In this essay, as part of a series on tax justice, Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle compares the importance of progressivity with the need for individual equity.

In this essay, as part of a series on tax justice, Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle discusses the primary importance of equity in the tax system.

In this essay by Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle, he argues that with more discretionary policy, long-term estimates would be less necessary and less influential on the policy process. He concludes that the current entitlement government dodges periodic review of programs, bypasses the appropriations

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle examines the relationship between good tax policy, deficits, and surpluses in this essay, drawing implications to current policy development.

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 just how large the nearly $800 billion Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act of 1999 recently passed by Congress really is, and how it compares to past tax legislation.

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle considers 1999 tax proposals, and concludes that current law sets a baseline that can be misleading when measuring the costs of a tax bill. A different baseline would yield a very different perception of when the tax bill was costing revenues and when it was not. In

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle examines the merits of a tax cut, and finds: Tax cuts are a valid means of achieving smaller government, but they only work if expenditures somehow follow a similar path, especially in the long-term. By the same token, not all tax cuts are bad nor are all spending

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle expresses confidence that a tax simplification package is likely in the near future. He offers his ideas for what should be included in such a bill.

Senior Fellow expresses optimism for and highlights efforts to advance bipartisan tax simplification legislation.