2016 election

Don’t confuse Trump’s tax cuts with tax reform

Have you noticed the subtle reframing of Donald Trump’s tax plan? During the campaign, it was a huge tax cut. Now, Trump and his congressional...

November 15, 2016Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Trump’s Campaign Rhetoric May Have Been Populist But His Tax Plan Isn’t

Donald Trump ran for president as a classic anti-establishment candidate , promising to stand up for regular Joes against the political and economic elites. He...

November 10, 2016Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Five Tax Policy Issues To Watch In The Trump Administration

November 8, 2016Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The IRS’s Commendable Silence In The Presidential Campaign

Have you noticed the contrast in recent weeks between the FBI and the IRS? The FBI is seemingly in every other headline in this year’s...

November 3, 2016Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Character Vs. Policy In The 2016 Presidential Campaign

Of the many remarkable things about this campaign, there is this: Americans are learning far more about Donald Trump’s sex life and Hillary Clinton’s emails...

November 1, 2016Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

New tax calculator shows how taxes would change under Clinton & Trump tax plans

Just in time for the presidential election, the Tax Policy Center’s Election Tax Calculator debuts today. We designed it to help taxpayers, analysts, and the...

October 31, 2016Roberton C. Williams

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Is It Time To Rethink The Scale and Progressivity of the Tax System?

Is the US tax code both too small and too progressive? That’s the argument of Alan Viard and Sita Nataraj Slavov of the American Enterprise...

October 25, 2016Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Clinton and Trump advisers display wide differences in tax policy debate

Imagine you are an undecided voter who wants to understand the tax policies of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. You might have tuned in to...

October 13, 2016Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Latest Trump tax plan adds trillions to the national debt, Clinton plan trims deficits by taxing the wealthy

Two new Tax Policy Center reports quantify the dramatic contrast between the latest tax plans of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Clinton has proposed a...

October 11, 2016Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Last Night's Debate Highlighted Trump's and Clinton’s Competing Visions of Taxes

While neither candidate said much new about taxes in last night’s presidential debate, both clearly described their vastly different visions of tax policy. It was...

September 26, 2016Howard Gleckman