Obama’s tax cuts

week Obama stuck a deal with Republicans which sees him try to revive the with tax cuts instead of extra . in NZ should take note. Obama has agreed to:

  • Extend the Bush tax cuts for two further years which were due to expire at the end of 2010
  • Reduce for one year the Security payroll tax from 6.2% to 4.2%
  • Increase the threshold for the tax from $1m to $5m ad reduce the rate from 55% to 35%

It will be interesting to observe the President's poll ratings in the next month.

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