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TPC’s New Tax Calculator Examines Fiscal Cliff Options

As a lame-duck Congress once again faces an impending deadline for dealing with expiring tax cuts, TPC has released a new Tax Calculator to compare...

November 28, 2012Roberton C. Williams

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Why Romney and Obama Pay the Taxes They Pay

By now, many readers of TaxVox know how much Barack Obama and Mitt Romney pay in taxes. But true tax wonks are more interested in...

April 26, 2012Roberton C. Williams

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Will Obama’s 2013 Budget Raise or Lower Taxes? Yes.

Republicans like to say President Obama is a chronic, unrepentant tax-raiser. Obama himself used to say he was a tax-cutter but now touts himself as...

March 21, 2012Roberton C. Williams

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Playing Favorites in the Corporate Tax Code

The President’s new Framework for Business Tax Reform is two documents in one. The first diagnoses the many flaws in America’s business tax system, and...

February 24, 2012Donald Marron

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

President’s 2013 Budget Would Enable Almost All Americans to Save for Retirement

The new 2013 budget unveiled by President Obama on Monday again contains the Automatic IRA , which was developed by Brookings' Retirement Security Project in...

February 16, 2012William G. Gale David C. John

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Raising Revenue in a Progressive Manner Without Raising Tax Rates

Amidst the myriad proposals in President Obama’s budget are two "big ideas" that would raise revenue in a progressive manner without raising taxes. These important...

February 14, 2012William G. Gale

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

102% Tax Rate? Really?

Investment manager James Ross last week told New York Times columnist James Stewart that his combined federal, state, and local tax rate was 102 percent...

February 8, 2012Roberton C. Williams

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox