Budget Issues: Staff Studies for Fiscal 1977U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 - 165 pages |
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Page 105 - Third, the maximum amounts on which the credit is based are reduced by one-half of adjusted gross income in excess of $7,500 for' a single person and $10,000 for a married couple filing a joint return ($5,000 for a married...
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Page 117 - Peking's frantic attempts to torpedo detente, to obstruct disarmament, to breed suspicion and hostility between states, its efforts to provoke a world war and reap whatever advantages may accrue, create a great danger for all peace-loving peoples.
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Page 105 - ... credit to higher income taxpayers. Consequently, the maximum amounts of the base for the credit are reduced by one-half of the adjusted gross income in excess of $7,500 for a single person and $10,000 for a married couple filing a joint return ($5,000 for a married taxpayer filing a separate return) . Thus, for a single person, the credit would no longer be available when his adjusted gross income reaches $12,500 ($7,500 plus two times $2,500). For a joint return the credit would be available...
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| Title | Budget Issues: Staff Studies for Fiscal 1977 |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Budget |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 |
| Length | 165 pages |
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