May 9, 2012
The recent double-counting dispute isn’t just about politics; it also reveals a flaw in budgeting for Medicare Part A. Budget experts are waging a spirited...
May 8, 2012
Europe is undergoing a massive political upheaval. You may have noticed. Caught in the wake of deep recession, painfully high unemployment, bank failures, and growing...
May 4, 2012
Critics of the Buffett Rule often argue that the idea is hardly worth the trouble since it would raise taxes on less than a tenth...
May 3, 2012
These days, some people want to impose a new Buffett tax on millionaires while others are outraged that low income people pay no income taxes...
May 1, 2012
Sellers of stocks and other assets have always had to calculate their cost basis (generally, what they paid for the investment) in order to figure...
April 26, 2012
A House panel today began what could be the beginning of a remarkable exercise: It is reviewing the merits of dozens of expiring tax provisions...
April 26, 2012
By now, many readers of TaxVox know how much Barack Obama and Mitt Romney pay in taxes. But true tax wonks are more interested in...
April 25, 2012
In testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance this morning, I discussed what federal tax reform would mean for state and local governments and how...
April 24, 2012
My Tax Policy Center colleague Eric Toder and I are mystified by how unRepublican the House GOP’s Small Business Tax Cut Act really is. Sure,...
April 19, 2012
It has sometimes been said, even by me, that the easiest way for Congress and the White House to fix the deficit is to do…...