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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Taxes and Paul Ryan’s Budget

House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) has proposed a controversial plan to balance the budget in 10 years , entirely by cutting planned spending...
March 12, 2013Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Build America Bonds, the Medicaid Expansion, and Trust Between the States and the Feds

States trying to decide whether to expand their Medicaid programs to cover more low-income uninsured might want to take a look at the fate of...
March 7, 2013Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Sequester, We Hardly Knew Ye

I suspect that by early next week, the sequester will be old news. We’ll be on to the next crisis—the impending government shutdown scheduled for...
March 1, 2013Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Obama’s State of the Union and the Great Deficit Smackdown

House Republicans say they want to balance the budget in a decade with only spending cuts and no tax hikes. In his state of the...
February 12, 2013Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

How Obama’s Inaugural Address Frames the Policy Debate for the Next Decade

“We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the belief that...
January 22, 2013Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How the New Tax Act Affects the Alternative Minimum Tax

In the alphabet soup of Washington, ATRA fixed the AMT , sort of. In English, the newly enacted American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 will...
January 18, 2013Roberton C. Williams
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

What the Fiscal Cliff Deal Really Means for Taxes and Spending

Everyone trying to sort out the fiscal cliff deal is getting hopelessly tangled in budget baselines. Are taxes going up? Or are they going down?...
January 3, 2013Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

2013 May Be the Year of Perpetual Fiscal Crisis

If 2012 was the year of modest economic recovery and surprising Democratic election success, 2013 may be the year of perpetual fiscal policy crisis. After...
December 27, 2012Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

TaxVox’s 2012 Lump of Coal Awards

TaxVox proudly presents its 2012 Lump of Coal awards, Thelma and Louise edition, for the worst fiscal policy ideas of the year. The winners are:...
December 24, 2012Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Give Now or Pay Later: The Ever-Changing Estate and Gift Tax

For over a decade, the federal estate and gift tax has been in constant flux with its exemption rising, its rates falling, and its near-death...
December 13, 2012Roberton C. Williams