Congratulations to University of Michigan tax economist Joel Slemrod for winning the National Tax Association’s Daniel M. Holland Medal for outstanding contributions to the study...

President Obama and administration officials have offered two different revenue targets for the fiscal cliff debate: $1 trillion and $1.6 trillion (sometimes reported as $1.5...

As Congress and President Obama continue to spar over how to avoid the looming fiscal cliff, most public attention has been focused on what tumbling...

At his press conference yesterday , President Obama said it is nearly impossible to raise taxes on the wealthy (a key piece of his fiscal...

You can tell when Congress and the President have tough choices to make. That’s when they trot out the euphemisms—all aimed at making what they...

So the dance begins. President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), and various other lawmakers are starting to lay down their markers as they look...

Barack Obama has pulled off the easy part. He got re-elected. Now, he faces a second term full of painful choices. You could see it...

How much will you pay in Social Security and Medicare taxes over your lifetime? And how much can you expect to get back in benefits?...

Part of the election debate is about who can be trusted to tame the debt. Both candidates promise to be fiscally responsible and both provide...

With the U.S. facing huge domestic policy challenges, one might have hoped for a serious debate on fiscal issues between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney...