Tax Policy Center

millionaires

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Fewer Than 0.5 Percent of Very High-Income Households Paid as Little Tax As Donald Trump

Following The New York Times blockbuster series on President Trump’s personal finances—especially the revelation that he paid just $750 in federal income tax in 2016...
October 2, 2020Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Buffett Rule Revenue

Critics of the Buffett Rule often argue that the idea is hardly worth the trouble since it would raise taxes on less than a tenth...
May 4, 2012Roberton C. Williams
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

A Buffett Rule Proposal in Congress

In his State of the Union speech, President Obama’s called for a new law that would require high-income people to pay at least 30 percent...
February 9, 2012Roberton C. Williams