Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle takes a look at how the Earned Income Tax Credit is meeting its policy goals.

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle examines the popularity of the Earned Income Tax Credit and its expansion, and warns that policymakers need to be modest in their expectations of it.

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle suggests modifications to the child credit that could improve tax, health, and welfare policy.

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle discusses the history of tax revenues in the 20th century.

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle suggests that problems facing the Earned Income Tax Credit should not attempted to be solved in isolation.

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle examines prospects for Medicare reform.

In this essay, Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle discusses his main concern with the IRS -- the fact that it is not organized according to the programs it administers as much as by tax returns.

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle examines the political challenges of achieving true marriage penalty relief in the tax code.

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle offers the expertise of American University Professor Janet Spragens, executive director of the American Tax Policy Institute. He shows that she made a strong case that more attention ought to be paid to the needs of low-income taxpayers. Indirectly, she points to...

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle examines tax reform and the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). He suggests a solution: Simply eliminate or cut the AMT and then replace it with more direct taxes on the income classes that benefit from the AMT tax cut. He concludes, however, that neither political party...