Tax Policy Center

tax preferences

Individual Taxes: TaxVox
The tax code is chock full of credits, deductions, deferrals, exclusions, exemptions, and preferential rates. Taken together, such tax preferences will total almost $1.3 trillion...
April 9, 2012Donald Marron
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
Mitt Romney has proposed massive new tax cuts and promised to balance the federal budget. How will he achieve these seemingly contradictory goals? For now,...
March 8, 2012Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
Last week I had the opportunity to testify before two Ways and Means subcommittees--Select Revenue Measures and Oversight--about the way our tax system is used...
September 29, 2011Donald Marron
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
Want to know why caps on federal spending will never work? Just take a look at proposed Medicare vouchers that are included in the House-passed...
May 10, 2011Howard Gleckman