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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
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Are Taxes Complicated? Compared to What?

As the April 18 deadline for filing income tax rapidly approaches, many people will complain about how complicated the process is. But there is a...
April 15, 2022William G. Gale
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Where Is My Income Tax Refund?

Hope you had a Happy Tax Day. I’m still waiting for my refund. I filed my 2019 individual income tax return electronically on May 1...
July 16, 2020Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How Can The IRS Do Correspondence Audits When It Can’t Open Its Mail?

Sometimes, the junk mail and the bills pile up unopened on my dining room table. The Internal Revenue Service has me beat. After the COVID-19...
July 15, 2020Janet Holtzblatt
: 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
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

What's Happened to the ACA Penalty Tax?

With less than two weeks to go before Americans must file their 2016 federal income tax returns, those who didn’t have required health insurance coverage...
April 5, 2017Roberton C. Williams
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Take the new TPC/Vox Tax Quiz

Now that it’s February and you’ve probably received your W-2s and 1099s for 2016, it’s time to start thinking about filing your tax returns. What...
February 6, 2017Roberton C. Williams
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How DC gave you three extra days to file your taxes this year

Don't say the nation's capital never does anything for you. Thanks to a District of Columbia (DC) holiday, the IRS moved Tax Day back three days to April 18 this year. Since 1955, April 15 has served as Tax Day in the United States , but the IRS can delay the filing deadline when it coincides with
April 4, 2016Richard C. Auxier
: TaxVox

Happy Tax Day! Who Will Pay?

No Virginia. The One Percent don’t dodge federal taxes . In 2013, they paid 35.7 percent of their income in federal taxes. Low-income households don’t dodge, either. While many paid no income tax, nearly all paid payroll tax. You can start your Tax Day exploring these and other common myths as TPC’
April 15, 2015Renu Zaretsky