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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The TaxVox Lump of Coal Award For The Worst Tax Idea of 2018

It’s time for Tax Vox to present its annual Lump of Coal Award for the worst tax idea of the year.
December 20, 2018Howard Gleckman
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Tax Protests and Business Boycotts: History Repeats, Maybe.

Independence Day has me thinking about tax protests. One, in Boston, shaped our nation’s history. Another is still taking shape in Seattle. Both reflect our complicated relationship with taxes and those who levy them. But that’s where similarities end. If you were a taxpayer participating in either, what might you do?
June 6, 2018Renu Zaretsky
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The Nation’s Partisan Divide Is Infecting Tax Policy

“Don’t tax me, don’t tax thee, tax that fella behind the tree.” This bit of doggerel, attributed to the late Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell...
May 30, 2018Howard Gleckman