The Tax Policy Center offers a broad range of explanatory and analytical publications, distributional and revenue estimates, and background information on the nation’s most pressing tax issues.

• 2008 Presidential Candidates' Tax Proposals
  Compare the tax proposals of the 2008 Presidential Candidates with a matrix outlining their proposed tax cuts, changes to existing tax credits, and more.
• Current-Law Distribution of Taxes
  Who pays federal taxes under current law, grouped by cash income level and percentile income rank
• Distribution of the 2001-2006 Tax Cuts
  How tax cuts since 2001 have affected taxpayers, grouped by cash income categories and percentile income rank
• Education Tax Incentives
  A series of TPC papers exploring the history of subsidizing higher education
• Estate and Gift Taxes
  All you ever wanted to know about the tax people are dying to pay
  
• Individual Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
  Revenue and distributional effects of the current AMT with analysis of reform alternatives
• Marriage Penalties
  A discussion of how and why marriage penalties occur and attempts at marriage penalty relief
• Payroll Taxes
  An overview of payroll taxes with links to additional statistics and publications
• Quick Facts
  Fact sheets on the AMT, economic stimulus, and more
• Retirement Saving
  Information about how and where workers save for retirement
• State and Local Finances
  Create your own tables with our state and local finance data query system (SLF-DQS) and find information on revenue collections and spending of state and local governments
• Tax Encyclopedia Index
   Links to select entries on key tax concepts from the NTA Encyclopedia of Taxation and Tax Policy
• Tax Incentives for Health Insurance
  Who has and who lacks health insurance coverage and analysis of reform alternatives
• Tax Policy Briefing Book: A Citizens' Guide for the 2008 Election and Beyond
  Information on tax and budget topics in Q&A format
• The Federal Budget
  Descriptive information about the current budget situation, historical statistics, and examination of long-run budgetary issues
• Working Families
  A series of papers examining various federal tax policies to help working families