Obama Proposes $989 Billion in New Taxes Over a Decade

Obama just proposed $989 billion in new taxes over the course of a decade starting in fiscal year 2011. The number includes increased taxes from letting the Bush tax cuts expire, a raise of capital gains tax, and eliminating itemized deductions. That is just under a Trillion dollars of increased taxes. Not a trillion total, and increase of a trillion.


http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/02/obamas-budget-a.html

"1) On people making more than $250,000.

$338 billion - Bush tax cuts expire
$179 billlion - eliminate itemized deduction
$118 billion - capital gains tax hike

Total: $636 billion/10 years

2) Businesses:

$17 billion - Reinstate Superfund taxes
$24 billion - tax carried-interest as income
$5 billion - codify "economic substance doctrine"
$61 billion - repeal LIFO
$210 billion - international enforcement, reform deferral, other tax reform
$4 billion - information reporting for rental payments
$5.3 billion - excise tax on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas
$3.4 billion - repeal expensing of tangible drilling costs
$62 million - repeal deduction for tertiary injectants
$49 million - repeal passive loss exception for working interests in oil and natural gas properties
$13 billion - repeal manufacturing tax deduction for oil and natural gas companies
$1 billion - increase to 7 years geological and geophysical amortization period for independent producers
$882 million - eliminate advanced earned income tax credit

Total: $353 billion/10 years"