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TPC Is Improving Its Modeling Of Five Tax Expenditures

In a new initiative, the Tax Policy Center is improving its modeling of five key tax expenditures: the tax treatment of pass-through entities, charitable giving,...
December 18, 2018Mark J. Mazur
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Why The Senate Leadership's Tax Plan Would Lose Less Revenue Than The House Bill

The Senate Republican leadership’s health plan loses about $300 billion less revenue than the House-passed health bill. Yet, most of the tax cuts in the...
June 27, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The ACA Penalty Tax Is Going Up If You Don’t Get Health Insurance

It’s open season again for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) , when Americans can sign up for health care, often with the help of large subsidies from the federal government. Millions of people will enroll but millions more won’t and many will have to pay much larger penalties on their 2016 tax returns
December 2, 2015Roberton C. Williams
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Scott Walker’s Replacement for the ACA Would Leave Many Uninsured

GOP presidential hopeful Scott Walker’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act is built on a controversial framework of tax subsidies that Walker estimates would cost about $1 trillion over 10 years. The plan is already drawing heat from fellow GOP candidate Bobby Jindal, who called it “a new
August 20, 2015Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Who Benefits Most From Repealing the ACA Cadillac Tax?

Republicans and some Democrats in Congress are pressing to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s Cadillac tax—a 40 percent excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health insurance plans. Backers of repeal argue that curbs on these generous plans would disproportionately hurt low- and middle-income
July 23, 2015Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Good And Bad News About The ACA Penalty Tax

An important feature of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the penalty tax imposed on people who do not have health insurance. But newly updated report from the Congressional Budget Office projects that just under 4 million people will pay the penalty in 2016, less than 15 percent of the estimated 30
June 12, 2014Roberton C. Williams
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

A Web Tool to Calculate ACA Tax Penalties

The deadline is looming: If you don’t have approved insurance coverage by March 31 (and are not exempt from the requirement), the Affordable Care Act...
March 6, 2014Roberton C. Williams
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How Big is the Penalty if You Don’t Get Health Insurance?

Stories about the Affordable Care Act often tell readers that they’ll have to pay a $95 penalty if they don’t get adequate health insurance coverage...
November 6, 2013Roberton C. Williams