Mark J. Mazur

I work on tax policy issues because this is one area of the economy that touches on all American families and that can have substantial impact on well-being. The Tax Policy Center is the premier nongovernmental organization conducting wide-ranging research and analysis in this area.

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Washington Examiner

GOP Senate would leave Biden to pursue tax agenda through administrative action

Jay Heflin

November 12, 2020

CNBC

Here’s what’s ahead for President-elect Biden’s tax plan

Darla Mercado

November 10, 2020

Bloomberg

Major Tax Regulations May Be on Chopping Block After Biden Win

Allyson Versprille , Isabel Gottlieb, Kaustuv Basu

November 9, 2020

Law360

Democrats Face Hurdles Putting Biden Tax Plan In Place

Alan K. Ota

November 9, 2020

The Hill

Tax think tank lowers revenue estimate of Biden's tax plans to $2.4T

Naomi Jagoda

October 16, 2020

Politico

Biden's proposed tax increases have shrunk, analysis says

Brian Faler

October 16, 2020

Bloomberg

Biden’s Tax Plan Would Raise Just $2.4 Trillion, Report Says

Laura Davison

October 16, 2020

Roll Call

Analysts: Biden tax plans will raise less money, hit rich harder

Doug Sword

October 16, 2020

Washington Examiner

Biden tax hikes become more likely as Democratic Senate odds increase

Jay Heflin

October 13, 2020

S&P Global Market Intelligence

Earnings hit from Biden tax hike seen offset by stimulus if Dems sweep Congress

Brian Scheid

October 5, 2020

The Center for Public Integrity

Buyer's Remorse: Transcript

October 5, 2020

The New Republic

Some Rich People Are Hilariously Freaked Out About a Biden Presidency

J.C. Pan

October 2, 2020

Time

Why Donald Trump's Former Housekeeper—and Millions of Other American Workers—Paid More in Federal Taxes Than Her Boss

Abby Vesoulis

October 2, 2020

Politifact

Biden ad compares Trump’s taxes with nurses, firefighters

Noah Y. Kim

October 2, 2020

The Hill

Five takeaways from NYT Trump taxes bombshell

Sylvan Lane

September 30, 2020

Vox

Here’s how much you had to make in 2017 to pay more income tax than Donald Trump

Dylan Matthews

September 30, 2020

From TaxVox

Business Taxes
The Supreme Court Is Hearing A Case That Could Block the IRS From Halting Abusive Tax Shelters
November 30, 2020 –
Tomorrow, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in CIC Services v. IRS, a case that threatens to damage the integrity of the tax...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms
TPC Revises Its Revenue Estimate of Biden’s Tax Plan Downward to $2.1 Trillion Over 10 Years
November 6, 2020 –
The Tax Policy Center has revised its analysis of former Vice President Joe Biden’s tax plan. TPC’s new analysis finds Biden’s tax proposals would raise...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms
Permanently Extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, President Trump Would Cut Taxes by $1.1 Trillion through 2030
October 27, 2020 –
During each presidential election, the Tax Policy Center analyzes the tax policies of the two major candidates. This year, TPC estimated the effects of Democratic...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms
How the Tax Policy Center Analyzes Presidential Candidates’ Tax Plans
March 3, 2020 –
The process behind the numbers we present
Thirty Years Later: I’m Paying A Lower Tax Rate On More Income
April 23, 2019 –
As I finished my federal income tax return for 2018, I could not help but think about a return I filed 30 years ago. What...
Federal Budget and Economy
Temporary Tax Policy in the U.S.
March 19, 2019 –
Last week, I testified before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures on the topic of temporary tax policy. The panel called...
Congress In 2019: What’s Ahead For Fiscal Policy?
January 4, 2019 –
The return of divided government and the early stages of the next presidential election create enormous uncertainty about how 2019 will go. As Yogi Berra...
TPC Is Improving Its Modeling Of Five Tax Expenditures
December 18, 2018 –
In a new initiative, the Tax Policy Center is improving its modeling of five key tax expenditures: the tax treatment of pass-through entities, charitable giving,...
Federal Budget and Economy
James Mirrlees, A Public Finance Giant
September 20, 2018 –
Professor James Mirrlees passed away last month at age 82. The Nobel prize-winning economist was a leading public finance theorist who emphasized the optimal design...
Federal Budget and Economy
Does the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Pass the Tests of Good Tax Policy?
April 12, 2018 –
On April 11, I testified before the congressional Joint Economic Committee on whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will help Unleash… America’s Economic...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms
Retracting And Correcting Estimates
November 8, 2017 –
TPC staff found an error in the preliminary distributional tables and analysis of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that we released on November 6, 2017.
What TPC Does and Why We Do It
October 27, 2017 –
Since we were founded in 2002 as a joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) has brought...
My Advice To The Senate Finance Panel About Tax Reform
July 19, 2017 –
On July 18, four former assistant Treasury secretaries for tax policy testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the prospects and challenges of achieving tax...
Ways To Reform Taxation Of Small Business
June 16, 2017 –
On June 14, I testified before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on how tax reform might affect small business. I delivered two key...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms
New CBO AHCA Score Confirms What We Already Knew
May 24, 2017 –
Meet the new estimate of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). It looks a lot like the old one . On May 24, the Congressional...

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