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Signed into law by President Barack Obama on January 2, 2013. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ( ATRA) was enacted and passed by the United States Congress on January 1, 2013, and was signed into law by US President Barack Obama the next day. ATRA gave permanence to the lower rates of much of the "Bush tax cuts".
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( Pub. L. 112–96 (text) (PDF), H.R. 3630, 126 Stat. 156, enacted February 22, 2012 ), also known as the " payroll tax cut", was an Act of the United States Congress. The bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on February 17, 2012 by a vote of 293‑132, and by the Senate ...
The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 111–312 (text), H.R. 4853, 124 Stat. 3296, enacted December 17, 2010), also known as the 2010 Tax Relief Act, was passed by the United States Congress on December 16, 2010, and signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 17, 2010.
Millions of people are on edge about their expired unemployment benefits and whether a second round of stimulus checks is coming. The Republican-proposed HEALS Act didn't include a payroll tax cut ...
By Alan Fram WASHINGTON (AP) -- If President Barack Obama, the House and the Senate all want to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits through next year, why are they ...
Although the Senate on Tuesday blocked action on the administration's $447 billion jobs bill, President Obama vowed to break the plan apart and bring the most popular aspects of it before Congress ...
The Bush tax cuts (along with some Obama tax cuts) were responsible for just 24 percent. The New York Times stated in an editorial that the full Bush-era tax cuts were the single biggest contributor to the deficit over the past decade, reducing revenues by about $1.8 trillion between 2002 and 2009.
Various sources have estimated the impact on taxpayers from the tax increases that would have occurred if the Bush income tax cuts and the Obama payroll tax cut had been allowed to expire with the fiscal cliff. The table below shows the dollar and percentage increase in income taxes for the 2013 tax year, if the fiscal cliff had taken effect.