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7 rowsOct 23, The biggest tax policy changes enacted under President George W. Bush were the 20Estimated Reading Time: 11 mins. Jan 20, As a result, one of the biggest capital taxation changes in history happened inwhen George W. Bush reduced the dividend tax rate from percent to 15 percent as part of his rapid and expansive tax cut treegrinding.barted Reading Time: 5 mins.

ofafter the tax cut was signed into law. Dividends surged again by approximately 2 billion in the first two quarters ofjust after Bush was reelected. Hence, the dividend tax cut appears to have induced a fairly long-term shift in policy, as opposed to a one-time surge in distributions. If the post increases are due to the tax cut, the reform appears to.

May 05, Dividend tax cut dead? Grassley to present package excluding dividend tax cut; Senate finance panel to discuss it Thursday. May 5, PM EDT. Feb 28, JGTRRA Tax Cut of InPresident Bush authorized the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA).   It reduced tax rates on long-term capital gains and dividends to 15%.   It also increased tax deductions for small businesses. JGTRRA also accelerated several provisions in EGTRRA that were taking too long, such as an increase in the standard deduction for.

Jun 04, But the final tax-cut bill the President signed into law at the end of May was far more modest, merely reducing the dividend tax to 15%, from a high of.

1. Patti Mohr & Sonya Harmon, Bush Calls forTrillion in Gross Tax Cuts, TAX NOTES TODAY,Feb. 3, [hereinafter Bush Calls]. 2. Id. 3. Id."The largest provision in the growth package would eliminate the double taxation of corporate dividends ( billion through ) by eliminating the tax shareholders pay on.