National Tax Association

Jim Poterba Wins Holland Award

The National Tax Association gave this year’s Dan Holland Medal for outstanding contributions to the study and practice of public finance to MIT professor Jim Poterba. Jim, who is also president of the National Bureau of Economic Research, is a terrific economist and one of the nicest people you’ll

November 18, 2014Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

NTA Will Meet Next Week in Santa Fe

The National Tax Association will hold its 107 th annual conference next Thursday-Saturday in Santa Fe. Highlights will include presentation of the 2014 Holland Award to MIT’s Jim Poterba, luncheon speeches by Nobel Laureate Joe Stiglitz and Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy Mark Mazur,

November 4, 2014Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

A Value-Added Tax That Won’t Raise Revenues Or Boost Taxes on the Poor

For many years, Michael Graetz, now a law professor at Columbia University, has been promoting a national Value-Added Tax (VAT) that would become the principal...

November 26, 2013Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Are Some Americans Paying Federal Income Tax They Don’t Owe?

Headline got your attention? No, it isn’t a come-on for a new tax avoidance scheme. Rather, it reflects an interesting but little known problem with...

September 3, 2013Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Smart Tax Reform Could Shrink the Government

Max Baucus and Dave Camp, leaders of the Senate and House tax-writing committees, are on the road promoting tax simplification. One goal: cleaning out the...

July 8, 2013Donald Marron

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The Simpsons for Tax Wonks: The NTA Honors Joel Slemrod

Congratulations to University of Michigan tax economist Joel Slemrod for winning the National Tax Association’s Daniel M. Holland Medal for outstanding contributions to the study...

November 20, 2012Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

A Path Forward on Tax Reform

At the National Tax Association’s spring conference last week, former Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Holtz-Eakin laid out a path to tax reform in four...

May 22, 2012Howard Gleckman