January 17, 2013
Weird Tax Fact of the Day: The fiscal cliff deal (aka the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ) created what may be the world’s...
January 15, 2013
There is an obvious solution to Washington’s perpetual budget crisis. But it is unlikely to happen because all the incentives—both political and economic—are completely wrong...
January 15, 2013
Last week Japan announced a massive stimulus package designed to jumpstart its slumping economy, which is in the midst of its fifth recession in 15...
January 14, 2013
Last week Louisiana’s Republican Governor Bobby Jindal proposed replacing the state’s individual income and corporate taxes with a higher sales tax. While details are scarce,...
January 11, 2013
The fiscal cliff deal is done and the question on everyone’s mind: What about the states? Okay, so only a handful of us are actually...
January 10, 2013
The 2013 American Tax Relief Act (aka ATRA or the fiscal cliff deal) is a big complicated law. But here is one chart that pretty...
January 8, 2013
I spent lunchtime today moderating a thoroughly discouraging Urban Institute panel discussion on the fiscal cliff. The consensus of the speakers—all highly-regarded budget experts—was that...
January 8, 2013
Jim Hamilton's Mock Up of a Trillion Dollar Coin Policy wonks are debating whether a trillion-dollar platinum coin would be a clever or insane way...
January 8, 2013
Huffington Post reports on this tweet/warning from former Bush press secretary, Ari Fleischer: I increased donations to charity in 2012. This deal limits my deductions...
January 3, 2013
Following Congress’s last minute passage of legislation averting a plunge off the fiscal cliff, TPC has released a new Tax Calculator that lets users examine...