House Ways & Means Committee

The Ways & Means Committee Would Borrow $100 Billion to Expand HSAs and Subsidize Gym Memberships

The House Ways & Means Committee has voted to borrow $100 billion to subsidize gym memberships and high-cost employer-sponsored health insurance, and expand Health Savings...

July 17, 2018Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The House’s Tax Bill Would Cut Taxes Mostly For The Highest-Income Households

The latest version of the House Ways & Means Committee’s Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (TCJA), now due to be voted on by the full...

November 13, 2017Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The Two GOP Tax Plans Differ In Details But Both Are Big Tax Cuts For Business, Modest Reductions For Households

While many analysts are focusing on the differences between the House Ways & Means Committee’s tax cut and the just-released version proposed by Senate Finance...

November 10, 2017Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

How Dead Citrus Trees Beat Tax Reform Every Time

Here is why tax reform is so hard: In June, House Republicans released their “Better Way”...

September 13, 2016Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Giving Olympians A Special Tax Break Wins The Gold Medal Of Bad Ideas

It is the season of Olympic madness. No, not cheering over the dramatic finish of the women’s 400 meter sprint. That would make sense. Rather,...

August 16, 2016Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Top Ways & Means Staffer Janice Mays Surveys The Future of Tax Reform

Top Ways & Means Staffer Janice Mays Surveys The Future of Tax Reform Last week, Politico’ s Brian Faler did a great interview (paywall) with Janice Mays, the long-time Democratic staff director for the House Ways & Means Committee. Janice, who has just retired after a remarkable 40 years

May 31, 2016Howard Gleckman

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Congress May Just “Let It Go” … Until Next Year

Congress might really be home for the holidays. Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden told reporters today that the Senate won’t amend the House-approved bill to revive over 50 expired tax breaks for 2014 only. An up-or-down Senate vote could be held within days. Lawmakers must still sort out what

December 5, 2014Renu Zaretsky

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Votes and Consequences

With Congress away, the Daily Deduction will not publish for the rest of the week. We’ll be back as usual on Monday, December 1. Happy Thanksgiving! In California, a tax increase breeds a budget battle and tuition hike. In 2012, Democratic Governor Jerry Brown successfully campaigned for reelection

November 24, 2014Renu Zaretsky

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Is It Time To End The Highway Trust Fund Fiction?

Congress is in the midst of another Perils of Pauline political showdown: This time the drama is over how to finance the highway trust fund, which will be unable to pay its bills in a couple of weeks. House Republicans have cooked up one set of gimmicks to keep the money flowing for a few months.

July 10, 2014Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The Tax Extenders: Yes, Virginia, They Really Are Tax Cuts

The other day, the House Ways & Means Committee voted to cut taxes for certain businesses by $310 billion. Washington, being Washington, is now in the midst of a partisan debate over whether this is in fact a tax cut or, conversely, whether failing to cut those business levies would be a tax

May 1, 2014Howard Gleckman