Elizabeth Warren

Lawmakers Keep Targeting Tax Breaks Of Those They Disagree With

Three progressive senators and a representative have sent a letter to the tax prep firm Intuit demanding to know how it uses the research and...

January 11, 2024Howard Gleckman

Business Taxes: TaxVox

Could Congress Actually Crack Down On Tax Exempt Political Organizations?

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman David Schweikert (R-AZ) announced they are looking into political abuses by non-profit...

August 16, 2023Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How Democrats Who Want To Tax The Very Wealthy Are Taking A Page From Thomas Paine

Did President Biden and other Democrats read 18 th century revolutionary Tom Paine before they proposed their taxes on extreme wealth? Hard to know, but...

May 10, 2022Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The Many Ways To Tax The Rich

How to tax the rich? Let us count the ways. New taxes on capital income? Higher income tax rates? A wealth tax? Some mash-up of...

March 31, 2022Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Are Tax Credits The Best Way To Subsidize Long-Term Care Costs?

Most major Democratic presidential hopefuls have proposed new government assistance for those receiving long-term supports and services and their families. Mayor Pete Buttigieg has proposed...

February 3, 2020Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Inequality Is A Big And Growing Issue, But A Wealth Tax May Not Be The Solution

Wealth inequality in the US is a big and growing problem. But what should we do about it?

January 23, 2020Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

TaxVox’s Lump Of Coal Award For The Ten Worst Tax Policy Ideas of 2019

TaxVox’s Lump Of Coal Award For The Ten Worst Tax Policy Ideas of 2019 It is that time again. TaxVox somehow has whittled down its...

December 23, 2019Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Democrats In Love With Big Tax Hikes Might Do Well To Remember Walter Mondale

When was the last time a presidential candidate promised to raise taxes?

December 9, 2019Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Don't Try To Mark To Market Capital Gains. Tax Unrealized Gains At Death Instead

Wealth taxation by other means

November 21, 2019Howard Gleckman

: TaxVox

Warren’s Medicare For All “Employer Medicare Contribution” Is A Distortionary And Regressive Tax

On Friday, Elizabeth Warren released her financing plan for Medicare for All . It is predictably wonky and politically courageous—new spending is way more popular...

November 5, 2019Leonard E. Burman