Tax Policy Center

Tax Policy Center

Individual Taxes: TaxVox
Why do we make it so hard for immigrants to pay their federal income taxes? Why do we throw so many roadblocks between them and...
October 12, 2017Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
The tax outline unveiled this week by President Trump and the congressional Republican leadership would reduce federal revenue by $2.4 trillion over the next decade,...
September 29, 2017Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and President Trump have more in common than either would likely admit. For example, both have grand, ambitious plans they cannot...
September 20, 2017Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
An Experiment: How Low Could Tax Rates Go If Congress Eliminated All Tax Expenditures? How low could Congress cut tax rates without losing revenue? To...
September 13, 2017Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox
President Trump and congressional Republicans are pressing ahead on a tax bill that will almost certainly include a major corporate tax cut. And they are...
September 8, 2017Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
Senate Democrats today reached out, after a fashion, to their Republican colleagues over tax reform. They said they’d be willing to work on bipartisan legislation...
August 1, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
The chaos surrounding Senate efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act will prolong the debate over what Republicans will do about the nearly $1 trillion...
July 20, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
The revised version of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s health bill would retain the Affordable Care Act’s 3.8 percent Net Investment Income Tax and its...
July 13, 2017Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
A tax proposal consistent with what the Trump Administration outlined in April could reduce federal revenues by as much as $7.8 trillion over the next...
July 12, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
The changes in taxes and health care benefits in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s alternative to the Affordable Care Act would leave lower-income households worse...
July 11, 2017Howard Gleckman