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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
Happy New Year. And welcome to 2019, a year when several important tax policy issues are likely to hit the news. Watch for these: Whether...
January 3, 2019Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
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
Business Taxes: TaxVox
What Is A Tariff And Who Pays It? Earlier this month, President Trump escalated his trade war with China by announcing 10 percent tariffs on...
September 25, 2018Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
What is the difference between Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson, and President Trump and Congress? Wilson, you may recall, spent last Sunday handing out an estimated...
July 26, 2018Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
Walt Kelly ’s comic strip character Pogo said: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” It seems a particularly apt metaphor for the...
July 23, 2018Eric Toder
Business Taxes: TaxVox
Are President Trump’s tariffs a less effective and more ad hoc version of the border adjustment tax (BAT) that briefly surfaced, then died, during last...
July 11, 2018Howard Gleckman
: TaxVox
Happy Fourth! Between barbecues and fireworks, we should think about what colonial Americans wanted when they declared independence: Among their demands, the right to conduct business freely and to consent to the taxes they paid.
July 3, 2018Renu Zaretsky
Business Taxes: TaxVox
The President of the United States has threatened to raise taxes on a company that made a business decision he does not like. Think about...
June 27, 2018Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
President Trump and his allies in Congress promised that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) would supercharge the US economy, leading to permanent annual...
June 1, 2018Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
Are We Beginning An Historic Debate Over Work In The US? What should the federal government do to encourage people to work? Should it try...
April 27, 2018Howard Gleckman