pinera unveiled the reform last week in response to massive student-led protests demanding free education and better distribution of the profits from a long copper boom in Chile, the world's No.1 producer. Picture taken April 25, 2012. To match Analysis CHILE-POLITICS/ REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS)
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Posted: 5/4/2012 2:35:37 PM EST
Student protesters clash with riot policemen during a rally against the government demanding changes in the public state education system, in Santiago April 25, 2012. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's tax reform to help fund an education overhaul could help center-right hopefuls ahead of next year's presidential race, but it won't stifle protests and might backfire by spurring calls for even higher spending. Pinera's reform proposal includes raising taxes on companies and lowering income tax for individuals. If approved, it would raise up to $1 billion a year in extra funding for education. Pinera unveiled the reform last week in response to massive student-led protests demanding free education and better distribution of the profits from a long copper boom in Chile, the world's No.1 producer. Picture taken April 25, 2012. To match Analysis CHILE-POLITICS/ REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS)
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Posted: 5/4/2012 2:18:24 PM EST
Student protesters take part in a rally against the government demanding changes in the public state education system, in Santiago April 25, 2012. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's tax reform to help fund an education overhaul could help center-right hopefuls ahead of next year's presidential race, but it won't stifle protests and might backfire by
spurring calls for even higher spending. Pinera's reform proposal includes raising taxes on companies and lowering income tax for individuals. If approved, it would raise up to $1 billion a year in extra funding for education. Pinera unveiled the reform last week in response to massive
student-led protests demanding free education and better distribution of the profits from a long copper boom in Chile, the world's No.1 producer. Picture taken April 25, 2012. To match Analysis CHILE-POLITICS/ REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS)
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Posted: 5/4/2012 2:15:19 PM EST
Student protesters take part in a march against the government demanding changes in the public state education system, in Santiago April 25, 2012. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's tax reform to help fund an education overhaul could help center-right hopefuls ahead of next year's presidential race, but it won't stifle protests and might backfire by
spurring calls for even higher spending. Pinera's reform proposal includes raising taxes on companies and lowering income tax for individuals. If approved, it would raise up to $1 billion a year in extra funding for education. Pinera unveiled the reform last week in response to massive
student-led protests demanding free education and better distribution of the profits from a long copper boom in Chile, the world's No.1 producer. Picture taken April 25, 2012. To match Analysis CHILE-POLITICS/ REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS)
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Posted: 5/4/2012 2:10:14 PM EST
Students protester take part in a march against the government demanding changes in the public state education system, in Santiago, April 25, 2012. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's tax reform to help fund an education overhaul could help center-right hopefuls ahead of next year's presidential race, but it won't stifle protests and might backfire by
spurring calls for even higher spending. Pinera's reform proposal includes raising taxes on companies and lowering income tax for individuals. If approved, it would raise up to $1 billion a year in extra funding for education. Pinera unveiled the reform last week in response to massive
student-led protests demanding free education and better distribution of the profits from a long copper boom in Chile, the world's No.1 producer. Picture taken April 25, 2012. The banner at left reads, "Want to be involved, No spectators" To match Analysis CHILE-POLITICS/ REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST POLITICS
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Posted: 2/11/2012 6:44:40 PM EST
Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist addresses the American Conservative Union's annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington February 11, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/11/2012 6:34:42 PM EST
Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist addresses the American Conservative Union's annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, February 11, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/7/2012 6:10:46 PM EST
FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas speaks in Elko, Nev.Politicians of all stripes in this election year are clamoring for simplifying the tax code and closing loopholes. But that would mean Americans could lose some of their prized deductions. Tax reform does sound like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax? Not likely. In fact, none of the major tax overhaul proposals now on the table seems likely to be enacted given the current political situation in Washington and the country. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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Posted: 2/7/2012 6:10:46 PM EST
FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2008 file photo, President George W. Bush speaks at the White House in Washington. Politicians of all stripes in this election year are clamoring for simplifying the tax code and closing loopholes. But that would mean Americans could lose some of their prized deductions. Tax reform does sound like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax? Not likely. In fact, none of the major tax overhaul proposals now on the table seems likely to be enacted given the current political situation in Washington and the country. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Posted: 2/7/2012 6:10:46 PM EST
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich campaigns in Las Vegas. Politicians of all stripes in this election year are clamoring for simplifying the tax code and closing loopholes. But that would mean Americans could lose some of their prized deductions. Tax reform does sound like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax? Not likely. In fact, none of the major tax overhaul proposals now on the table seems likely to be enacted given the current political situation in Washington and the country. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
