individual income taxes

The Many Ways To Tax The Rich

How to tax the rich? Let us count the ways. New taxes on capital income? Higher income tax rates? A wealth tax? Some mash-up of...

March 31, 2022Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Will Congress Turn Democratic Tax Hikes Into Bipartisan Tax Cuts?

A funny thing happened to the trillions of dollars of proposed tax increases on corporations and high-income households that were high on the agendas of...

March 24, 2022Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Would Joe Biden Raise Taxes on Low- and Moderate-Income Families? It Depends on What You Mean by Taxes

Is Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden proposing to raise taxes on low- and middle-income households? He emphatically says no. President Trump and his allies say...

September 1, 2020Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Six Reasons Why Trump’s Plan To Delay Tax Filing Won’t Help The Coronavirus Economy

President Trump says he wants to allow “certain” people and businesses to delay tax filing in an apparent effort to stabilize the economy in the...

March 12, 2020Howard Gleckman

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

State Tax Debates Could Use Some (Customized) State Economic Data

Politicians love to make claims about tax policy. This tax cut will create jobs! That one forced the school district to fire teachers! But too...

November 12, 2019Richard C. Auxier

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Thirty Years Later: I’m Paying A Lower Tax Rate On More Income

As I finished my federal income tax return for 2018, I could not help but think about a return I filed 30 years ago. What...

April 23, 2019Mark J. Mazur

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Inside The Warren Vs. Harris Battle Over Tax Progressivity

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) both want to be elected President of the United States in 2020. Both believe that the federal...

January 28, 2019Howard Gleckman

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

State Responses to the TCJA’s SALT Deduction Limit May Be Costly and Favor High-Income Residents

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) limits the itemized deduction for state and local taxes (SALT) on federal individual income tax returns to $10,000...

January 30, 2018Leonard E. Burman Frank Sammartino

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The Downmarketing Of Tax Shelters

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has turned us into a nation of tax shelter hunters.

January 18, 2018Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The Public Does Not Seem to be Clamoring for a Tax Cut

Just as politicians and pundits are talking more about a tax cut and less about tax reform, the public seems happier with...

April 18, 2017Howard Gleckman