tax rates

Dave Camp’s Tax Plan: A Brave Start But Lots of Gimmicks

Give House Ways & Means Committee Chair Dave Camp (R-MI) all the credit in the world for years of hard work developing his tax reform...

February 26, 2014Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Where Are Tax Rates Headed?

Effective tax rates have been rising since 2009 and will continue to rise for a few more years before they flatten out, according to Tax...

December 12, 2013Roberton C. Williams

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

CBO Finds Growing U.S. Income Inequality

Just as President Obama was decrying our nation’s rising income inequality , the Congressional Budget Office provided him with some new ammunition. CBO’s latest report...

December 9, 2013Roberton C. Williams

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Beware of Tax Reform That Promises Deep Rate Cuts

Two new studies show just how hard a time Congress will have trying to slash tax rates without adding trillions of dollars to the budget...

August 8, 2013Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

A Tiny Little Blog Post on a Tiny Little Tax Bracket

Weird Tax Fact of the Day: The fiscal cliff deal (aka the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ) created what may be the world’s...

January 17, 2013Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Congress Kicks the Fiscal Can off the Front Stoop

In the end, it looks like Congress isn’t even going to kick the fiscal can down the road. Assuming the House passes the deal agreed...

January 1, 2013Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Should Working Class Families Pay Higher Tax so High Income People Can Pay Less?

Somehow, the fiscal cliff tax debate has taken a truly weird turn. No, not the politics, which long ago became a parody of Washington deal-making...

December 20, 2012Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

What Adjusting the Price Index Would Mean for Taxpayers

President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner may be close to agreeing on a plan that, among other things, would revise the way government programs...

December 18, 2012Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Why the Senate’s Tax Bill is No Way Out of the Fiscal Impasse

With fiscal cliff talks seemingly stalled (at least today) , there has been growing talk that House Republicans would call President Obama’s bluff and simply...

December 14, 2012Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The Bowles-Simpson and Romney Tax Plans Have Almost Nothing in Common

In the recent contretemps over Mitt Romney’s tax plan, some Romney partisans have asserted that the Massachusetts governor’s revenue plank mimics the tax elements of...

August 9, 2012Howard Gleckman