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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CNBC

4 tax breaks you might get back if Congress reinstates deductions

Darla Mercado

June 19, 2019

CNBC

Tucked away in this retirement bill is a provision to ease college students’ tax burdens

Darla Mercado

May 31, 2019

C-SPAN

Discussion on State Budget Priorities and Tax Revenue

May 30, 2019

Newsweek

CHICAGO COLLECTS $2 MILLION ‘NETFLIX TAX’ TO BOLSTER CITY COFFERS, OTHER CITIES AND STATES COULD FOLLOW

Scott McDonald

May 16, 2019

CBS News

Chicago becomes first city to collect "Netflix tax"

Irina Ivanova

May 16, 2019

Fortune

Did Donald Trump Lose More Than $1 Billion On Purpose?

Erik Sherman

May 9, 2019

The New York Times

DealBook Briefing: $1 Billion in Trump Losses, From 1985 to 1994

May 8, 2019

MSNBC

The Last Word w/ Lawrence O'Donnell 5/8/19

Lawrence O'Donnell

May 8, 2019

The Hill

Tax prep companies under fire over 'free file' program

Naomi Jagoda

May 8, 2019

The New York Times

Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses

Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig

May 8, 2019

USA Today

Report: Trump avoided paying taxes for 8 years after more than $1 billion loss over a decade

Rebecca Morin

May 7, 2019

Marketplace

Why stock buybacks soared at the end of 2018

Marielle Segarra

May 2, 2019

National Public Radio

The Losers And Winners Of The Trump Administration's Big Tax Cut

Jim Zarroli

April 15, 2019

National Public Radio

On Tax Day, The IRS Is Short Of Money

Scott Horsley

April 15, 2019

Yahoo! Finance

Congress may ban the IRS from launching free online tax filing

Ethan Wolff-Mann

April 12, 2019

The Atlantic

Taxpayers Are Very Confused

Mark J. Mazur

March 29, 2019

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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