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Bye Bye Tax Reform, Hello Tax Relief

On Sunday, top presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway made an important rhetorical pivot: The Trump Administration may no longer be pushing for tax cuts or even...

January 24, 2017Howard Gleckman

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"I was framed!" Or, the Case of the Tax Policy Overpowered by Words

The other day, a Daily Deduction reader asked why I used the phrase “tax relief” as a synonym for “tax cuts.” He suggested that “relief” is a loaded term that implies taxes are too high and therefore bad, and that tax cuts, in turn, are good. That hadn’t occurred to me.

August 3, 2016Renu Zaretsky

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Tax Relief for the Few, Tax Increases for All… or None

Everything is bigger in Texas, except tax relief for its low-income residents. Tax cuts are a sure bet in the Lone Star state this year, but it’s hard to provide tax relief to everybody without a state income tax. TPC’s Richard Auxier explains that Texas’ reliance on sales and property taxes makes

May 7, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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Spending Cuts, Surpluses and Sales Opportunities

The House GOP Budget: No tax reform details. The House Budget Committee unveiled a budget with $5.5 trillion in spending cuts that promises balance by 2024. Committee Chairman Tom Price is confident the budget will pass the House this week. However, TPC’s Howard Gleckman says there is no chance it

March 18, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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Taxing the Rich: It’s a Plan Abroad, Too

The State of the Union: Tax reform depends on where you are sitting. In his State of the Union Address last night, President Obama called on Congress to address wealth inequality through the tax code, largely by increasing the capital gains tax and imposing a bank tax to fund tax relief for middle-

January 21, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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“Dead Reform Walking:” On Fairness, Immigration, and Spending

A Senator says “ no way ” to a bill that won ’ t see December ’ s light of day. As far as the lame-duck Congress is concerned, the Marketplace Fairness Act is dead: House Speaker John Boehner assured as much last week . Senator Ted Cruz has added his two cents (tax-free) insisting it is the “height

November 19, 2014Renu Zaretsky