September 13, 2011
It turns out that President Obama’s plan to limit the benefit of itemized deductions is much more than that. Not only would it reduce tax...
September 12, 2011
I just came across this bar chart, which illustrates graphically why the tax code is such a mess. The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) is...
September 9, 2011
When you get right down to it, the jobs plan President Obama proposed before a joint session of Congress last night was built on three...
September 8, 2011
Legislative leaders in California, big box stores, and Amazon have reached an agreement to delay internet tax collection until September 2012. There is no word...
September 8, 2011
Texas Governor Rick Perry is being rightly criticized for his loony claims about Social Security in last night’s GOP presidential debate. But what troubles me...
September 6, 2011
Welcome to the season of jobs plans. GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman offered his last week. President Obama will propose his before Thursday night's football...
September 2, 2011
After threats and tough talk for most of the summer, Amazon seems to be changing tactics in its battle against collecting sales tax on purchases...
September 1, 2011
Given Washington’s endless partisan nastiness—and thanks to some updated estimates by the Congressional Budget Office--it seems like a good time to revisit an old idea:...
August 31, 2011
After I wrote last week about Warren Buffett’s New York Times op-ed on the low tax rates paid by wealthy investors, Tax Policy Center visiting...
August 30, 2011
The other day, I spent a few hours with some of Washington’s most experienced budget experts. The session was off-the-record, so I can’t tell you...