From history of the budget process to detail about the ongoing conflict in Washington, from charts explaining where every federal dollar goes to simple explanations of budget terminology, this book covers it all. A People’s Guide to the Federal Budget is for every American who wants to understand and participate in a process that affects all of us. It serves as a foundation for the novice reader, a reference tool for a more advanced audience, and is perfect for high school and college classroom use. Released to coincide with the fiscal year 2013 budget process and the 2012 presidential election, this guide includes up-to-the-minute numbers and explanation of President Obama’s 2013 budget request.

This report on the Budget 2012 highlights a number of areas of concern as well as outlining recommendations for Government action and future Treasury Committee activity. On macroeconomic policy the report covers macroprudential rules, the output gap, quantitative easing, and wider economic risks. Taxation matters examined include personal tax statements, retrospective taxation, and the 45p tax rate. Other sections are concerned with the child benefit system, leaks, and the timing of the Budget.

The national deficit is certainly a crisis. But alongside it a moral deficit is exploding as well. Some want to unjustly thrust the burden of the debt on our grandchildren. Others want to balance the budget on the backs of the poor. But both plans are morally bankrupt. There is a way--a realistic way, a moral way--to fix the deficit. We can break political gridlock with solutions that stand on a foundation of solid values and fair play. If you are tired of politics as usual that fails to operate as if people mattered, take heart in Ron Sider's balanced, practical approach. Consistent with deeply Christian principles, he offers a way forward that truly provides justice for all.

Chapters include: "Income distribution and welfare programs", "State and local government expenditures" and "Health economics and private health insurance".

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The 2012 budget, divided into two chapters and four annexes, sets out the Government's action to reform the tax system and also announces the next stages in their plans for the supply side of the economy alongside the strategy of further action in the three key areas for: (i) a stable economy; (ii) a fairer, more efficient and simpler tax system; (iii) further reforms to growth. Chapter 1, sets out the measures to realise these goals. Chapter 2, provides budget policy decisions. Announcements include: the state pension age will increase in the future to take account of increases in longevity; the economy will experience subdued but positive growth, with recovery likely to be particularly uneven this year; the Government will increase the personal allowance by a further £1,100 in April 2013, making the first £10,000 for those on low and middle income tax free; Child Benefit will be withdrawn through an income tax charge, and that the charge will only apply to households where someone has an income over £50,000 a year; the State Pension will be reformed into a single tier pension for future pensioners; that the top rate tax of income tax will be reduced from 50% to 45% from April 2012 and corporation tax by 1% from April 2012; there will be an introduction of a new Stamp Duty Land Tax rate of 7% for residential properties over £2 million and 15% to be applied to non-natural persons, such as companies taking effect from 21 March 2012, with consultation on the introduction of an annual charge; the capital gains tax regime will extend to the disposal of UK residential property by non-residents; around 20 million taxpayers from 2014-15 will be provided with a new Personal Tax Statement, detailing income tax and national insurance payments. The Government is to invest £60 million to establish a UK centre for aerodynamics and further support Network Rail to invest £130 million in the Northern Hub rail scheme. There will be consultation on simplifying Carbon Reduction Commitment energy efficiency scheme to support business. The measures outlined cover the areas of personal tax; corporate taxes; tax measures affecting property, pensions, charities; indirect taxes; tax reliefs; anti-avoidance; tax administration and supply side reform.

This document sets out the assumptions and methodologies underlying costings for tax and Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) policy decisions announced since Autumn Statement 2011, where those policies have a greater than negligible impact on public finances. The costing for the change from 50% to 45% additional rate of income tax can be found in the HMRC's additional rate evaluation document (ISBN 9780108511516). This sets out considerable detail on the additional rate, including estimates of forestalling, other behavioural responses and the steady state yield. Chapter 2, presents detailed information on the key data and assumptions underpinning the costing policies in the 2012 Budget. Each note sets out the description of the measure, the base, the methodology for the costing and highlights any areas of additional uncertainty. Annex A sets out the indexation assumptions included on the public finances forecast baseline, including all pre-announcements

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