Tax News Roundup

• Associated Press:  Rangel Offers One-Year Fix of Tax
• Bloomberg:  Rangel Says Minimum-Tax Repeal Unlikely Before 2008, by Ryan J. Donmoyer
• Concurring Opinions:
  • Cisco Execs Arrested in Brazil for Tax Evasion, by Deven Desai
  • Tax and Its Relationship to Slavery, by Deven Desai
• MarketWatch:  Rangel Pushes AMT Fix and Mother of All Tax Reforms, by William L. Watts
• Reuters:  Top U.S. Tax Writer to Move Two Tax Relief Bills, by Donna Smith
• The Hill:  Emanuel, Kerry Plan Legislation Targeting Private-Equity, Hedge-Fund Managers’ Pay, by Jessica Holzer
• Wall Street Journal:
  • Democrats Plan Stopgap Measure to Curb AMT, by Sarah Lueck
  • Looming Tax-Rate Change Spurs Stock Sales, by Arden Dale
  • Senate May Seek to Rein In Hedge Funds' Tax Deferral, by Sarah Lueck
  • Why Taxpayers Are Leaving Billions on the Table, by Tom Herman
• Washington Post:  Lawmakers Shudder at Tax Increase to Fix AMT, by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum