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Tax Policy Center

Research & Commentary

Working paper
Individual Taxes

An Analysis of the Updated Graetz Proposal to Enact a Broad Reform of the Federal Tax System

May 30, 2023
James R. NunnsChenxi LuGordon B. MerminEric Toder
Brief
Individual Taxes

Share Our Strength Community of Practice Grant Case Studies

April 17, 2023
Elaine WaxmanElaine MaagPoonam GuptaJulio SalasGabriella GarrigaIlham DehryDanielle KwonHeather Hahn
Journal Article
Individual Taxes

How Fines and Fees Impact Families: Can Policies Like the Child Tax Credit Help?

April 12, 2023
Aravind BoddupalliElaine Maag
Research report
Individual Taxes

Social Security & Medicare Lifetime Benefits and Taxes: 2022

Lifetime Social Security and Medicare taxes are scheduled to be significantly lower than lifetime Social Security and Medicare benefits for most workers in future decades, based on the latest data. This report compares the benefits and taxes paid by beneficiaries at the age of 65 from 1960 to...

February 14, 2023
C. Eugene SteuerleKaren E. Smith
Working paper
Individual Taxes

Racial Disparities in the Income Tax Treatment of Marriage

Although it is generally blind with respect to race, the tax code can create racial disparities when factors that affect tax liability are correlated with race. In this working paper, we provide new evidence on racial differences in marriage penalties and bonuses in the income tax, using data...

February 14, 2023
Janet HoltzblattSwati JoshiNora CahillWilliam G. Gale
Working paper
Federal Budget and Economy

A New Approach for Estimating the Impact of Tax Policies by Race and Ethnicity

This working paper describes the method the Tax Policy Center (TPC) has used to enhance its tax microsimulation model to enable analysis of the distributional effects of tax policies by race and ethnicity. It also presents preliminary results using the enhanced model. Like microsimulation models...

February 10, 2023
Surachai KhitatrakunGordon B. MerminBenjamin R. PageJeffrey Rohaly
Brief
Individual Taxes

Understanding Yearly Changes in Family Structure and Income and Their Impact on Tax Credits

Benefits from the earned income tax credit (EITC) and child tax credit (CTC) play an important role in the financial lives of low- and moderate-income families. Determining how much credit a family qualifies for can be complicated, depending primarily on the number of eligible children, income,...

February 3, 2023
Elaine MaagNikhita AiriLillian Hunter
Research report
Individual Taxes

Options for Increasing Medicare Revenues

Medicare faces serious short-term and long-term financial pressures. This report examines the revenue and distributional effects of options to increase revenues for Medicare and discusses their relative pros and cons. We use the Tax Policy Center microsimulation model to estimate the effect of...

February 1, 2023
Gordon B. MerminBowen GarrettLillian HunterC. Eugene Steuerle
Brief
Individual Taxes

Helping New Mothers Understand the Benefits of Filing Taxes

December 23, 2022
Nikhita AiriLuisa Godinez-PuigKim S. Rueben
Brief
Individual Taxes

Trusted Messengers' Role in Helping New Mothers File Taxes

December 23, 2022
Nikhita AiriLuisa Godinez-PuigKim S. Rueben

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