FAIR tax

Proposed FairTax Rate Would Add Trillions to Deficits Over Ten Years

In a deal that secured Kevin McCarthy the speakership, House Republicans plan to vote on the FairTax Act of 2023 (H.R. 25), which would...

March 1, 2023William G. Gale Kyle Pomerleau

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Here Comes The FairTax … Again

The idea of replacing all major federal taxes with a national sales tax – and using the opportunity to “abolish” the IRS – has been...

January 12, 2023John Buhl

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It depends on what your definition of “pledge” is…

WWND: Louisiana lawmakers ask Grover Norquist to weigh in on Governor Bobby Jindal’s tax plan. Eleven members of the state’s House sent a letter to the head of Americans for Tax Reform. They call the SAVE tax credit —Jindal’s proposed tax credit for a non-existent student fee—a precedent that would

June 9, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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No Pain, No Gain: Taxes, Disclosures, and Data

Some GOP Kansas legislators may wish they could pack their bags and go home. And they did, over the weekend, but will be back in session today to try to pass a bill that fills the state’s $400 million budget hole with tax increases and other revenue-raising measures. It’s no easy task, given

June 8, 2015Renu Zaretsky

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Do Republicans Really Want to Cut Taxes on the Wealthy and Raise Them on Everyone Else?

Of all the curious rhetoric floating around both Washington and the campaign trail, the strangest may be the demand of many Republicans that Congress raise...

August 25, 2011Howard Gleckman