A Familiar Call for Change | Tax | Article

With the campaign for the White House in full stride, Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois are positioning themselves as candidates who will change the way Washington works. Both McCain and Obama have definite ideas on the direction in which they would take the income tax system, which reflects the very traditional debate over how progressive the tax system should be – that is, how the burden should be distributed between the country's middle class and the wealthy.

The Tax Policy Group of Deloitte Tax LLP describes what a McCain or an Obama presidency would mean for corporate and individual tax rates, estate taxes, energy tax policy and international tax, and a host of other issues in "A Familiar Call for Change: Tax Platforms of the Presidential Candidates."

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