Harsh Truth: Bush's Tax Plan Won't Survive Without Changes
Wall Street Journal Online (01/09/03) Vol. 113, No. 48 p.26; Herman, Tom
President Bush's latest tax incentive proposal would eliminate
taxes on dividends and accelerate other incentives already passed, but
political and tax analysts insist that the plan will not pass unchanged
through Congress. The dividend tax incentive is the most controversial
part of the plan, and experts agree that a portion of the taxes may be
eliminated, but Bush's plan to eliminate the whole tax likely will not
pass, according to this editorial. Whatever the final result of the
proposal and subsequent legislation, investors will have to begin
rethinking their investment strategies, such as refraining from
investments in foreign companies that do not pay U.S. taxes, the
commentary says.