Steven Mnuchin

The Ways & Means Committee Takes Its Demand For Trump’s Tax Returns To Court

The House Ways and Means Committee today filed suit in federal court demanding President Trump’s 2013-2019 tax returns. The Committee says it is seeking Trump’s...

July 2, 2019Steven M. Rosenthal

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

The Post-TCJA Economy: Good News Mixed With Some Important Warning Signs

Tax Vox is continuing to track a set of economic indicators to see whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has, in President Trump’s words,...

July 31, 2018Howard Gleckman Aravind Boddupalli

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Can Treasury Rewrite the New Tax Bill?

Last year, Congress proved it can act quickly—enacting the massive Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) just six weeks after the first version was introduced...

February 26, 2018Steven M. Rosenthal

Business Taxes: TaxVox

Would Workers Benefit From A Corporate Tax Cut? Not Much

President Trump and congressional Republicans are pressing ahead on a tax bill that will almost certainly include a major corporate tax cut. And they are...

September 8, 2017Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

What Team Trump Didn’t Tell Us About His Tax Plan

When President Reagan first introduced his version of what would become the landmark 1986 tax reform, his staff kicked off the debate with a phone...

April 27, 2017Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Memo to Steven Mnuchin: Trump’s Tax Plan Would Add $7 Trillion to The Debt Over 10 Years

At his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing today , Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Trump’s choice to head the Treasury Department, seemed somewhat confused about the Tax...

January 19, 2017Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Ten tax policy issues to watch in 2017

Making tax policy predictions for 2017 is especially perilous, given the uncertainties surrounding the incoming Trump Administration’s fiscal agenda. But since there is a good...

December 28, 2016Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Trump’s Treasury Pick Describes a Very Different Tax Plan Than His Boss

On CNBC this morning, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Treasury Department, Steven Mnuchin, described a very interesting tax plan . However, it bears...

November 30, 2016Howard Gleckman