NBER | Tax Policy Center

What Do People Think About Taxes? They Are Partisan, Dazed, And Confused

The newly published results of an extensive survey of public views on taxes find deep partisan divisions and a widespread lack of understanding about federal taxes.

September 11, 2020Howard Gleckman

Business Taxes: TaxVox

Why Carbon Taxes Are So Hard To Pass

Why Carbon Taxes Are So Hard To Pass Economists love carbon taxes . According to polls, so do roughly two-thirds of Americans. Yet voters in...

August 15, 2019Howard Gleckman

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Marty Feldstein Was An Economics Giant And A Good Man

Martin Feldstein, who died earlier this week, was an intellectual giant who transformed modern public finance and tax policy analysis. He also was a kind,...

June 13, 2019William G. Gale

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Tax Cuts for Low- and Moderate Income Households May Be Much More Powerful Than Cuts for the Rich

It turns out that tax cuts for the job creators...don’t create very many jobs. By contrast, tax cuts for low- and moderate-income households can boost economic growth. Those are the results of an interesting new working paper by Owen Zidar for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Zidar, an

April 21, 2015Howard Gleckman

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Tax Season: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over

The IRS and the ACA: Working hard and working well. The IRS, thanks to years of preparation since the Affordable Care Act became law in 2010, has managed the current tax filing season smoothly, according to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen , even with new ACA burdens and IRS budget cutbacks . “It's

April 13, 2015Renu Zaretsky