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The Matthew Effect And Federal Taxation, Martin J. Mcmahon Jr.
The Matthew Effect And Federal Taxation, Martin J. Mcmahon Jr.
Martin J. McMahon
The “Matthew Effect” is a synonym for the well-known colloquialism, “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.” This Article is about the Matthew Effect in the distribution of incomes in the United States and the failure of the federal tax system to address the problem. There has been a strong Matthew Effect in incomes in the United States over the past few decades, with an increasing concentration of income and wealth in the top one percent. Nevertheless, there has been a continuing trend of enacting disproportionately large tax cuts for those at the top of the income pyramid. …
Taxing Risk: An Approach To Variable Insurance Reform, Charlene Luke
Taxing Risk: An Approach To Variable Insurance Reform, Charlene Luke
Charlene Luke
Variable life insurance and annuity contracts are susceptible to being marketed and sold to taxpayers for whom such contracts are unsuitable and to being used in wraparound insurance shelters. As a method of addressing these problems, I propose current taxation for the risky returns on these contracts but continued deferral for a deemed, risk-free return amount. The increased transparency resulting from the forced separate tax accounting of contract components should improve consumers' ability to receive adequate suitability evaluations and may also lead to lower fees. Current taxation of risk-related returns removes an apparently key shelter incentive and should make it …
Using Insurance Law And Policy To Interpret The Tax Code's Loss And Medical Expense Provisions, Andrew Blair-Stanek
Using Insurance Law And Policy To Interpret The Tax Code's Loss And Medical Expense Provisions, Andrew Blair-Stanek
Andrew Blair-Stanek
No abstract provided.
Equitable Implementation Of Tax Expenditures, Yoseph M. Edrey Prof., Howard Abrams Associate Prof.
Equitable Implementation Of Tax Expenditures, Yoseph M. Edrey Prof., Howard Abrams Associate Prof.
Yoseph M. Edrey
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