Tax Policy Center

Donald Trump

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
It’s time for Tax Vox to present its annual Lump of Coal Award for the worst tax idea of the year.
December 20, 2018Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
In his press conference on Wednesday, President Trump raised more than a few eyebrows by saying he’d be willing to support “adjustments ” to the...
November 9, 2018Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
Pundits are breathlessly speculating about what President Trump’s promise to cut taxes for the middle class by 10 percent could possibly mean. They are wasting...
October 25, 2018Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox
What Is A Tariff And Who Pays It? Earlier this month, President Trump escalated his trade war with China by announcing 10 percent tariffs on...
September 25, 2018Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
President Trump last week asked the Treasury Department to review the rules surrounding Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) for traditional Individual Retirement Accounts and 401(k) plans...
September 7, 2018Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
Did Republicans make a political mistake rushing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) through Congress in less than two months in late 2017? In...
August 29, 2018Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
Tax Vox is continuing to track a set of economic indicators to see whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has, in President Trump’s words,...
July 31, 2018Howard GleckmanAravind Boddupalli
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
What is the difference between Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson, and President Trump and Congress? Wilson, you may recall, spent last Sunday handing out an estimated...
July 26, 2018Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox
Are President Trump’s tariffs a less effective and more ad hoc version of the border adjustment tax (BAT) that briefly surfaced, then died, during last...
July 11, 2018Howard Gleckman
: TaxVox
Happy Fourth! Between barbecues and fireworks, we should think about what colonial Americans wanted when they declared independence: Among their demands, the right to conduct business freely and to consent to the taxes they paid.
July 3, 2018Renu Zaretsky