Mark Mazur, director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, testified before the US Senate Committee on Finance as part of the hearing "Comprehensive Tax Reform: Prospects and Challenges." Mazur presented the three principles of tax policy, reviewed lessons from previous reform efforts, and
At the start of 2020, Governor Jared Polis organized a Tax Study Group and charged it with analyzing the efficiency and equity of Colorado’s tax system. Over the course of the year, the Tax Study Group held five learning sessions. Throughout this process, the Urban Institute’s State and Local
Do you consider not paying taxes “sport?” The President of the United States says he does. And that raises serious concerns about the stability of our volumtary tax system.
The Tax Policy Center’s newly released baseline tables tell a nuanced and somewhat paradoxical story. For over a decade, legislative changes and real income growth...