21.   Smoking foes also want to eliminate tax deductions for tobacco ads, which would boost the cost of doing business and presumably reduce advertising.

22.   Taxpayers would not keep track of mortgage interest, state and local taxes, charity, medical expenditures or retirement accounts because the deductions would be eliminated.

23.   The fear is that if deductions are eliminated, housing values will decline.

24.   The House version would eliminate the deduction.

25.   The plan eliminates all deductions, including those for mortgage interest and charitable contributions, but provides generous exemptions.

26.   The overhaul of the income tax code eliminated many deductions and exempted millions of people with low incomes, said IRS spokesman Mark Green.

27.   The package raises the tax on cigarettes and capital gains and eliminates deductions for charitable contributions.

28.   Though his far-reaching flat-tax proposal would eliminate endless deductions for individuals, it would leave these business expenses untouched.

29.   While most deductions would be eliminated, the deduction for charitable contributions would be retained.

30.   Without eliminating the deductions, the Treasury would get far less revenue than it does now, making the plan unworkable unless there were vast changes in government spending.