Ways to Improve the Tax System: Incremental Reforms

This section focuses on possible adjustments to the current tax system that would make tax filing simpler, have less of an adverse impact on behavior, or shift the distribution of tax burdens.

• What are ten ways to simplify the tax system?
• How might saving be encouraged for low- and middle-income households?
• How could the incentives for homeownership be improved?
• How could we reform the estate tax?
• What are the options for reforming international taxation?