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Business Taxes: TaxVox

Why Carbon Taxes Are So Hard To Pass

Why Carbon Taxes Are So Hard To Pass Economists love carbon taxes . According to polls, so do roughly two-thirds of Americans. Yet voters in...
August 15, 2019Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox

Economists Love Carbon Taxes. Voters Don't.

Economists—both liberal and conservative—love carbon taxes. The levies, they say, would create market incentives for people to reduce their consumption of fossil fuels and, more...
December 27, 2018Howard Gleckman
: TaxVox

Just the Facts, Ma’am: On Filing and Reform

Congress is in recess and the Daily Deduction will post Mondays until it reconvenes. We’ll be back to our regular schedule on April 13. With just over two weeks till Tax Day, Treasury wants to clarify Affordable Care Act tax facts. It released fact sheets on common exemptions from the individual
March 30, 2015Renu Zaretsky
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Why Legal Marijuana is a Good Argument for Tax Reform

“Marijuana Industry Eager to Pay Taxes - and Cash in on Deductions” That was the headline for a story written by Rob Hotakainen of McClatchy...
August 20, 2013Howard Gleckman
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Dude, Should Marijuana Be Legalized and Taxed?

Starting today, it is legal to smoke marijuana in Washington State . That got me thinking: Could taxing stoners help balance state budgets? The answer...
December 6, 2012Howard Gleckman