Tax Policy Center

Unified Framework

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that Congress passed on Dec. 22 was quite different from the tax cuts proposed by the Trump Administration last...
December 28, 2017Howard Gleckman
: TaxVox
The new bill introduced by the House Ways and Means Committee would significantly downsize the mortgage interest deduction. Although this is sure to cause controversy,...
November 6, 2017William G. Gale
: TaxVox
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) says the House GOP tax bill will retain the top 39.6 percent individual income tax rate for taxpayers with very...
November 1, 2017Joseph Rosenberg
: TaxVox
Do you want to know why tax reform is so hard ? Consider one seemingly simple idea that has been floated by President Trump and...
November 1, 2017C. Eugene Steuerle
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
A new Tax Policy Center “dynamic analysis” of the Big Six’s “Unified Framework” tax plan finds it would fail to achieve President Trump’s promise of...
October 27, 2017Howard Gleckman
: TaxVox
While the Unified Framework announced by the Trump Administration and Congressional leadership last month would not repeal the home mortgage interest deduction (MID), other provisions...
October 24, 2017Leonard E. Burman
: TaxVox
Endorsing the concept of tax reform is just one small step towards making it a reality. How do lawmakers, who are confronted with an almost...
October 13, 2017C. Eugene Steuerle
: TaxVox
The Big Six Unified Framework promises a tax plan that “significantly increases the Child Tax Credit (CTC)”, but provides few details. If the child tax...
October 10, 2017Elaine Maag