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income taxes

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

States Forecast Weaker Revenue Growth Ahead of Growing Uncertainties

Just as state governors and legislators are figuring out how to spend their unexpected budget surpluses, global events could wipe out much of those gains...
April 19, 2022Lucy Dadayan
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

State Pass-Through Entity Taxes Let Some Residents Avoid the SALT Cap at No Cost to The States

This week, Colorado became the 14 th state to either require or allow some pass-through businesses such as partnerships to pay state income taxes at...
June 24, 2021Kim S. Rueben
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Pro Publica’s Billionaires: Stories Behind the Story

Pro Publica’s recent story about the small amount of tax paid by many of the nation’s billionaires has focused new attention on what critics say...
June 15, 2021C. Eugene Steuerle
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Tax Fairness: President Trump, A Case Study

Yesterday, I testified before the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight on “tax fairness,” and the hearing spotlighted the reporting of new details on President...
October 14, 2020Steven M. Rosenthal
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

"Taxes In America" Is A Valuable And Painless Look At How The US Raises Revenue

If you are not a public finance economist and want to understand how the US tax code works, pick up the new version of Taxes...
March 10, 2020Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Will California’s New Labor Law Change The Way Gig Workers Are Taxed?

A sprawling and controversial new labor law signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom this week could have major tax consequences for gig workers in the...
September 20, 2019Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How Should We Tax The Rich

A cheat sheet on some of the leading ideas.
September 10, 2019Howard Gleckman
: TaxVox

Thirty Years Later: I’m Paying A Lower Tax Rate On More Income

As I finished my federal income tax return for 2018, I could not help but think about a return I filed 30 years ago. What...
April 23, 2019Mark J. Mazur
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The Income Tax Makes Life Simpler, Really

As April 15 approaches, it is fashionable to complain about how complicated the tax system is. And it is. But it’s time to recognize that,...
April 12, 2019William G. Gale
: TaxVox

Did the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Pay for Itself in 2018?

Were you surprised that the 2017 tax overhaul, commonly referred as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), did not increase revenues in 2018? Probably...
March 13, 2019William G. GaleAaron Krupkin