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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T17-0297 - Senate Bill: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, As Passed by the Senate; Baseline: Current Law; Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2019

December 4, 2017
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T17-0296 - Senate Bill: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, As Passed by the Senate; Baseline: Current Law; Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2019

December 4, 2017
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T17-0291 - Effective Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates (EMTR) on Capital Income Under Current Law and Senate Bill: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, As Ordered Reported by the Committee on Finance; By Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2027

November 20, 2017
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T17-0290 - Effective Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates (EMTR) on Capital Income Under Current Law and Senate Bill: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, As Ordered Reported by the Committee on Finance; By Expanded Cash Income Level, 2027

November 20, 2017
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T17-0289 - Effective Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates (EMTR) on Wages and Salaries Under Current Law and Senate Bill: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, As Ordered Reported by the Committee on Finance; By Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2027

November 20, 2017
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T17-0288 - Effective Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates (EMTR) on Wages and Salaries Under Current Law and Senate Bill: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, As Ordered Reported by the Committee on Finance; By Expanded Cash Income Level, 2027

November 20, 2017
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T17-0287 - Effective Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates (EMTR) on Capital Income Under Current Law and Senate Bill: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, As Ordered Reported by the Committee on Finance; By Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2025

November 20, 2017
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T17-0286 - Effective Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates (EMTR) on Capital Income Under Current Law and Senate Bill: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, As Ordered Reported by the Committee on Finance; By Expanded Cash Income Level, 2025

November 20, 2017
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T17-0285 - Effective Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates (EMTR) on Wages and Salaries Under Current Law and Senate Bill: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, As Ordered Reported by the Committee on Finance; By Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2025

November 20, 2017
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T17-0284 - Effective Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates (EMTR) on Wages and Salaries Under Current Law and Senate Bill: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, As Ordered Reported by the Committee on Finance; By Expanded Cash Income Level, 2025

November 20, 2017

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From the Briefing Book

How costly is complexity?

December 21, 2015 by kdavis@urban.org

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How costly is complexity?

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Tax compliance imposes three major costs: taxpayers’ time spent filing returns; their out-of-pocket costs of keeping records, hiring preparers, buying software, and the like; and government costs of administering the tax system. All of those costs increase with the complexity of the tax system, but their magnitudes are difficult to measure.

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What is the personal exemption?

December 21, 2015 by kdavis@urban.org

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What is the personal exemption?

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Personal exemptions for both taxpayers and dependents provide that only a person’s income above some defined basic level is subject to tax. This helps ensure that the poorest households are not subject to the income tax. In 2017, the personal exemption is $4,050.

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What policy reforms could simplify the tax code?

January 25, 2017 by ypowers@urban.org

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What policy reforms could simplify the tax code?

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Reducing the number of distinctions among economic activities and taxpayers’ personal characteristics would simplify the code, reducing both compliance costs for taxpayers and administrative costs for the government. The consequent broadening of the tax base would allow lower tax rates while maintaining revenue and also reduce economic distortions caused by taxation.

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