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Buffett Rule

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

The White House Quietly Rolls Out Its Last Tax and Budget Plan

If the White House wanted to attract attention to its final budget , it could not have picked a worse day to make it public. With official Washington obsessed with today’s New Hampshire primary, the 2017 budget barely caused a ripple. In case there was any question about its fate on Capitol Hill,
February 8, 2016Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

President Obama’s FY 2015 Budget

When President Obama proposed his 2015 budget last March, he vowed to cut taxes for working class Americans while making sure high income households pay their "fair share." New Tax Policy Center estimates show that, like it or not, Obama would do pretty much as he promised. Low-income households
July 2, 2014Roberton C. Williams
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

What’s the Mix of Spending and Revenue in the President’s Deficit Reduction Proposal?

President Obama’s budget identifies a group of policies as a $1.8 trillion deficit reduction proposal. I found the budget presentation of this proposal somewhat confusing;...
April 12, 2013Donald Marron
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Taxing Millionaires: Obama’s Buffett Rule

From the start of his 2008 campaign, President Obama has called for raising taxes on the rich. He got much but not all that he...
April 11, 2013Roberton C. Williams
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

“Common Sense” Aside, What Do We Really Know About Capital Income Taxes and Growth?

If you’re discussing tax policy with someone who asserts that his or her point is “just common sense,” this could indicate one of two things:...
March 15, 2013Chris Sanchirico
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Current Revenue Solutions Will Barely Reduce the Deficit

Despite the ideological hype over revenue increases for the upper-income taxpayers and restricting itemized tax deductions, almost all the considered changes will tackle only a...
December 7, 2012C. Eugene Steuerle
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Buffett Rule Revenue

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 4, 2012Roberton C. Williams
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Is the U.S. Tax System Fair?

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 3, 2012Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Is Buffett Rule a First Step Towards Tax Reform?

When the president first announced his Buffett Rule–that millionaires should pay at least 30 percent of their income in tax–in the State of the Union...
April 18, 2012Leonard E. Burman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Raising Taxes on the Rich

This afternoon, I moderated an interesting Tax Policy Center panel on taxing the rich. With the Senate about to debate a Buffett tax on millionaires,...
April 12, 2012Howard Gleckman