...in 2009, and about 36 million households claimed deductions for charitable contributions, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation, the congressional scorekeeper on taxes.The Gang of Six senators is made up of Republicans Tom Coburn of...

...often pay much lower effective rates on their total income than other Americans.According to the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, an average federal tax rate of 15 percent ? including both income and payroll taxes ? would apply to households...

...tax revenues by about $700 billion over the next decade, according to an estimate prepared in October by the Joint Committee on Taxation, the official scorekeeper for Congress.That means lawmakers would have to find about $70 billion a year...

...proposed a provision in the 2005 budget that also would ban certain leasing transactions as tax shelters. The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates the provision could save the federal government $21 billion over 10 years. Information from: The...

...1, 2011, and thereafter. Future congresses could extend or change the provisions. Source: Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. On the Net: http://www.house.gov/jct

...TAX: Cutting rates by 10 percent across the board. Cost: $360 billion over five years, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation. MARRIAGE PENALTY: Increasing the 15 percent tax bracket for married couples from $41,200 to $49,300...

...political appeal, more than half the tax cuts would go to families with incomes under $75,000, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation. The main sponsor, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Archer, said the bill would continue to reverse...

...projection of the surplus that you can save Social Security and have a very, very substantial tax cut." The Joint Committee on Taxation estimated in December that a 10 percent reduction in income tax rates would cost about $600 billion over 10...

...American Bankers Association, the industry's biggest lobbying group. She cited a recent estimate by Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation that the exemption will cost taxpayers some $4.4 billion between 1998 and 2002. Ms. McGuire also termed...

...filibuster by the bill's opponents. U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., cited statistics from Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation that Mr. Coverdell's bill would provide an average annual tax break of $37 to children in private schools...