August 29, 2024
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has vowed to make permanent temporary expansions to the child tax credit (CTC) and earned income tax credit (EITC) enacted...
August 23, 2024
Both Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have pledged to exempt tip income from taxes if elected. Our TPC colleague Howard Gleckman has written about how these plans raise design and administration issues . Another question is who would benefit and how that varies by state.
August 27, 2024
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is making inflation-fighting a key policy plank in his campaign. The problem: Many of his specific policy prescriptions would make...
August 15, 2024
A worldwide 10 percent tariff and a 60 percent tariff on Chinese goods proposed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would lower average after-tax incomes...
August 14, 2024
Researchers have shown how the tax system can reinforce disparities between households of different races or ethnicities, even though the Internal Revenue Code does not...
August 8, 2024
While the Kaine-Britt proposal seeks to encourage and reward businesses to provide onsite child care, increasing the supply of child care might need solutions beyond the tax code.
August 8, 2024
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’s new running mate, has a tax policy record that could elevate the tax debate on the 2024...
August 8, 2024
The United States faces a long-term fiscal problem: Spending threatens to outrun revenues by such a large margin that the ratio of public debt to...
August 2, 2024
Former president Donald Trump’s plan to repeal the tax on Social Security benefits would lower taxes for US households by an average of $550, according...
August 8, 2024
With Vice President Kamala Harris officially the presumptive Democratic nominee for President, the party can turn to a policy framework as it prepares for its...