Mark J. Mazur

I work on tax policy issues because this is one area of the economy that touches on all American families and that can have substantial impact on well-being. The Tax Policy Center is the premier nongovernmental organization conducting wide-ranging research and analysis in this area.

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Forbes

The Comey And McCabe Tax Audits: Questions And Concerns

Tax Notes Staff

July 19, 2022

Wall Street Journal

Who Would Pay Biden’s Corporate Tax Increase Is Key Question in Policy Debate

Richard Rubin

May 4, 2021

CNET

New child tax credit may bring more money than the stimulus check. What to know

Oscar Gonzalez, Alison DeNisco Rayome

March 1, 2021

Reuters

Yellen set for Senate confirmation vote as first woman Treasury secretary

David Lawder

January 25, 2021

S&P Global Market Intelligence

US earnings prospects brighten as Biden tax hike recedes to back burner

Brian Scheid

January 22, 2021

The Hill

Biden tax-hike proposals face bumpy road ahead

Naomi Jagoda

January 20, 2021

law 360

Yellen's Tenure May Be Defined Primarily In Regulatory Space

Joshua Rosenberg

January 11, 2021

The Wall Street Journal

Biden Tax-Increase Agenda Revived as Democrats Win Senate

Richard Rubin

January 7, 2021

TaxNotes

A Look Ahead: Practitioners Prep for Unknowns in 2021 Filing Season

William Hoffman

December 31, 2020

The Spokesman-Review

$600 or $2,000? Here’s what’s next after Congress approves stimulus checks and Trump, Democrats push for more

Orion Donovan-Smith

December 30, 2020

Forbes

Biden To Be Saddled With Trump’s Payroll Tax Deferral Mess

Shahar Ziv

December 9, 2020

Bloomberg

Fresh Stimulus Checks Priced Out of Renewed Virus Aid Talks

Colin Wilhelm , Allyson Versprille

December 7, 2020

The Hill

Biden's Treasury pick will have lengthy to-do list on taxes

Naomi Jagoda

November 27, 2020

Wall Street Journal

Trump’s Payroll-Tax Deferral Creates Predicament for Congress

Richard Rubin

November 27, 2020

CNBC

Rumors on social media suggest taxes are going up next year—here’s what you need to know

Alicia Adamczyk

November 24, 2020

Forbes

Year-End Planning After The Election: What Financial Advisors & Tax Pros Are Telling Clients About Future Tax Changes

Bruce Brumberg

November 17, 2020

From TaxVox

Business Taxes
The Supreme Court Is Hearing A Case That Could Block the IRS From Halting Abusive Tax Shelters
November 30, 2020 –
Tomorrow, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in CIC Services v. IRS, a case that threatens to damage the integrity of the tax...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms
TPC Revises Its Revenue Estimate of Biden’s Tax Plan Downward to $2.1 Trillion Over 10 Years
November 6, 2020 –
The Tax Policy Center has revised its analysis of former Vice President Joe Biden’s tax plan. TPC’s new analysis finds Biden’s tax proposals would raise...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms
Permanently Extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, President Trump Would Cut Taxes by $1.1 Trillion through 2030
October 27, 2020 –
During each presidential election, the Tax Policy Center analyzes the tax policies of the two major candidates. This year, TPC estimated the effects of Democratic...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms
How the Tax Policy Center Analyzes Presidential Candidates’ Tax Plans
March 3, 2020 –
The process behind the numbers we present
Thirty Years Later: I’m Paying A Lower Tax Rate On More Income
April 23, 2019 –
As I finished my federal income tax return for 2018, I could not help but think about a return I filed 30 years ago. What...
Federal Budget and Economy
Temporary Tax Policy in the U.S.
March 19, 2019 –
Last week, I testified before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures on the topic of temporary tax policy. The panel called...
Congress In 2019: What’s Ahead For Fiscal Policy?
January 4, 2019 –
The return of divided government and the early stages of the next presidential election create enormous uncertainty about how 2019 will go. As Yogi Berra...
TPC Is Improving Its Modeling Of Five Tax Expenditures
December 18, 2018 –
In a new initiative, the Tax Policy Center is improving its modeling of five key tax expenditures: the tax treatment of pass-through entities, charitable giving,...
Federal Budget and Economy
James Mirrlees, A Public Finance Giant
September 20, 2018 –
Professor James Mirrlees passed away last month at age 82. The Nobel prize-winning economist was a leading public finance theorist who emphasized the optimal design...
Federal Budget and Economy
Does the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Pass the Tests of Good Tax Policy?
April 12, 2018 –
On April 11, I testified before the congressional Joint Economic Committee on whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will help Unleash… America’s Economic...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms
Retracting And Correcting Estimates
November 8, 2017 –
TPC staff found an error in the preliminary distributional tables and analysis of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that we released on November 6, 2017.
What TPC Does and Why We Do It
October 27, 2017 –
Since we were founded in 2002 as a joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) has brought...
My Advice To The Senate Finance Panel About Tax Reform
July 19, 2017 –
On July 18, four former assistant Treasury secretaries for tax policy testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the prospects and challenges of achieving tax...
Ways To Reform Taxation Of Small Business
June 16, 2017 –
On June 14, I testified before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on how tax reform might affect small business. I delivered two key...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms
New CBO AHCA Score Confirms What We Already Knew
May 24, 2017 –
Meet the new estimate of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). It looks a lot like the old one . On May 24, the Congressional...

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