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Charities Have Plenty of Opportunity to Advance Giving Despite Tax Law Losses

By substantially cutting the number of taxpayers who will receive a charitable deduction, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has created an opportunity for...
February 28, 2018C. Eugene Steuerle
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The IRS Private Debt Collection Program Once Again Looks Like A Failure

The IRS’s Private Debt Collection Program Once Again Looks Like A Failure What’s the old line about “fool me once?” When it comes to privatizing...
January 12, 2018Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Kautter Is The Wrong Choice As Acting IRS Commissioner

President Trump has named Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy David Kautter as acting commissioner of the IRS. He’d serve in both posts until a...
October 26, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Why Do We Make It So Hard For Immigrants To Pay Their Taxes?

Why do we make it so hard for immigrants to pay their federal income taxes? Why do we throw so many roadblocks between them and...
October 12, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

What's Happened to the ACA Penalty Tax?

With less than two weeks to go before Americans must file their 2016 federal income tax returns, those who didn’t have required health insurance coverage...
April 5, 2017Roberton C. Williams
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Asking the IRS To Do More With Less, Again

President Trump wants the IRS to “combat identity theft, prevent fraud, and reduce the deficit through the effective enforcement and administration of tax laws,” according...
March 16, 2017Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The IRS’s Commendable Silence In The Presidential Campaign

Have you noticed the contrast in recent weeks between the FBI and the IRS? The FBI is seemingly in every other headline in this year’s...
November 3, 2016Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

When Angry Doubt Triumphs: A Case of Tax Debt and Tax Collection

Watching the closing days of the campaign with school-age children is like walking through a minefield, often for reasons that have nothing to do with tax policy. They are learning about “angry voters” and “rigged systems.” But they don’t get it. Why are people so angry? What are these “systems” and why do so many seem to distrust them?
November 2, 2016Renu Zaretsky
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Why Trump should release his tax returns

Yesterday, former IRS Commissioner Fred Goldberg (who held top tax positions in the administrations of both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush)
August 24, 2016Steven M. Rosenthal
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

What the GOP Platform Says About Taxes

What the GOP Platform Says About Taxes The Republican platform approved yesterday by the GOP convention is an attempt to merge standard party views on...
July 19, 2016Howard Gleckman