business taxes

What Will The Mid-Term Election Mean For Tax Policy?

With Democrats retaining narrow control of the Senate and Republicans on the cusp of winning the barest of majorities in the House, it will be...

November 16, 2022Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

What You Need To Know About The Manchin-Schumer Climate and Tax Compromise

What You Need To Know About The Manchin-Schumer Compromise After more than a year of often-fraught negotiations, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) says he has agreed...

July 28, 2022Howard Gleckman

Business Taxes: TaxVox

If Congress Wants the IRS To Collect More Tax from The Rich, It Needs to Pass Better Laws

Last week, a group of prominent academic and government economists published a study that estimated the top 1 percent of Americans hide more than 20...

April 5, 2021Steven M. Rosenthal

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

"Taxes In America" Is A Valuable And Painless Look At How The US Raises Revenue

If you are not a public finance economist and want to understand how the US tax code works, pick up the new version of Taxes...

March 10, 2020Howard Gleckman

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House Democrats May Soon Ask For Trump’s Tax Returns But What Should They Request?

House Ways & Means Committee Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) reportedly is about to make a formal request for 10 years of President Trump’s tax returns...

March 7, 2019Steven M. Rosenthal

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Foreigners Would Win Big from A Corporate Tax Cut

The Trump Administration and congressional Republican leaders (the Big Six) have proposed a $70 billion-a-year tax cut for foreign investors. It stems from the cut...

October 23, 2017Steven M. Rosenthal

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Six Takeaways From The White House and Hill GOP's "Big Six" Tax Plan

President Trump and the congressional Republican leadership released their newest highly-promoted tax plan today . Although the president promised yesterday it would be a “very...

September 27, 2017Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Yes, Congress Could Tax Business At 15 Percent In A Revenue-, Distributionally-, and Economically-Neutral Way.

The tax outline proposed by President Trump last April, built around a 15 percent business tax rate, has three deep flaws: It could add more...

August 22, 2017Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Ten tax policy issues to watch in 2017

Making tax policy predictions for 2017 is especially perilous, given the uncertainties surrounding the incoming Trump Administration’s fiscal agenda. But since there is a good...

December 28, 2016Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Making tax shelters great again!

Donald Trump would permit businesses to immediately expense new investment . As a result, they could deduct the full cost of plant and equipment at...

September 9, 2016Steven M. Rosenthal