Renu Zaretsky

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Renu Zaretsky is a writer for the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. She publishes The Daily Deduction, TPC’s news and research digest, and Tax Hound, a blog series that helps make sense of tax policy for those outside the tax world and connects tax issues to everyday concerns. The Daily Deduction posts Monday through Friday, or Mondays when Congress is in recess. Tax Hound posts the first Wednesday of the month.

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Requiring Notice, Needing A Breakthrough
November 20, 2019 –
Looking for a “breakthrough.”
The Other Whistleblower, A Delay, And Gaps
November 19, 2019 –
Pursuing whistleblower allegations that a political appointee interfered with a Trump or Pence IRS audit.
Big Money, Big Problems
November 18, 2019 –
More evidence that the TCJA failed to generate business investment.
A Bold Move, A Big Bill, And A Yellow Flag on the Field 
November 15, 2019 –
Trump asks Supreme Court to block NY subpoena for his tax returns.
Easements, Avoidance, Guns, and Bags
November 14, 2019 –
The IRS is boosting enforcement of syndicated conservation easements.
Deadlines and Opportunities 
November 13, 2019 –
A temporary funding bill 'til Dec. 20?
A Dismissal, A Driver, And A New Chicago Real Estate Tax?
November 12, 2019 –
Federal district judge dismisses President Trump’s NY state tax return lawsuit.
A Global Minimum Tax, An Appeal, And A Contraction
November 11, 2019 –
OECD floats a global corporate minimum tax.
On Taxing the Wealthy, Here and Abroad
November 8, 2019 –
Warren’s plan to tax both wealth and returns on wealth is “unrealistic.
A Quid Pro Quo Of Another Sort
November 7, 2019 –
No surprise, really: President Trump may sign a spending deal, if ….
Individual Taxes
When It Comes to Tax Policy, Should Getting Mad Mean Getting Even?
November 6, 2019 –
What happens when policymakers are not just trying to change economic behavior with tax policy? What happens when they're mad at an individual or organization?
All That Glitters Is Not Gold
November 6, 2019 –
Warren’s Medicare for All “Employer Medicare Contribution” is a distortionary and regressive tax.
“See you in Court. Again.”
November 5, 2019 –
President Trump will take his tax return fight to the Supreme Court.
An Indirect Levy Is Still A Tax
November 4, 2019 –
Elizabeth Warren has a plan to finance Medicare for All.
An Elusive Spending Deal and An(other) Unclear Tax Plan
November 1, 2019 –
Treasury backs off some anti-inversion rules.
Rates, Protests, and Robocalls
October 31, 2019 –
The Federal Reserve Bank lowers interests rates as growth remains soft.
Paying For Universal Health Care, Taxing Guns
October 30, 2019 –
The CRFB estimates what it would take to pay for Medicare for All.
More Taxes on the Rich, Tax Breaks, and Tax Choices
October 29, 2019 –
Klobuchar would raise some capital gains taxes, impose a Buffett tax.
The Growing Deficit, Extenders, Estates, and Revenue
October 28, 2019 –
Despite nearly a decade of economic growth, last fiscal year’s federal deficit was almost $1 trillion.
Rates, Write-offs, and Wealth
October 25, 2019 –
Dereliction of duty?
Impunity, an Impasse, and Carbon Pricing
October 24, 2019 –
The Senate Won’t Reverse Treasury on SALT.
SALT, a Tax for Tax Breaks, and Missed Opportunities
October 23, 2019 –
Today in the Senate: Democrats would open the door to state SALT workarounds.
Paying for Education and Health Care
October 22, 2019 –
Sen. Elizabeth Warren would use some of her wealth tax to fund a new public education plan.
Spending, Vaping, Keeping, Repealing and Hiking
October 21, 2019 –
This week on the Hill: Appropriations bills in the Senate.
Medicare-for-All, You Say?
October 18, 2019 –
How would the US pay for universal health care? It’s time to come clean.

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