Rob Portman

Was The Senate’s Heated Crypto Tax Reporting Debate Much Ado About Nothing?

When Congress debates major legislation, the public often focuses on a single narrow issue—one frequently irrelevant to the main point of the bill. It happened...

September 10, 2021Howard Gleckman

: TaxVox

Highway Follies: The Never-ending Story

The House has a short-term patch for the Highway Trust Fund… Late Monday night, the House Ways & Means Committee released a plan to cover the Highway Trust Fund with $8.1 billion through mid-December 2015. The patch would use revenue collected by tightening IRS compliance rules. The House could

July 15, 2015Renu Zaretsky

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Finance Committee Working Groups: Tax Reform is Hard

After six months and two extensions, the Senate Finance Committee’s five tax reform working groups presented their reports today to panel chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and top Democrat Ron Wyden (D-OR). For the most part, they reached no consensus on either specific reforms or a broad design for overall

July 8, 2015Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Dave Camp’s Most Valuable Contribution to Tax Reform

House Ways & Means Committee chair Dave Camp’s most important contribution to the tax reform debate may be this: By proposing a specific, transparent, and...

March 14, 2014Howard Gleckman