Jim Nunns

Swapping The Employer Share of The Payroll Tax For a Consumption Tax

Would you be willing to swap a new, broad-based consumption tax for your employer’s share of the Social Security and Medicare payroll tax? According to...

July 6, 2016Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Why Individual Tax Revenues Will Grow Even If Congress Doesn’t Raise Taxes

The other day, I wrote about new Congressional Budget Office estimates that individual income tax revenues are likely to grow significantly over the next decade. A new paper by my Tax Policy Center colleagues Jim Nunns and Jeff Rohaly shows the importance of this trend through the rest of the

September 3, 2015Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

A Payroll Tax Math Error Adds $5 Billion To The Deficit

Nothing gets lawmakers and pundits more outraged than government’s proverbial waste, fraud, and abuse. Nearly always, these stories involve spending. But taxes are hardly immune. One case of pure waste involves a simple math mistake that will cost the Treasury $5 billion in lost revenue over the

July 1, 2014Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Who Pays the Corporate Income Tax?

Who pays the corporate income tax? It is one of the most vexing questions tax experts face. Now, to keep pace with the latest research,...

September 13, 2012Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Pick Your Poison: VAT or Higher Income Tax Rates

With congressional deficit reduction efforts largely collapsed, the question remains: What are we going to do about the nation’s long-term budget mess? Since any realistic...

December 5, 2011Howard Gleckman