The New Dividend Tax Cut: Bush’s Prescription for Rescuing the Economy

Beckett G. Cantley, The New Dividend Tax Cut: Bush’s Prescription for Rescuing the Economy, 19 Akron Tax J. 25 (2004).

Summary.  This article This article discussed President Bush’s various tax cuts contained in his 2004 “economic growth” package, including Bush’s plan to eliminate the double taxation on dividends. The article outlines the different tax cuts, the legislative process that produced them, the differing interests involved in the process and several different viewpoints on whether these tax cuts will have their intended growth effect.