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• Plans To Up Retirement Savings May Garner Bipartisan Support, Investor's Business Daily (December 26, 2006) by Jed Graham.


"In the past session of Congress, sensible pension reforms got traction while Social Security reform went nowhere, noted William Gale, director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution."
• The New Congress Will Tackle The Old Taxes, Nightly Business Report (December 22, 2006).


"[T]ax analyst Leonard Burman figures scrapping the AMT would mostly benefit those making between $200,000 and $500,000 a year -- in other words, the top 5 percent or so of taxpayers."
• Earmark Reform: Don't Forget the Tax Breaks, The Nation (December 21, 2006) by Christopher P. Hayes.


"In 2005, the total cost of appropriations pork projects was somewhere around $64 billion, while narrowly targeted tax expenditures cost, in the estimation of tax expert Len Burman of the Urban Institute somewhere between $100 to $200 billion. "Everything you can find on the spending side, you can find in the tax code," says Burman. If the Democrats are going to reform the earmark system they've got to look at both sides of the ledger."
• IRS Scales Back Audits Of Big Firms, Study Finds, The Wall Street Journal (December 21, 2006) by Jesse Drucker. (subscription required)


"Some tax analysts said the IRS effort to seek more money per company after audits could be because corporate profits have risen substantially in recent years, meaning there may be more uncollected tax to be found. Eric Toder, a tax economist at the Urban Institute and former IRS director of research, pointed out that the IRS is making comparisons with a very slow year for audits and enforcement activity in 2002."
• Shopping for Tax Savings (Before New Year?s Day), The New York Times (December 17, 2006) by Jan M. Rosen: The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Historical Data and Projections.


"About 3.6 million taxpayers were snared by the A.M.T. in 2005, especially in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and California, according to calculations by the Urban Institute, which calls the tax 'mind-numbingly complex.'"
• Enter the 'AMT-Free' Zone, Wall Street Journal (December 16, 2006) by Eleanor Laise.


"Major factors that can trigger the AMT include high state and local taxes and personal exemptions such as having dependents. About 3.5 million taxpayers will be affected by the AMT in 2006, up from 2.5 million in 2003, according to the Tax Policy Center, a research group. If Congress doesn't enact another fix for 2007, more than 23 million taxpayers could be affected."
• Peter Orszag Chosen To Head CBO, Forbes.com (December 13, 2006) by Jessica Holzer .


"In a move that should delight fiscal hawks, Democratic congressional budget lawmakers tapped Peter Orszag, a social security guru and former economic advisor to the Clinton administration, to head up the Congressional Budget Office."
• World / Nation Briefs, Newsday (December 13, 2006).


"Democrats taking over Congress have chosen Brookings Institution economist Peter Orszag as director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office."
• Problematic ?alternative minimum tax? on Democrats' agenda, McClatchy Newspapers (December 13, 2006) by Kevin G. Hall and Margaret Talev. (Appeared in: San Luis Obispo Tribune, Contra Costa Times, Monterey County Herald, Centre Daily Times, The State, Myrtle Beach Sun News, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Belleville News-Democrat, Charlotte Observer, Fort Wayne News Sentinel.)


"The 2001-2003 tax cuts doubled the number of people subject to the AMT and roughly doubled the cost of fixing the AMT," said Leonard Burman, the co-director of the Tax Policy Center. He estimates that in 2010, the AMT will take back about 28 percent of the regular income tax cut that taxpayers would have received."
• Ex-Clinton Adviser Is Choice to Head CBO, Washington Post (December 13, 2006) by Lori Montgomery.


"Peter R. Orszag, a Brookings Institution economist who served as a senior economic adviser to President Bill Clinton, was named yesterday to head the Congressional Budget Office, the nonpartisan agency that provides lawmakers with cost estimates for legislation and other budgetary analyses."
• Orszag to head CBO, The Hill (December 13, 2006) by Elana Schor.


"Senior Democrats have tapped Brookings Institution economist Peter Orszag as the next Congressional Budget Office (CBO) director, passing over acting director Donald Marron."
• Democrats Pick Orszag to Head CBO, Wall Street Journal (December 12, 2006) by Jackie Calmes.


"Peter Orszag, a former Clinton administration economist and protégé of former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, is the Democrats? choice to be the director of the Congressional Budget Office when they take control of Congress in January."
• Brookings economist tapped to head CBO, Centre Daily Times (December 12, 2006) by Andrew Taylor. (Other appearances: The Washington Post, The New York Times, Forbes, The Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union Tribune, Sacramento Bee, Monterey County Herald, San Luis Obispo Tribune, Contra Costa Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Macon Telegraph, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Myrtle Beach Sun News, Fort Worth Star Telegram, The State, Pioneer Press, Houston Chronicle, Belleville News-Democrat, Kansas City Star, Biloxi Sun Herald, Herald News Daily, Jackson News-Tribune.)


"Democrats taking over Congress have chosen Brookings Institution economist Peter Orszag as director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which issues forecasts and provides lawmakers with cost estimates for legislation."
• Economist Orszag recommended to head CBO, MarketWatch.com (December 12, 2006) by William L. Watts.


"Top Democratic budget lawmakers have selected economist Peter Orszag of the Brookings Institution to serve as director of the Congressional Budget Office, the nonpartisan agency that serves as Congress' official fiscal scorekeeper."
• Editorial: Tax Scammery, Middle Class Takes a Hit, The Sacramento Bee (December 11, 2006): T06-0266 (registration required).


"The Brookings-Urban Tax Policy Center estimates that if the Bush tax cuts had not been enacted and the AMT had been indexed for inflation, the number of AMT taxpayers would have remained between 300,000 and 400,000 through 2010."
• Doing nothing's a good thing, Marketplace (December 8, 2006) commentary by Len Burman.


"Lawmakers say that they believe in honest budgeting. A good place to start is to look at expiring provisions, make the good ones permanent and let the ones that aren't worth the cost expire - permanently."
• The AMT Reckoning, Wall Street Journal (December 6, 2006): The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Historical Data and Projections. (subscription required)


"The AMT is gradually evolving into the de facto U.S. tax system, and the regular tax code with its Byzantine rules and carve-outs is becoming less relevant each year. According to the liberal Tax Policy Center at the Brookings Institution and Urban Institute, the total cost to the Treasury of scrapping the entire IRS tax code but retaining the AMT would be only $63 billion in the first year, $56 billion in the second year, and less than that in each succeeding year."
• The AMT Mess, Charlotte Sun-Herald (December 5, 2006) by Gene Laber: Table T06-0268.


"Estimates prepared by researchers at the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute say that, in 2010, one-third of all taxpayers will be subject to the AMT, and nearly 80 percent of households in the $75,000 to $100,000 income range will face higher taxes because of the AMT. In the $100,000 - $500,000 income range, 95 percent of households will pay the AMT."
• Cool-headed, warm-hearted economics, Boston Globe (December 3, 2006) by Peter Orszag.
• Taxes are to be feared, no matter who's in charge, The Cleveland Plain Dealer (December 3, 2006) by Elizabeth Auster: The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: 11 Key Facts and Projections.


"The AMT initially affected only a small number of taxpayers. But, partly because it hasn't been indexed to inflation and partly because of various tax-law changes including President Bush's tax cuts, it has grown into a sort of monster with ever-larger tentacles. This year, about 3.5 million taxpayers will be affected by it, compared to only 20,000 taxpayers in 1970, according to the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, a respected Washington think tank."
• Democrats Promote Relief from the Alternative Minimum Tax - Interview with Len Burman NPR Morning Edition (December 1, 2006).
• Our Opinions: A costly bill of goods, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (November 29, 2006) by David McNaughton.


"Equally obvious is the fact that Bush's massive tax cuts were designed primarily to benefit well-off Americans, but sold as a salve for everyone. Last year, the wealthiest 20 percent saved an average of $4,845 because of the Bush tax cuts, according to the Urban Institute-Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center. The poorest 20 percent of taxpayers got, on average, a tax cut of $18 and a hike of more than $1,000 on their share of the public debt."
• Democratic Congress in U.S. may take new look at globalization, International Herald Tribune (New York Times) (November 26, 2006) by Louis Uchitelle.


"You pay a steep economic cost when you adopt market interventions," said Peter Orszag, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a leader of the Rubin group. He argued, for example, that restrictions on layoffs "would impede the ability of markets to reallocate labor efficiently."
• AMT Relief Becomes a Priority For New Democratic Chairmen, Wall Street Journal (November 22, 2006) by Rob Wells. (subscription required)


"Such budget concerns will frustrate Mr. Baucus's broader goal: full repeal of the AMT, which would cost the government $1.7 trillion over the next decade, according to the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan Washington think tank."
• Cooperate to fix alternative tax, Wisconsin State Journal (November 21, 2006) by Jed Graham.


"A study released this month by the Tax Policy Center in Washington, D.C., describes the potential effect on married couples with two kids and annual cash income of $75,000 to $100,000. Virtually no one in this category will pay the AMT this year. But if the law isn't changed for 2007, almost 60 percent of these couples will be caught by the AMT and forced to pay an additional $1,190 in taxes. By 2010, almost three-quarters of these couples will pay an extra $1,700."
• Dems' PayGo Plan May Trip Up Bid To Make AMT Repairs, Investor's Business Daily (November 20, 2006) by Jed Graham.


"If the tax relief expires, an estimated 23.4 million individuals will be affected by the tax in 2007, up from 3.5 million in 2006, the Urban Institute said. This year only 5% of filers with incomes of $100,000 to $200,000 were affected by the AMT, but that would jump to 71% if the tax relief expires. And 36% of filers with incomes of $75,000 to $100,000 would feel the pinch of the AMT, up from 1% now."
• Democrats to Push Pocketbook Issues; Minimum Wage, College Costs Top Agenda; Party Less Unified on Tax Reform, Energy, Washington Post (November 19, 2006) by Amy Goldstein and Lyndsey Layton.


"There is, as is often the case, an element of schizophrenia there," said Robert D. Reischauer, president of the Urban Institute and a former director of the Congressional Budget Office. "You have an expansive programmatic agenda that you're trying to reconcile with a desire to be fiscally responsible."
• New Congress, Lame Ducks Might Delay Tax Reforms, San Jose Mercury News (November 15, 2006) by Mark Schwanhausser: The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Historical Data and Projections.


"Unless lawmakers come up with a temporary patch for 2007, the AMT is projected to hit more than one-third of taxpayers with incomes between $75,000 and $100,000, according to projections by the Tax Policy Center in Washington, a joint project of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution."
• Facing the Same Dilemma, The New York Sun (November 15, 2006) by Robert Samuelson.(Other Appearances: Concord Monitor, The Buffalo News)


"Suppose Democrats repealed them. The top rate would revert to 39.6% - and so on. Given the Democrats' thunderous denunciation of these tax cuts, you might imagine that budget deficits would vanish and there'd be more money for health and education spending. Well, no. In fiscal 2007 and 2008, federal revenues would increase $42 billion and $63 billion, estimates the Tax Policy Center of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. Though big sums, they don't even cover the deficits, now running in excess of $250 billion annually."
• What Next From Washington?, Realty Times (November 14, 2006) by Peter G. Miller.


"Few estates now pay any tax. According to the Centers for Disease Control some 2.4 million people die each year. Of this number only 12,600 estates wind up paying taxes according to the Tax Policy Center."
• Health Insurance Industry Urges Expansion of Coverage, New York Times (November 14, 2006) by Robert Pear.


"Many economists say the tax code, by subsidizing the purchase of health insurance, has fostered excessive use of health care services, driving up costs. "New subsidies could aggravate that problem," Mr. Steuerle said."
• Time to get organized to make the most of tax breaks, cut tax bill, USA Today (November 13, 2006) by Sandra Block: The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Historical Data and Projections.


"In 2006, the average AMT taxpayer will owe $6,000 more in taxes than would be owed under the regular system, according to Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. Taxpayers who live in states with high state income and property taxes are particularly vulnerable."
• New U.S. Congress Will Dismantle AMT, Cut Taxes, Bloomberg News (November 13, 2006) by John F. Wasik:The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Historical Data and Projections.


``The AMT does not allow deductions for state taxes, thereby imposing higher burdens on those who live in high-tax states,'' the Tax Policy Center said. ``In 2005, taxpayers in these states were more than three times as likely to be on the AMT as those in low-tax states.''
• No tax law changes expected while Bush is still in office, San Francisco Chronicle (November 12, 2006) by Kathleen Pender.


"The big picture: Whatever tax changes we see in the next two years are likely to be small, "what Charlie Rangel has called the low-hanging fruit," Burman says."
• To solve budget deficit problems, parties need to take risks jointly, USA Today (November 12, 2006) by Richard Wolf.


"There's no gun to anybody's head," says Robert Reischauer, president of the non-partisan Urban Institute think tank and former director of the Congressional Budget Office. "If there were a will, there would be a way. But we've seen precious little will, and barring an economic collapse of some kind, there won't be a lot of pressure."
• Alternative Minimum Tax Targeted: Democrats Seek Fix for Middle-Class Families, Washington Post (November 11, 2006) by Lori Montgomery: The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Historical Data and Projections.
  (Other appearances: The Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, Knoxville News Sentinel, Newsday.


"By 2010, "the AMT will become the de facto tax system for filers in the $200,000 to $500,000 income range, 94 percent of whom will face the tax," according to a report by the Tax Policy Center. About half of tax filers making $75,000 to $100,000 will have to pay the tax, including 89 percent of married couples in that income bracket who have at least two children.
• Bush's Deficit May Shrink More With Democrats Controlling House, Bloomberg News (November 6, 2006) by Matthew Benjamin and Rich Miller.


"'Neither party could get its priorities funded,' says Robert Reischauer, president of the Urban Institute in Washington and former director of the Congressional Budget Office. 'Another period of gridlock might be good for reducing the deficit.'"
• Is the economy in good shape? NO, Arizona Daily Star (November 5, 2006) Opinion by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney.


"Too many Americans are being squeezed by stagnant incomes and rising living expenses, and somehow the president's tax cuts are supposed to ease the pain. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center estimates that this year the dividends and capital gains tax cut will save middle-income families only about $55 - about the price of one tank of gas for most minivan drivers. But millionaires will receive a cut of nearly $38,000 - enough to buy a new luxury sedan."
• Kelly, Hall split sharply on issues in race for Congress, The Journal News (November 4, 2006) by Susan Elan.


"Households with incomes over $1 million receive average annual tax cuts of $42,000, according to the Urban Institute-Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center."
• Accelerating Deductions Can Be AMT Trap, Investor's Business Daily (November 2, 2006) by Stuart Weiss.


"In 2005, 3.6 million taxpayers paid the AMT, according to the Tax Policy Center. By 2010, about 31 million Americans will be forced to pay the levy, the center projects."
• A Taxing Time for the GOP; Connecticut Incumbent Struggles to Make Economy a Winning Issue, Washington Post (November 2, 2006) by Lori Montgomery.


"A new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, shows that more than 60 percent of savings from the Bush tax cuts are going to families that earn more than $100,000 a year. Put another way, a working-class family earning between $30,000 and $40,000 will save an average of $747 this year thanks to the cuts, while a family earning between $200,000 and $500,000 will save an average of $7,609."
• Car Rental Taxes Violate Basic Principles: Study, Budget & Tax News (November 1, 2006) by John W. Skorburg.


"In a study commissioned by Enterprise Rent-A-Car and released by the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) on July 17, economists William G. Gale of The Brookings Institution and Kim Rueben of the Urban Institute contend car rental excise taxes are "inconsistent with basic principles of good taxation."
• Specter of tax man haunts Democrats, The Washington Times (November 15, 2006) by Donald Lambro.


"I can't see Democrats opposing the rates that are being paid at the bottom two-thirds of the tax code. Democrats are for taxing the super-rich, though it is yet to be defined where super-richdom begins," said Robert Reischauer, president of the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan economic and social policy research group."
• An interview with Robert Rubin and Peter Orszag. The Baffling Economy, The New Republic Online (October 31, 2006) by Jonathan Chait.


"Peter Orszag: [T]he point is that [the tax cuts have] not only had a direct effect, exacerbating after-tax income inequality, but they diverted focus from a proper economic strategy."
• IRS makes it easier to save, St. Petersburg Times (October 29, 2006) by Helen Huntley.


"The split refunds are going to help people with low- to moderate-incomes who have a hard time saving by allowing them to put some of it away without committing all of it. There is an enormous potential here for a lot of households," says Bill Gale, a senior fellow at the Retirement Security Project, one of the groups that pushed hard for the change."
• Editorial: Future Tax Shock, New York Times (October 29, 2006): Tax Policy: Facts and Figures.


• Sherwood, Carney share tax-relief views, The Scranton Times Tribune (October 29, 2006) by Elizabeth Piet.


"Estimates of the effects of a rollback of the Bush tax cuts on the wealthy is not an exact science, said Adam Carasso, a research associate at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center in Washington, D.C. If only the wealthy are targeted for tax increases, they can try to shift some of their income to stocks or use other methods."
• Social Security: Hardly an issue, The Philadelphia Inquirer (October 28, 2006) by Larry Eichel.


"But can the economy really grow its way out of the Social Security shortfall? "No," said Peter Orszag, an economist who opposes personal accounts and works at a Washington think-tank, the Brookings Institution, which has Democratic leanings."
• Donors to charity reap big benefits on tax deductions, The Examiner (October 26, 2006) by Kelly Carson.


"Eugene Steuerle, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute for Tax policy who testified before Congress on the IRA provision, said the idea for the law is to simplify giving for people who are required to take deductions from their IRA accounts."
• Bonds abound on the Nov. 7 ballot, Inside Bay Area (October 25, 2006) by Rebekah Gordon .


"As long as people are willing to pay the property tax to pay off the debt, I don't think there's any damage of them getting too indebted," said Kim Rueben, a public finance economist with the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute, which conducts nonpartisan economic and social policy research."
• Health costs eat away at retirement contributions, MarketWatch (October 25, 2006) by Kristen Gerencher


"The pressure health costs are putting on families and their forced competition with retirement funding underscore the benefit of making 401(k) savings vehicles automatic, said Peter Orszag, director of the retirement security project for the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank."
• Fees make up a big chunk of car rental costs, USA Today (October 24, 2006) by Roger Yu.


"Gale and Kim Rueben, an economist at the Urban Institute, found that many customers in Kansas City were willing to travel several miles outside of the city to avoid the arena fee."
• Can small business trust Washington?, CNNMoney.com (October 18, 2006) by Richard McGill Murphy.


"And the Bush administration financed its tax cuts with borrowed money that must eventually be paid back via benefit cuts or tax increases. According to estimates by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center in Washington, D.C., more than half of all tax filers with small-business income wind up worse off once the cost of financing the cuts is taken into account."
• ANALYSIS: Will the economy help the Democrats?, BBCNews.com (October 18, 2006) by Steve Schifferes.


"What we are seeing is the calm before the storm," says former CBO director Robert Reischauer. Everyone knows that the current revenue and spending structures will unsustainable as the 'baby boom' generation begins to enter retirement."
• AP Enterprise: Bond would push school borrowing over $100 billion, San Luis Obispo Tribune (October 14, 2006) by Aaron C. Davis.


"Until California devises another system to pay for school construction, bonds will have an increasingly negative effect on the state budget, said Kim Rueben, a public finance economist at the nonprofit Urban Institute in Washington."
• Goldmark confronts McMorris on taxes, The Spokesman Review (October 13, 2006) by Jim Camden.


"The Tax Policy Center said the Bush tax cuts reduced the burden on all income brackets, but the rich paid proportionally more before the cuts and still do."
• Editorial: A taxing argument on U.S. finances, The Virginian-Pilot (October 13, 2006).


"After the debate, Webb said he'd "look at" rolling back income and other 2001-03 tax cuts for the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans. That doesn't take much courage, either. The Tax Policy Center in Washington, D.C., estimates 10-year savings of $912 billion from such a plan."
• U.S. Deficit Is Smallest in Four Years; Bush says the news shows his tax cuts are boosting growth. Some analysts are skeptical, Los Angeles Times (October 12, 2006)
by Molly Hennessy-Fiske.

"Rudolph G. Penner, Republican-appointed director of the Congressional Budget Office during the 1980s and a senior fellow at the Urban Institute in Washington, said tax cuts in 2001 helped prevent a deeper recession by boosting income at all levels, but could not be credited with delivering broad-based growth now. "Otherwise more of the growth would have showed up in the payrolls," he said."
• U.S. budget deficit shrinks; Bush credits policies; critics scoff at results, Chicago Tribune (October 12, 2006)
by William Neikirk.
(Other apperances in: San Jose Mercury News, Monterey County Herald, San Luis Obispo Tribune, Macon Telegraph, Fort Wayne News Sentinel, Centre Daily Times, The Herald, The Sun Herald, Kansas City Star, Myrtle Beach Sun News, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Belleville News-Democrat, Barre Montpelier Times Argus.)

"Rudolph Penner, a former director of the Congressional Budget Office and now a scholar at the Urban Institute, said tax cuts played only a small role in the improved deficit picture."
• Is Wulsin really full of strange ideas?, The Cincinnati Enquirer (October 12, 2006)
by Gregory Korte.

"Schmidt's number of $2,084 is the average tax cut for a family with children, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. But the tax cut for an average household (with and without children) is $836, according to the Tax Policy Center, a project of the liberal-leaning Brookings Institution."
• Divide & conquer, New York Daily News (October 11, 2006)
by Jean Chatzky.

"The split refunds are going to help people with low to moderate incomes who have a hard time saving by allowing them to put some of it away without committing all of it," says Bill Gale, a senior fellow at the Retirement Security Project, one of the groups that pushed hard for the change."
• Bush Trumpets Deficit That Misses Forecast by Most in 21 Years, Bloomberg News (October 11, 2006)
by Brendan Murray.

"The deficit is going down because of the part of the business cycle we're in, because the stock market is doing relatively well and corporate profits are going up a lot,'' said Leonard Burman, senior fellow at the Urban Institute and a deputy assistant secretary for tax analysis at Treasury from 1998 to 2000."
• Painting a Rosy Budget Picture; Bush Touts Declining Deficit, but Long-Term Outlook Is Dimmer, The Washington Post (October 11, 2006)
by Michael Abramowitz and Peter Baker.

"But Robert D. Reischauer, former director of the Congressional Budget Office and now president of the Urban Institute, gave the tax cuts little credit because the economic effect of putting that money back into the economy was offset by the debt incurred from extra spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and relief from Hurricane Katrina. "The consensus among economists is that the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 and the extensions have done little to boost economic growth, having been offset by increased spending," he said."
• Johnson hails, Murphy blasts GOP tax cuts, The News Times (October 10, 2006)
by Fred Lucas.

"However, 80 percent of the benefits go to the wealthiest 10 percent of taxpayers, Murphy said, citing a Tax Policy Center study. A further breakdown says those earning $20,000 per year would have a $3 tax cut, while those earning more than $1 million would have a $42,766 tax cut, according to the tax group."
• Farm tax is one reason Angelides has failed to shake tax label, San Francisco Chronicle (October 7, 2006)
by Robin Hindery. (Other appearances in: Monterey County Herald, Los Angeles Daily News, Contra Costa Times, San Jose Mercury News, San Luis Obispo Tribune, The Examiner).

"Examining existing tax breaks can be good policy, but it also might reinforce the image in voters' minds that Angelides is more interested in protecting state spending, said Kim Rueben, senior research associate at the Washington-based Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the nonpartisan Urban Institute and Brookings Institution."
• Watch for tax tinkering, MarketWatch (October 3, 2006)
by Andrea Coombes.

"Tax reform is imperative, but getting there in the next two years? I would say the odds are roughly zero," said Leonard Burman, director of the Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. "Two years from now is the run up to the 2008 presidential election and I'd say it's virtually impossible that any Congress pass anything as controversial as tax reform."
• Tax Breaks May Not Get Extended; Congress Hasn't Revived Option to Deduct Sales Levy Or College Fees Deduction, Wall Street Journal (September 27, 2006)
by Tom Herman. (subscription required).

"During the past 25 years, there has been a major tax bill about every two to three years, and since 2001, "there has been at least one every year," says a report by the Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution: Summary of Major Enacted Tax Legislation from 1981 - 2006.
• Are You Better Off Than You Were 4 Years Ago? Do You Care?, New York Times (September 24, 2006).
by Daniel Altman

"There is a lot of stuff on the foreign policy side that has a newsworthiness and an urgency that tend to crowd out the domestic," said William G. Gale, director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution, a left-leaning group in Washington. Citing the worsening economic trend, he added, "it is kind of remarkable that it?s not all over the headlines the way it might be."
• Letter to the editor: Average number calculation confuses, Chattanooga Times Free Press (September 21, 2006).


"Also, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, 35.6 million individuals and families got zero benefit from the 2003 Bush cuts because their income was so low they were not paying federal income taxes before the cuts."
• Uncle Sam leaning more heavily on the better-off, USA Today (September 20, 2006) by Richard Wolf.


"The growth in entitlement spending is going to be tremendous," says Len Burman, director of the Tax Policy Center. "Reducing the benefits to those who least need government assistance makes sense."
• Negative outlook on economy to affect votes, Wilmington (NC) Morning Star (September 16, 2006) by Marilyn Geewax.


"At the same time, inflation is eroding buying power, Burman said. Wages have risen at a nominal rate of 4.1 percent so far this year, but inflation has gone up 4.2 percent over the past year. Average people "don't feel they are getting ahead," he said."
• Sestak gets tax reaction from friend, foe alike, The Philadelphia Inquirer (September 7, 2006) by Todd Mason.


"Burman also knocked Weldon's support for repealing the estate tax, which would cost $369 billion between 2007 and 2016, according to a congressional estimate.It sounds like a good idea, but where is the money coming from?" Burman asked. "We are running deficits now."
• Bury the death tax once and for all, but for the right reasons, The Daily & Sunday Review (September 5, 2006).


"[T]he effects of the tax on small business owners and family-owned farms (entities which, conservatives argue, are hardest hit by the estate tax) were studied by the Tax Policy Center. A study of the 18,800 estates taxed in 2004 found 7,090 which had farm or business income. Of those, 440 estates had half or more of their assets in farms and/or businesses. The effective tax rate on the 440 estates never averaged more than 23 percent."
• Jobs Creation Act flops in S.C., The State (September 3,2006) by Ben Werner: The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 Creating Jobs for Accountants and Lawyers.


"Most of these firms are arranged in ways to exploit globalization while finding the best income tax deals in the U.S., according to a December 2004 report, critical of the law, released by the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. Companies have an incentive to move their operations to low-tax locations abroad, the report said. They also have an incentive to shift paper profits to low-tax locations, even if they do not have a large physical presence there."
• Frist stumps in CR for Republican candidates, Daily Iowan (September 1, 2006) by Matt Snyders.


"Data from the Tax Policy Center suggest otherwise. The joint venture of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution shows that the Bush cuts, if made permanent, would decrease individuals' federal income taxes between 3 and 5 percent, depending on one's tax bracket."
• IRS Innovations, The Oregonain (August 23, 2006) by David Sarasohn.


"Berman, not to say a lot of other people, sees a direct line from reducing enforcement of the estate tax to the Bush administration's interest in abolishing it, which it hasn't been able to get through Congress. "You have to suspect that there's some kind of a political statement here," he says. "They're phasing out the estate tax early by saying, 'We're not going to audit it.'"
• Pederson ad targets GOP tax cuts, KVOA TV (August 19, 2006) by Jennifer Talhelm.
• Editorial: Mismatch game, Press & Sun-Bulletin (August 15, 2006): CBPP Study.


"The Tax Policy Center estimates the relatively few estates that are large enough to owe taxes would on average enjoy a $1.4 million tax break."
• I'm Just a Bill - Interview with Len Burman, Smartmoney.com (August 10, 2006) by Lisa Scherzer.
• The New Gender Divide, New York Times (August 6, 2006) by Eduardo Porter and Michelle O?Donnell: Growth and Decline in Tax Credits For Families With Children. (Other appearances in: International Herald Tribune, Gadsden Times, The Ledger, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Spartanburg Herald Journal.)
• Future of retirement rests on your values, The Plain Dealer (August 6, 2006) by Fran Henry.
• Cities, States Are Piling On Rental Car Taxes, Los Angeles Times (August 5, 2006) by James Gilden. (Other appearances in: Chicago Tribune).
• Major Tax Issues on Hold Until After November, Fox News.com (August 4, 2006) by Greg Simmons.
• Republicans should really help the poor for a change, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (August 4, 2006) by Gregory Stanford: CBPP Study.
• Editorial: Tax bill package was cynical political move, The Honolulu Advertiser (August 4, 2006): CBPP Study.
• Senate kills minimum wage increase, Argus Leader (August 4, 2006) by Peter Harriman: CBPP Study.
• Foxy politics, lousy policy, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (August 3, 2006): CBPP Study.(Other appearances in: The News-Sentinel, Belleville News-Democrat.)
• An Estate Tax Twist Reverses Party Roles On Minimum Wage, Washington Post (August 3, 2006) by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum.
• The cynical season, Albany Times Union (August 3, 2006): CBPP Study.
• The Greatest Good for the Smallest Number, L.A. Weekly (August 2, 2006): CBPP Study.
• Editorial: A cynical election ploy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (August 2, 2006): CBPP Study.
• Untie knot that binds minimum- wage, estate-tax decisions, The Des Moines Register (August 2, 2006) by the Register Editorial Board: CBPP Study.
• Editorial: For richer and poorer? Akron Beacon Journal (August 2, 2006): CBPP Study.
• Bingaman won't support linking wage hike with estate tax cut, The Albuquerque Tribune (August 1, 2006) by James W. Brosnan: CBPP Study.
• Bad Bargain, Washington Post (August 1, 2006): CBPP Study.
• Let's link Congress' pay to the minimum, San Antonio Express-News (August 1, 2006): CBPP Study.
• A fairly taxing debate, Orlando Sentinel (July 30, 2006) by April Hunt.
• House Passes Minimum Wage Bill, But Includes Estate Tax Cut in Legislation, AXcessNews.com (July 30, 2006)by Freddie Mooche: CBPP Study.
• Republicans Mount New Push to Cut Estate Tax, Wall Street Journal (July 27, 2006) by David Rogers: T06-0020.
• Tax Cuts May Come At a Price, Study Says, The Washington Post (July 26, 2006): By Nell Henderson
• The Rise of the Super-Rich, New York Times (July 19, 2006) by Teresa Tritch: T06-0030.
• Taxing customers away? Study done for Enterprise Rent-a-Car contends people avoiding $4-a-day charge, Kansas City Star (July 18, 2006) by Rich Alm and Dave Helling.
• As Bigger Piece of Economic Pie Shifts, Wall Street Journal (July 17, 2006) by Greg Ip and Deborah Solomon.
• How Far Would You Drive to Avoid a Rental-Car Tax?, New York Times (July 17, 2006) by David Cay Johnston.
• Price war heats up at donor-advised funds; Schwab is the latest firm to cut fees, Investment News (July 17, 2006) by Darla Mercado.
• On taxes, Senate candidates differ sharply, Columbus Dispatch (July 16, 2006) by Jonathan Riskind and Jack Torry: T06-0034.
• U.S. budget deficit falls to $296 billion, Chicago Tribune (July 12, 2006) by William Neikirk. (Other appearances in: Salt Lake Tribune).
• Bush to Use Narrowed U.S. Deficit Forecast to Defend Tax Cuts, Bloomberg (July 12, 2006) by Heidi Przybyla and Matthew Benjamin.
• Rank Disloyalty, The New Republic (July 3, 2006): T06-0138.
• Looking for the Incentives That Will Prompt Americans to Save More, New York Times (June 29, 2006) by Hal Varian.
• Senate Republicans Postpone Vote on Estate Tax, Inc. Magazine (June 28, 2006): T06-0020.
• Senate Delays Vote on Estate Tax Reduction, Timber (Update2), Bloomberg (June 27, 2006) by Ryan Donmoyer: T06-0020; T06-0137, but see T06-0169 instead.
• Congress weighs estate-tax break for wealthy, Christian Science Monitor (June 27, 2006) by Mark Trumbull and Gail Russell Chaddock: EGTRRA Top Rates 2002 - 2011.
• Republicans Mount New Push to Cut Estate Tax, Wall Street Journal (July 27, 2006) by David Rogers: T06-0020.
• Estate Tax Reduction, Passed by House, Faces Test in the Senate, Bloomberg (June 23, 2006) by Ryan Donmoyer: T06-0020; T06-0137, but see T06-0169 instead.
• Serving up cream to America's fat cats, Fort Worth Star Telegram (June 23, 2006) by Jack Z. Smith: T06-0020.
• Line-item veto bill clears House, Chicago Tribune (June 23, 2006) by Marni Goldberg. (Other appearances in: Baltimore Sun, Macon Telegraph, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Duluth News Tribune, Pioneer Press, Myrtle Beach Sun News, San Jose Mercury News, Monterey County Herald, San Luis Obispo Tribune, Fort Wayne News Sentinel, Centre Daily Times, Biloxi Sun Herald, Lexington Herald-Leader, Belleville News-Democrat, Kansas City Star).
• House passes estate tax bill, CNN (June 22, 2006) by Jeanne Sahadi: T06-0138.
• Republicans Rally Around Plan to Limit, Not Repeal, Estate Tax, Bloomberg (June 21, 2006): T06-0020; T06-0137, but see T06-0169 instead.
• House Republicans May Settle, Wall Street Journal (June 20, 2006) by Brody Mullins: T06-0020; T06-0137.
• Why is Nelson siding with GOP on estate tax?, Palm Beach Post (June 19, 2006) by Ward Parker: T06-0138.
• The budget deficit, Marketwatch (June 16, 2006) by Marshall Loeb.
• Bush cuts 'em again; but who really benefits from this?, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza (Incline Village, NV) (June 16, 2006) by Jeff Quinn: T06-0085; T05-0298.
• Supply Side: Don't Know Much About History, Wall Street Journal (June 12, 2006) by Stephen Moore.
• No Progress on Tax Dispute, National Journal (June 10, 2006) by John Maggs: T05-0056.
• Gay Marriage and the Estate Tax, National Journal (June 10, 2006) by Stuart Taylor Jr.
• False priorities, Boston Globe (June 9, 2006) by Scot Lehigh: T05-0071.
• Drive to Repeal Estate Tax Falls Short in Senate, Wall Street Journal (June 9, 2006) by Brody Mullins and Richard Guy Matthews: T06-0020; T06-0138.
• Estate Tax Repeal Won't Get Senate Vote, WebCPA (June 9, 2006): T06-0020.
• A compromise on estate tax, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (June 9, 2006): T06-0138.
• The DeLay Principle, New York Times (June 9, 2006) by Paul Krugman: T06-0138; T06-0147.
• Repeal of Estate Tax Is Latest GOP Initiative to Die in Senate, Los Angeles Times (June 9, 2006) by Richard Simon: T06-0020. (Other appearances in: Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Hartford Courant, Contra Costa Times, Canton Repository).
• Senate rejects effort to abolish estate tax; GOP leaders pledge to try again, USA Today (June 8, 2006) by Richard Wolf: T05-0072; T05-0119; T06-0138.
• Repeal of Death Tax Unlikely To Proceed, New York Sun (June 8, 2006) by Adrian Brune.
• Killing of Zarqawi / Estate Taxes, NPR's Diane Rehm Show (June 8, 2006).
• Bayh: End estate tax when deficit shrinks, Fort Wayne Gazette Journal (IN) (June 8, 2006) by Sylvia A. Smith.
• Death And Taxes, Yankton Daily Press (SD) (June 7, 2006): T05-0072.
• Economic straight talk from Dr. Julianne Malveaux, FinalCall.com News (June 7, 2006) by Herb Boyd: Roth Conversions as Revenue Raisers: Smoke and Mirrors.
• Estate tax tussle revived, CNN (June 7, 2006) by Jeanne Sahadi: T06-0138.
• New Tax Law Will Eliminate $100,000 Cap on Roth Conversions, Black Enterprise Magazine (June 7, 2006) by Tami Luhby: Roth Conversions as Revenue Raisers: Smoke and Mirrors.
• Republicans Split Over Whether to Reduce or Kill Estate Tax, Bloomberg (June 7, 2006) by Ryan Donmoyer: T06-0137.
• Bush Values Seen in Estate Tax, Preschool Plans, Bloomberg (June 7, 2006) by Gene Sperling: T06-0147.
• Estate Tax Repeal Could Get Its Day in Congress, WebCPA (June 7, 2006): T06-0020.
• A Boon for the Richest in an Estate Tax Repeal, New York Times (June 7, 2006) by David Cay Johnston: T06-0124; T05-0120.
• Estate Tax Showdown Is Splitting The G.O.P., New York Times (June 7, 2006) by Edmund L. Andrews.
• Misleading ads exaggerate what the tax costs farmers, small businesses and "your family", FactCheck.org (June 6, 2006): T04-0164; T04-0163; Options to Reform the Estate Tax; The Estate Tax is Down, But Not Out.
• The Heirs of Their Ways, Congressional Quarterly (June 5, 2006) by John Cranford: T04-0065.
• Reward for the Hereditary Elite..., Washington Post (June 5, 2006) by Sebastian Mallaby: Effects of Estate Tax Reform on Charitable Giving.
• New Tax Law Will Eliminate $100,000 Cap on Roth Conversions, Newsday (June 5, 2006) by Tami Luhby: Roth Conversions as Revenue Raisers: Smoke and Mirrors.
• Hatch: International Tax Regime Is in Serious Need of Reform, States News Service (June 5, 2006).
• Republicans dust off issues of gay marriage, flag burning to attract conservative voters, Duluth News-Tribune (Minnesota) (June 4, 2006) by James Kuhnhenn.
• A Plan for Mr. Paulson, Washington Post (June 4, 2006): Distributional Effects of Defined Contribution Plans and Individual Retirement Accounts.
• Effort to Repeal Estate Tax Said to Be Faltering, Los Angeles Times (June 4, 2006) by Janet Hook: T06-0020. (Other appearances in: Baltimore Sun, KTLA 5 - WB affiliate, Lexington Herald Leader, Bradenton Herald).
• Tax changes have some give and take, Austin American Statesman (June 4, 2006) by Julie Tripp: Roth Conversions as Revenue Raisers: Smoke and Mirrors.
• Tax law cuts break for the wealthy, Inside Bay Area (Oakland, CA) (June 3, 2006) by Francine Brevetti: Roth Conversions as Revenue Raisers: Smoke and Mirrors.
• Congress' post-recess agenda targets GOP core, Scripps Howard News Service (June 2, 2006) by Margaret Talev: T06-0020. (Other appearances in: Times Record News ).
• Like Lay, the nation has a spending spigot issue, Houston Chronicle (June 1, 2006) by Loren Steffy: T05-0085.
• The Doable Dozen, The American Prospect (June, 2006).
• ?Death tax' repeal unfair to those who owe 'birth tax', San Francisco Chronicle (May 31, 2006) by Diane Lim Rogers.
• Bond touts tax cuts as economic boon, News-Leader (Springfield, Mo.) (May 31, 2006) by Ruppy Singh: T06-0073.
• Time to enact millionaires' tax, Rutland Herald (VT) (May 30, 2006) by Heather Taylor: T06-0085.
• Find your way around the new tax legislation, The Oregonian (May 28, 2006) by Julie Tripp: Roth Conversions as Revenue Raisers: Smoke and Mirrors.
• Latest tax cuts won't help average Americans, Kennebec Journal (Maine) (May 25, 2006) by Steve DeAngelis: T06-0085.
• Marriage-penalty relief pilot for poor, The Hill (May 25, 2006) by Jonathan Allen.
• Tax cuts `irresponsible and obscene', Centre Daily Times (Pa.) (May 23, 2006) by Robert B. Reich: T06-0085.
• New tax law effective in four years will eliminate $100,000 income cap for converting traditional IRAs to Roths, Newsday (May 23, 2006) by Tami Luhby: Roth Conversions as Revenue Raisers: Smoke and Mirrors.
• Bush Bill Raises Taxes on One Group -- Kids, ABC News (May 22, 2006) by Matt Stuart.
• The GOP's Tax Windfall, US News & World Report (May 22, 2006) by Silla Brush.
• Catering to big money, The Lompoc Record (CA) (May 22, 2006): T06-0073.
• Stop the Clock. Keep the Problem, Wall Street Journal (May 21, 2006) by Edmund L. Andrews.
• Tax cuts help business, not average joes, Jackson Clarion Ledger (Miss.) (May 20, 2006) by Ana Radelat: T06-0085.
• Their Income Up, U.S. Rich Yield A Tax Windfall, Wall Street Journal (May 20, 2006) by Deborah Solomon: T05-0298.
• A New Tax Trick for Your IRA, Wall Street Journal (May 20, 2006).
• Bush world: It's all about the trickle, The Columbian (WA) (May 19, 2006) by Gregg Herrington: T06-0073.
• Tax-cut measures very disappointing, Reading Eagle (PA) (May 19, 2006): T06-0085.
• Dems Aim To Nix Bush Tax Cuts By Pledging PayGo Budget Rules, Investor's Business Daily (May 19, 2006) by Jed Graham.
• Good Economic News Sours Upon Closer Look, Hartford Courant (May 18, 2006) by Paul Janensch: T06-0085.
• Bush signs $70 billion tax-cut extension, Marketwatch (May 17, 2006) by William L. Watts: T06-0073.
• Our capitalistic democracy is all skewed up, Bankrate.com (May 17, 2006) by Barbara Whelehan.
• Another year, another tax cut, and look who's cleaning up, USA Today (May 16, 2006): T06-0085.
• Bush, GOP fail again to fix alternative minimum tax, San Francisco Chronicle (May 16, 2006) by David Lazarus: T06-0085.
• What happens to tax policy?, The Daily Mail (Charleston, W.V.) (May 16, 2006): T06-0083.
• Go wild on your $47, The Courrier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.) (May 16, 2006): T06-0085.
• Tax bill taps Tennesseans, The Tennessean (May 16, 2006): T06-0073.
• IRA Swaps Could Cost U.S. Billions in Tax Revenue, New York Times (May 16, 2006) by David Cay Johnston: The IRA Conversion Provision in the 2006 Tax Reconciliation Bill.
• Tax-cut bill awaiting president's signature would change Roth IRA rules, USA Today (May 16, 2006) by Sandra Block: The IRA Conversion Provision in the 2006 Tax Reconciliation Bill.
• U.S. to allow tax break on retirement accounts, International Herald Tribune (May 15, 2006) by David Cay Johnston: T06-0087.
• Returning discipline to budgets, The Times Union (Albany, NY) (May 15, 2006) by Marie Cocco: T06-0073.
• Put debt cuts before tax cuts, Virginian-Pilot (May 15, 2006): T06-0073.
• In Estate-Tax Battle, One Man Does What He Can, Washington Post (May 15, 2006) by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum: T04-0037.
• Bush's Tax Cuts Far Outweigh Congressional Pork, Los Angeles Times (May 14, 2006) by Ronald Brownstein: New Estimates of the Budget Outlook.
• Economic View: 'Temporary' Tax Cuts Have a Way of Becoming Permanent, New York Times (May 14, 2006) by Anna Bernasek.
• New Tax Law Means Changes for You, Wall Street Journal (May 14, 2006) by Tom Herman: T06-0082.
• 2010: A fiscal odyssey?, The Daily Nonpareil (Iowa) (May 13, 2006): T06-0085.
• Down Is Up, Washington Post (May 13, 2006): T06-0034.
• New Tax Bill Helps the High End, Washington Post (May 12, 2006) by Neil Irwin.
• Congress Backs $69 Bln Measure Extending Dividend, AMT Tax Cuts, Bloomberg (May 12, 2006): T06-0085.
• Senate backs 5-year $70b tax cut, Boston Globe (May 12, 2006) by Rick Klein: T06-0086.
• Democrats' short list tackles the basics, Salem Statesman Journal (Ore.) (May 12, 2006) by Marie Cocco: New Estimates of the Budget Outlook.
• Sinking in New York, The News Journal (May 12, 2006): T06-0073.
• Cuts Widened Difference in Take-Home Earnings, Wall Street Journal (May 12, 2006) by Jason Furman: T06-0034.
• IRAs Become Focus of Tax Bill, Los Angeles Times (May 12, 2006) by Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Joel Havemann: The IRA Conversion Provision in the 2006 Tax Reconciliation Bill.
• Senate Approves 2-Year Extension of Bush Tax Cuts, New York Times (May 12, 2006) by Edmund L. Andrews: T06-0085. (Other appearances in: Austin American-Statesman, Lakeland Ledger, Tuscaloosa News).
• Senate Passes $70 Billion in Tax Cuts, Washington Post (May 12, 2006) by Jonathan Weisman.
• Congress Sends $70 Billion Tax Package to President, NPR's Morning Edition (May 12, 2006).
• President Bush Wins Tax Cut Victory, CNN (May 11, 2006) by Anderson Cooper: T06-0073.
• Tax cut bill delivers temporary relief, Scripps Howard News Service (May 11, 2006) by Mary Deibel: T06-0073.
• SENATE takes up bill TODAY, Indianapolis Star (May 11, 2006): T05-0291.
• Congress poised to pass $70B in temporary tax cuts, USA Today (May 11, 2006) by Richard Wolf: T06-0073.
• Tax cut extension ready for president , Chicago Tribune (May 11, 2006).
  (Other Appearances: San Jose Mercury News, Bradenton Herald, Kansas City Star, Macon Telegraph, Fort Wayne News Sentinel, San Luis Obispo Tribune, Monterey County Herald, Myrtle Beach Sun News, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Duluth News Tribune, Pioneer Press, Centre Daily Times).
• Will Big Tax Break Bring Big Relief?, ABC News (May 11, 2006): T06-0074.
• Budget worsens U.S. debt, Duluth News Tribune (May 11, 2006) by Kevin G. Hall and James Kuhnhenn: T06-0085; T06-0082. (Other Apperances in: CBS 47, WXXA, WKRC 12 (Ohio)).
• Congress extends investor tax cuts, AMT relief, Investor's Business Daily (May 11, 2006) by William L. Watts: T06-0073.
• Invest your $453 wisely, Scripps Howard News Service (May 11, 2006) by Dale McFeatters: T06-0085.
• Who gains from tax-cut bill, Christian Science Monitor (May 11, 2006) by Rob Scherer.
• House OKs $70 billion in tax cuts, benefits, Chicago Tribune (May 11, 2006) by Jonathan Weisman: T06-0073.
• The Morning Brief, Wall Street Journal (May 11, 2006) by Joseph Schuman.
• Tax Bill Curbs Favorable Rate For Teen Income, Wall Street Journal (May 11, 2006) by Robert Guy Matthews.
  (Other Appearances in: Arizona Republic, Pittsburgh Post Gazette).
• Congress Takes On Controversial Tax, Spending Policy, Los Angeles Times (May 11, 2006) by Joel Havemann: Capital Gains Tax Rates, Stock Markets, and Growth.
• Bernanke vs. Frist, Los Angeles Times (May 11, 2006): T06-0073.
• Tax Benefits to the Rich and Patient, New York Times (May 11, 2006) by David Cay Johnston: T06-0086; T06-0084; T05-0291.
  (Other Appearances in: International Herald Tribune).
• Tax Cuts, Again, Washington Post (May 11, 2006): T06-0073.
• Senate Readies to Vote on $70B Tax Cut, Washington Post (May 11, 2006) by Andrew Taylor: T06-0073.
  (Other appearances in: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Washington Examiner, Baltimore Sun, San Diego Union Tribune, Seattle Times, Houston Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Forbes.com, ABC News, San Francisco Chronicle, Jackson News-Tribune, Olberlin, Investor's Business Daily, Monterey County Herald, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Cleveland Plain Dealer).
• The Situation Room, CNN (May 10, 2006) by Wolf Blitzer: T06-0073.
• Day to Day, NPR's Marketplace (May 10, 2006).
• EU sanctions on hold if US passes tax package, Financial Times (May 10, 2006) by Christopher Swann and Edward Alden: T06-0073.
  (Other Appearances in: MSNBC, MSN Money).
• Republicans agree on $69B tax cut bill, United Press International (May 10, 2006) by Joseph Chrysdale: T06-0073.
  (Other Appearances: Political Gateway, Washington Times, WWTI (ABC), WKRC (CBS) (Cincinnati, Ohio), GPE-CBS TV47, 13WHAM (Rochester, N.Y.)).
• What the Tax Bill Means for Your Return, Wall Street Journal (May 10, 2006) by Robert Guy Matthews: T06-0082.
• G.O.P. Lawmakers Agree on Bill to Extend Tax Cuts, New York Times (May 10, 2006) by Edmund L. Andrews: T05-0292; T06-0082.
  (Other Appearances: Houston Chronicle).
• GOP Reaches Deal on Tax Cuts, Washington Post (May 10, 2006) by Jonathan Weisman and Paul Blustein: T06-0073.
  (Other Appearances: Kansas City Star, Seattle Times, The Herald, Winston-Salem Journal, Detroit Free Press, Birmingham News, Gainesville Sun, San Francisco Chronicle).
• Tax bill winners, CNN / Money (May 8, 2006) by Jeanne Sahadi: T05-0291.
• Republicans Set Aside Middle-Income Tax Cuts to Focus on Rich, Bloomberg (May 8, 2006).
• Whom Would Tax Cut Help?, Los Angeles Times (May 8, 2006) by Joel Havemann: T05-0291.
• The Top Takes Off, Washington Post (May 7, 2006): T06-0042; T06-0043.
• Inside Washington, National Journal (May 6, 2006).
• Analysis of Tax Bill Finds More Benefits for the Rich, New York Times (May 5, 2006) by David Cay Johnston.
• Tax Deal Sets Day of Reckoning, Washington Post (May 4, 2006) by Jonathan Weisman.
• Letters to the Editor, The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) (May 4, 2006).
• ... and gas taxes; They're not why the price at the pump is up, Daily Press (Hampton Roads, Va.) (May 3, 2006).
• Engen Interested in Sales Tax, The Missoulian (Missoula, Mont.), (May 3, 2006) by Robert Struckman.
• For Social Security, the crisis year is coming fast, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (May 3, 2006) by David Nicklaus.
• Washington Considers Extending Dividend Tax Cuts, NPR's Morning Edition (May 1, 2006) by Kathleen Schalch.
• GA debate tense over fee for fuel terminals, Daily Press (Hampton Roads, Va.) (April 28, 2006) by Hugh Lessig.
• In a Parallel Universe, Part 2, AXcess News (Portland, Ore.) (April 27, 2006) by Paul Petillo.
• Find middle ground, Orlando Sentinel (April 24, 2006).
• Tax-trading trickery, Washington Times (April 23, 2006) by Alan Reynolds.
• Happy days are here again - or are they?, Economist (April 20, 2006).
• Tax Trading trickery, Townhall.com (April 20, 2006) by Alan Reynolds.
• How to trim your next tax bill, Scripps Howard News Service (April 18, 2006) by Mary Deibel.
• Minimum Tax Fixes, Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 18, 2006).
• Economic Report: Most Americans Are Paid $40,000 - $70,000 a Year, Workers Independent News (Wis.) (April 17, 2006).
• Taxes Flatten but Deep Pockets Still Bulge, Los Angeles Times (April 17, 2006) by Joel Havemann.
  (Other Appearances: Concord Monitor).
• Little evidence that tax cuts have had trickle-down effect, Athens Banner-Herald (Ga.) (April 16, 2006) by Nancy Duff Campbell.
• With Tax Break Expired, Middle Class Faces a Greater Burden for 2006, New York Times (April 16, 2006) by David Cay Johnston. (Other Appearances: Providence Journal, Rutland Herald, Barre Montpelier Times Argus, Indianapolis Star, Inside Bay Area, The Argus, The Register-Guard).
• Taxes: Who Pays, and How Much?, Wall Street Journal (April 15, 2006) by Lauren Edder.
• The Alternative Minimum Tax, Newshour (PBS) (April 14, 2006).
• Think your taxes are bad?, MSN Money (April 14, 2006) by Debra Vrana.
• Working To Fix Our Fiscal Woes, Washington Post (April 14, 2006) by C. Eugene Steuerle.
• GOP Plans to Stick, Cox News Service (April 14, 2006) by Ken Herman.
• Analysis: Middle-income AMT perils, Washington Times (April 14, 2006) by Christian Bourge.
• Letting the IRS Do Your Taxes for You, Wall Street Journal (April 13, 2006) by Robert Guy Matthews.
• Whither tax-time relief?, Dallas Morning News (April 13, 2006) by Carl P. Leubsdorf.
• April's hard truths , Economist (April 12, 2006).
• IRS wants credit card firms to report on small businesses, USA Today (April 12, 2006) by Brian Tumulty.
  (Other Appearances: The Daily Advertiser, Detroit Free Press, Ithaca Journal, Green Bay Press Gazette).
• Tax Law Pushes 'Secondary Earners' to Drop Out, Women's eNews (April 12, 2006) by Kristin Maschka.
• Just gilding the gilded class, Providence Journal (April 12, 2006) by Froma Harrop.
• Meeting the Tax Enemy, New York Sun (April 12, 2006) by Amity Shlaes.
• In Demand, Cincinnati Post (April 11, 2006) by Mary Deibel.
• How to Kill the AMT and Save Other Big Tax Breaks, Bloomberg News (April 10, 2006) by John Wasik.
• What you may not know about your income tax, Christian Science Monitor (April 10, 2006) by David R. Francis.
• Big Gain for Rich Seen in Tax Cuts for Investments, New York Times (April 5, 2006) by David Cay Johnston.
  (Other Appearances: Gadsden Times (Ala.), Tuscaloosa News (Ala.), Spartanburg Herald Journal (S.C.), Lakeland Ledger (Fla.), International Herald Tribune (France), FinFacts Ireland).
• Will ?TABOR? help or hurt taxpayers?, Burnett County Sentinel (Wis.) (April 5, 2006) by Jeff Cagle.
• Letter to the Editor, Reno Gazette-Journal (Nev.) (April 5, 2006) by Richard J. Farnum.
• Yes, healthy economy hinges on it, St. Cloud Times (St. Cloud, Minn.) (April 2, 2006) by Kent Benson, Dave Shuster.
• State's regressive tax structure is root cause of population decline, The Herald-Dispatch (W.VA.) (April 2, 2006) by Pam Carden.
• Home Sellers Face Unexpected Tax Hit, Wall Street Journal (March 29, 2006) by Tom Herman.
• Letter to the Secretary, New York Times (March 24, 2006) by Paul Krugman.
• Would the FairTax proposal work? NO: High rates would spur massive evasion, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (March 24, 2006) by Hayden Kepner.
• Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNN (March 23, 2006).
• Income Gap Narrower by Treasury's Measure, Washington Post (March 23, 2006) by Nell Henderson.
• Refunds grow fat on tax changes, USA Today (March 21, 2006) by Dennis Cauchon.
  (Other Appearances: Black Enterprise, DisInfo.com, Cincinnati Enquirer, The Desert Sun).
• A Bad Tax With Good Timing, National Journal (March 20, 2006) by Jonathan Rauch.
  (Other Appearances: Black Enterprise, DisInfo.com, Cincinnati Enquirer, The Desert Sun).
• Snow Defends President's Handling of Economy, Wall Street Journal (March 20, 2006) by Greg Ip.
• Double Jeopardy, The Dallas Morning News (March 13, 2006) by Pamela Yip.
• Look close at dimensions of tax-cutting argument, Pioneer Press (MN) (March 12, 2006) by Joel Kramer.
• Tax not much of alternative, New York Daily News (March 11, 2006) by Elizabeth Lazarowitz.
• Congress debates health-care tax breaks, Scripps Howard News Service (March 8, 2006) by Mary Deibel.
  (Other Appearances: Times Record News, Record-Searchlight).
• Analysis: Kill all the lawyers, cut costs?, United Press International (March 8, 2006) by Laura Gilcrest.
• Hitting the Mark, Galen Institute (March 8, 2006) by Grace-Marie Turner.
• Bush administration doesn't understand the working poor, Chillicothe Gazette (OH) (March 8, 2006) by Mike Lanning.
• Scant Returns, Rocky Mountain News (March 6, 2006).
• No masking the poverty, Los Angeles Times (March 3, 2006) by David K. Shipler.
• Easy to overlook Line 45, New York Daily News (March 1, 2006) by Andrea Coombes.
• Tax Experts Fault IRS Estimates of Tax Prep Time, Cost, Newhouse News (March 1, 2006) by Katherine Reynolds Lewis.
• Suggestions to close 'tax gap' have vocal opponents, USA Today (March 1, 2006) by Richard Wolf.
• Graduates Versus Oligarchs, New York Times (February 27, 2006) by Paul Krugman.
• Counties Feel the Pinch as Sales-Tax Growth Slows, New York Times (February 26, 2006) by Vivian Toy.
• Growth in U.S. Family Net Worth Slowed From 2001-2004, Bloomberg (February 23, 2006) by Matthew Benjamin.
• Short-Term Tax Policy Creates Uncertainty For Firms, Investors, Investor's Business Daily (February 21, 2006) by Jed Graham.
• Undynamic Analysis, Washington Post (February 21, 2006).
• Alternative minimum tax, Rocky Mount Telegram (February 17, 2006) by Chet Osterhoudt.
• New Unit Will Explore Effect of Tax Cuts, Los Angeles Times (February 17, 2006) by Joel Havemann.
• Pulling a 'Reverse Robin Hood' on the Poor, Louisiana Weekly (February 13, 2006) by George E. Curry.
• Dems, GOP give tax cuts political twist, San Francisco Chronicle (February 13, 2006) by Carolyn Lochhead.
• This tax hurts those that it shouldn't, Indianapolis Star (February 13, 2006).
• It Doesn't Pay to Be in the A.M.T. Zone, New York Times (February 12, 2006) by David Cay Johnston.
• Tax cuts leave U.S. priorities in jeopardy, San Jose Mercury News (February 12, 2006).
• Cheney Says New Unit Will Prove Tax Cuts Boost Revenue, Washington Post (February 11, 2006) by Nell Henderson.
  (Other Appearances: Detroit News, Longview Daily News).
• White House Calls for New Tax-Cut Analysis Unit, Wall Street Journal (February 11, 2006) by Robert Guy Matthews.
• Spending curbs aren't keeping up with Bush's tax-cutting agenda, Arizona Republic (February 8, 2006) by Brian Tumulty.
• Pulling a reverse Robin Hood on the poor, Chicago Defender (February 8, 2006) by George E. Curry.
• Revenue From Corporate Taxes Could Decline, Wall Street Journal (February 7, 2006) by Robert Guy Matthews.
• The Deficit Deceit, Boston Globe (February 7, 2006) by Scot Lehigh.
• US 2007 Budget Cuts Non-defense Spending Again, Financial Times (February 6, 2006).
• Beware: You're in the AMT Now, Business Week (February 6, 2006) by Howard Gleckman.
• Tax filers face a few changes, Providence Journal (February 6, 2006).
  (Other Appearances: Riverside Press-Enterprise).
• The forecast? Gloomy for middle-income taxpayers if Congress doesn't take action, Boston Globe (February 5, 2006) by Michael Kranish.
• Dropped in with the rich people, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (February 5, 2006) by Jack Naudi.
• White House 2007 budget ups defense spending, cuts social programs, Agence France Presse (English) (February 5, 2006).
• Tax cuts the wrong approach for U.S., San Antonio Express-News (February 2, 2006) by Rebeca Chapa.
• GOP, Dems Renewing Old Fight On Lower Cap-Gains Tax Rates, Investor's Business Daily (February 1, 2006) by Jed Graham.
• Working past retirement age impacts taxes, benefits, Scripps Howard News Service (February 1, 2006).
• Rich getting richer, faster, MSN.com (February 1, 2006).
• Millions Hit by Tax Intended for Wealthy, Budget and Tax News (February 1, 2006).
• How Much Money Will You Really Need?, Credit Union Magazine (February, 2006) by James Collins.
• HSA: Health Care Solution, Or Problem?, CBS News (January 31, 2006).
• Reaction to bond plan lukewarm, Palm Springs Desert Sun (January 30, 2006) by Keith Matheny.
• Another Shot at the Safety Net, Washington Post (January 25, 2006) by Dan Froomkin.
• A Small Step Toward Tax Sanity, Business Week (January 16, 2006) by Howard Gleckman.
• Site Tells You If AMT's Due, Wall Street Journal (January 15, 2006) by Andrew Blackman.
• US budget deficit to surge above $400bn, Financial Times (January 13, 2006).
• Bush Rejects Proposal to Tax Health-Care Benefits, Hubbard Says, Bloomberg (January 12, 2006).
• You can't fool with inflation, state learns, St. Paul Pioneer Press (January 4, 2006) by Dave Beal.
• New tax cuts help richest Americans, The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) (January 2, 2006) by David Westphal.
• New tax cuts give the rich a boost, Sacramento Bee (January 2, 2006) by David Westphal.
• Tax-cut leftovers, Boston Globe (January 2, 2006).
• Reforming personal tax can be taxing, Hindu Business Line (January 1, 2006) by T. C. A. Ramanujam.