House GOP

Balancing The Federal Budget In 10 Years Without Raising Taxes Is….Impossible

House Republicans say they want to balance the federal budget in 10 years by cutting spending only, and seem to have received a promise from...

January 17, 2023Howard Gleckman

: TaxVox

The Senate Tax Bill Would Impose High Marginal Tax Rates on Some Pass-through Owners

Ever since his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has insisted that Congress lower tax rates on income earned by pass-through businesses such as partnerships, S corporations,...

November 27, 2017Joseph Rosenberg

: TaxVox

The State and Local Tax Deduction Doesn’t Benefit Only Blue State Households

The Trump Administration and key congressional Republicans have proposed repealing the itemized deduction for state and local taxes as one way to help pay for...

September 11, 2017Leonard E. Burman John Iselin

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

The Complex Relationship Between The State And Local Tax Deduction And The Alternative Minimum Tax

The House Republican leadership and the Trump Administration want to repeal the state and local tax (SALT) deduction and the individual Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)...

June 19, 2017Frank Sammartino

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Replacing The Individual Mandate to Buy Health Insurance: A First Step To Compromise

The Trump Administration and congressional Republicans remain stalemated over how to “repeal and replace” the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA). One major problem: The House...

June 14, 2017C. Eugene Steuerle

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Dave Camp’s Great Bonus Depreciation Flip-Flop

Sadly, the House Ways & Means Committee has turned on its head a proposal by its chairman, Dave Camp (R-MI) to repeal bonus depreciation for business capital investment. Instead of scrapping the measure, which Congress originally passed in 2008 as a temporary anti-recession tonic, the panel has

May 29, 2014Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Could the GOP Boost Tax Reform By Adding the Idea to the Debt Limit?

House Republicans reportedly are considering several ways to add a framework for tax reform to legislation needed to increase the federal government’s borrowing authority. Could...

September 26, 2013Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The Real 2014 Budget Battle May Be Over Spending, Not Taxes

President Obama’s 2014 budget arrived two months late and was declared DOA by the House GOP leadership days before they even saw it. Yet, it...

April 10, 2013Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

A Budget Deal is Staring Them in the Face, But Here’s Why Lawmakers Won’t Compromise in 2013

There is an obvious solution to Washington’s perpetual budget crisis. But it is unlikely to happen because all the incentives—both political and economic—are completely wrong...

January 15, 2013Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Paul Ryan’s Budget Plan: More Big Tax Cuts for the Rich

No surprise here, but the tax cuts in Paul Ryan’s 2013 budget plan would result in huge benefits for high-income people and very modest—or no—...

March 23, 2012Howard Gleckman