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How a Tax Break for Farmers Saves Big Firms Big Bucks

'NYT' sees it as example of how messy tax-code reform will be

By Kate Seamons,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 7, 2013 3:55 PM CST

(Newser) – Reforming the tax code will be a pitfall-studded affair, asserts the New York Times, which today offers up the tax break for "like-kind exchanges" as proof. This particular break was established nine decades ago as a way to help family farmers. It permitted them...   Read full story »

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