Tax Policy Center

Donald Trump

Business Taxes: TaxVox
Tax policy debates often focus on entrepreneurs, those risk-takers who build businesses from scratch. In an effort to better understand how innovators who create new...
January 5, 2017Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
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
Repealing the Affordable Care Act would cut taxes significantly for the highest income one percent of US households, according to a new Tax Policy Center...
December 15, 2016Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox
Notwithstanding all the happy talk about Congress passing a tax reform bill in 100 days next year, any effort to rework the revenue code will...
December 8, 2016Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox
Trying to parse President-elect Donald Trump’s Sunday threats against US manufacturers that move production overseas is not easy. One thing is sure: His tweet storm...
December 6, 2016Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
Carrier Corporation, which makes heating and cooling equipment, announced in February that it was moving facilities to Mexico where labor costs are significantly lower than...
December 2, 2016Norton Francis
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
On CNBC this morning, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Treasury Department, Steven Mnuchin, described a very interesting tax plan . However, it bears...
November 30, 2016Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
The stock market has been ebullient since President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Many financial experts are expecting quick congressional approval of a major stimulus program consisting...
November 30, 2016Rudolph G. Penner
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
A key piece of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign tax plan was a cap on itemized deductions. The proposal, which would bar singles from deducting more...
November 22, 2016Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
I have never believed that candidates should lay out detailed policy agendas in their campaigns. While broad outlines are helpful, the specifics are too complex...
November 21, 2016C. Eugene Steuerle