Oregon Tax News

 By Oregon Tax News,

This month President Obama released a budget plan that emphasizes new spending freezes and fiscal accountability but comes with an extraordinary price tag.   Overall, the budget reveals federal spending will grow to $3.72 trillion dollars in the 2010 fiscal year and will increase to $3.83 trillion in 2011.  The Obama Administration plans to add $25 billion in new state spending for Medicaid.  Also in the works is another jobs stimulus spending, but this time targeting low-income family programs such as health research, heating, and education.  An extension of entitlements to future generations can be seen in a small budget shift that puts the Pell Grant program, used to aid college students, into the mandatory spending column.  This transition will cost $307 billion over 10 years, which makes it an entitlement similar to social security.

Here is a sample of 19 tax changes and increased complaince costs in the president’s budget. Read more…