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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The Associated Press

Relief money is coming - for some. Here’s what to know.

Sarah Skidmore Sell

April 13, 2020

International Business Times

Dramatic Economic Decline Is Making Stimulus Checks Inadequate, More On The Way?

Prathapan Bhaskaran

April 7, 2020

CNBC

Many Americans say those $1,200 stimulus checks won't be enough. What it would take to get more money

Lorie Konish

April 7, 2020

Washington Post

Federal officials scramble to ensure tech glitches, bureaucracy don’t delay $1,200 coronavirus checks

Tony Romm

April 1, 2020

CBS 48 Milwaukee

How to receive government stimulus checks as quickly as possible

Brendan Cullerton

March 26, 2020

Bloomberg Tax

Trump’s April 6 Deadline for Virus Stimulus Checks Hard to Meet

Allyson Versprille, Laura Davison

March 25, 2020

Tax Notes

McConnell Stimulus Bill May Allow IRS to Deduct for Tax Debt

William Hoffman

March 23, 2020

Tax Notes

Still No Word From IRS on Virus-Affected Service Levels

William Hoffmann

March 20, 2020

Spectrum News

How Coronavirus Impacts Tax Season

March 19, 2020

TIME

These Free Tax Filing Options Can Keep Money in Your Pocket During These Rocky Times

Kevin Kelleher

March 19, 2020

Roll Call

Top 1 percent to pay 74 percent of cost in Biden’s $4 trillion tax plan

Doug Sword

March 5, 2020

Marketplace

A tax refund is a lifeline for a lot of Americans

Samantha Fields

March 4, 2020

Marketplace

A short-staffed IRS is trying to reform

Nancy Marshall-Genzer

March 4, 2020

MarketWatch

This is how much American workers saved during the first year after Trump’s tax reform

Andrew Keshner, Katie Marriner

March 3, 2020

Law360

Corp. Tax Rates In Political Sights Amid Presidential Race

Alex M. Parker

February 25, 2020

MarketWatch

Michael Bloomberg says it’s not so ‘simple’ to produce his tax returns — here’s what most high-income tax returns have in common

Andrew Keshner

February 21, 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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