Tax Policy Center

Donald J. Trump

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
When was the last time a presidential candidate promised to raise taxes?
December 9, 2019Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
We now have a full year of data about the state of the US economy since President Trump signed the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs...
March 4, 2019Howard GleckmanAravind Boddupalli
: TaxVox
In a speech earlier this week, Donald Trump invoked Ronald Reagan’s 1981 tax cuts as a model for his own plan. Trump said Reagan’s tax...
October 20, 2017William G. Gale
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
A tax proposal consistent with what the Trump Administration outlined in April could reduce federal revenues by as much as $7.8 trillion over the next...
July 12, 2017Howard Gleckman
State and Local Issues: TaxVox
The House Republican leadership and the Trump Administration want to repeal the state and local tax (SALT) deduction and the individual Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)...
June 19, 2017Frank Sammartino
: TaxVox
President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget would result in deep cuts to federal payments to states. Federal funds currently account for nearly a third of state...
June 15, 2017Richard C. Auxier
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
The Trump Administration and congressional Republicans remain stalemated over how to “repeal and replace” the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA). One major problem: The House...
June 14, 2017C. Eugene Steuerle
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
Donald Trump is not only President-elect, but he is also the hands-down winner of Tax Vox’s Lump of Coal Award for the worst tax policy...
December 20, 2016Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
Yesterday, President-elect Trump tweeted he would leave his businesses “in total” to reduce his potential conflicts as President. The Office of Government Ethics (“OGE”), tweeted...
December 1, 2016Steven M. Rosenthal
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
Donald Trump’s proposal to slash tax rates on unincorporated businesses would create huge incentives for income tax avoidance and evasion, and his own behavior illustrates...
November 7, 2016Leonard E. Burman