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2012 Federal Budget Proposal
The Federal Budget Proposal for the year 2012 is responsible for renewing numerous earlier tax policies.
Income taxes
The EGTRRA Act of 2001 is set to bring about a gradual reduction in the income tax rates. The 2012 budget primarily reflects an accurate extension of present individual rate reductions except for those paying a higher tax amount.
Education
Qualified individuals are eligible to claim above-the-line deductions in higher education fees. The tax relief act extended the deduction for the year 2010 and 2012. However, the president’s new budget calls out for an extension of a year making it applicable in the year 2012 as well.
Small Business Stock
The year 2012 will witness a complete exclusion from income tax for those involved in small business stock held for a period of more than five years. This exclusion is supposed to remain permanent.
Insurance Companies
The budget of 2012 has some changes for taxation of insurance companies and their products. The president is set to modify rules meant for selling life-insurance contracts and the deductions for life insurance company’s separate accounts.
Accounting Policies
The government authorities use numerous methods to determine the taxpayer’s inventory value and the price of goods sold. LIFO (last-in, first out) happens to be one of these methods. In the 2012 budget, the president disallows LIFO for federal income tax purposes.
Renewable Energy Grants
The president, in the budget 2012, intends to extend the renewable energy grant program for a year. Based on the present law, the grant program expires at the end of 2011.
Employee Leasing
The new budget is set to impose numerous liabilities on companies as well as their clients that lease employees.
Day-to-Day Dealers
Those dealing with derivatives, commodities and securities treat their daily income as 40 percent short term and 60 percent long-term gains. In order to align them with dealers from other sectors, budget 2012 will tax all these incomes at standard rates.