Payroll Tax
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Payroll tax cut set to expire even with fiscal cliff deal
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Legislation to avert the fiscal cliff did nothing to prevent a temporary reduction in the Social Security payroll tax from expiring. That means the average worker will still see a fairly significant bump in their tax liability.
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Don't be fooled by January pay - higher taxes loom
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No matter what Congress does to address the year-end fiscal cliff, it's already too late for employers to accurately withhold income taxes from January paychecks, unless all the current tax rates remain unchanged, which is an unlikely scenario.
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Obama signs payroll tax cut extension into law
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President Barack Obama signed the payroll tax cut extension into law Wednesday.
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Obama pushes congress to 'keep going' on helping U.S. economy
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President Barack Obama is pushing Congress to continue working on the agreement they reached on the payroll tax cut extension.
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Congress approves payroll tax cut, sends it to Obama's desk
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Congress on Friday approved legislation renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more.
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Congress reaches deal on payroll tax extension
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Congressional leaders are gauging lawmakers' reactions to a tentative deal extending a 2 percentage-point payroll tax cut and extra jobless benefits through 2012, a pact bargainers reached after House Republicans conceded that the tax cut would not have to be paid for with spending cuts.
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Obama pushes payroll tax cut extension
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President Barack Obama said Tuesday there are "hopeful signs" Congress will reach a deal to extend expiring payroll tax cuts for millions of Americans. But he urged the public to keep up the pressure on Congress until an agreement is finalized and a bill lands on his desk.
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Payroll tax cut approved by Congress
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Congress on Friday approved a two-month renewal of payroll tax cuts for 160 million workers and unemployment benefits for millions.
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Payroll tax cut vote set for Friday
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Congress will convene Friday in hopes of approving a stopgap measure renewing payroll tax cuts for every worker and unemployment benefits for millions — despite serious opposition among some tea party Republicans.
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Payroll tax deadlock ends as House caves
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House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts for all workers.
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Payroll tax cut stalemate may last through end of the year
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Stuck in a stalemate, President Barack Obama and his Republican rivals are slugging it out in Washington rather than reaching for a holiday season accord to prevent payroll taxes from going up.
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Payroll tax cut bill faces major hangup in House of Representatives
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In a battle that's described as 'full-throated warfare,' House Republicans are demanding that their Senate counterparts return from vacation to negotiate a longer extension of the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits.
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Payroll tax cut bill to be voted down by House GOP
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The House intends to vote down a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut that cleared the Senate late last week, Speaker John Boehner said Monday, and request immediate negotiations on a full-year renewal
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Payroll tax cut extension vote scheduled for late Monday
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House Democrats and Republicans are once again in a stare-down as they put a bill that would extend a payroll tax cut to vote on Monday night, but House GOP members say they'll vote the Senate's version down.
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Senate passes extension of payroll tax and jobless benefits
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The $1 trillion year-end budget bill that the Senate passed on Saturday morning not only once again averts a government shutdown, but also extends a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for thousands of Americans.
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Senate to vote on spending measure in weekend session
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The Senate is set to vote Saturday on compromise legislation to extend the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for two months. It's a partial victory for President Obama, but it sets up more fighting in a short period of time.
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Spending bill dispute could cause partial government shutdown
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House Republicans have introduced a new spending package that curbs agency budgets, but Democratic opposition puts a partial government shutdown in the picture.
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