President Obama

President Obama’s 2015 Income Tax Return

Like millions of other Americans, President and Mrs. Obama filed their 2015 tax return shortly before yesterday’s deadline. Unlike most of us, they also posted their return on the White House website for everyone to see. In many ways, their return paints a picture of a typical high-income working

April 19, 2016Roberton C. Williams

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

EITC Expansion Backed By Obama and Ryan Could Penalize Marriage For Many Low-Income Workers

President Barack Obama and Speaker Paul Ryan have proposed similar expansions of the earned income tax credit (EITC) for low-income workers without children. Their goal is laudable: to provide some modest additional income support for low-income workers currently excluded from the EITC. But as

April 5, 2016C. Eugene Steuerle

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Questions About Expanding the Childless EITC

As the idea of expanding the “childless EITC” gathers steam, it’s time to start thinking about what the next generation of worker credits should look...

February 5, 2014Elaine Maag

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