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Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How Capital Gains Affected Average Income Tax Rates From 2001-2014

This post is part of the Tax Policy Center’s series, Tax Line , which digs into the data behind the day’s most pressing tax policy...
March 15, 2017James R. Nunns
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Measuring big variations in state revenue capacity

This post is part of the Tax Policy Center’s series, Tax Line , which digs into the data behind the day’s most pressing tax policy...
January 9, 2017John Iselin
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How a mortgage tax credit would affect borrowers of different incomes in different states

This post is part of the Tax Policy Center’s new series, Tax Line , which digs into the data behind the day’s most pressing tax...
December 7, 2016Chenxi LuEric Toder
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How the EITC favors families with children

This post is part of the Tax Policy Center’s new series, Tax Line , which digs into the data behind the day’s most pressing tax...
October 21, 2016John IselinPhilip Stallworth
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Who benefits from tax expenditures?

Individual tax expenditures reduced federal revenues by $1.168 trillion in 2015, according to new estimates by the Tax Policy Center. And the biggest share of...
September 28, 2016Yifan PowersDaniel Berger
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Who benefits from tax subsidies for home ownership?

For decades, Congress has generally used tax subsidies and direct spending to encourage home ownership . For example, the tax code allows itemizers to deduct...
September 14, 2016John IselinPhilip Stallworth
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Who benefits from health-care related tax expenditures?

In 2015 , the federal government spent over $980 billion on health care, of which $260 billion – 27% – was through the tax code...
August 22, 2016John IselinPhilip Stallworth
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The rise and fall of itemized deductions

This post is part of the Tax Policy Center’s new series, Tax Line , which digs into the data behind the day’s most pressing tax...
August 10, 2016Chenxi Lu