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Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Tax Cuts In McConnell’s Latest Health Plan Are Less Regressive

The revised version of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s health bill would retain the Affordable Care Act’s 3.8 percent Net Investment Income Tax and its...
July 13, 2017Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

A Tax Plan Consistent With Trump’s April Outline Could Cut Revenue By Up To $7.8 Trillion

A tax proposal consistent with what the Trump Administration outlined in April could reduce federal revenues by as much as $7.8 trillion over the next...
July 12, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The Senate Leadership’s Health Plan Would Benefit High-Income Households, Hurt Those With Low Incomes

The changes in taxes and health care benefits in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s alternative to the Affordable Care Act would leave lower-income households worse...
July 11, 2017Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

TPC Update Finds House GOP Tax Plan Would Slow Growth, Add Trillions To The Deficit

In an updated analysis, the Tax Policy Center estimates that t he House Republican leadership’s 2016 tax blueprint would reduce economic output by 0.5 percent...
July 6, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

If The GOP Must Cut Taxes As Part of Its Health Plan, Why Not Help Middle-Income Households?

If The GOP Must Cut Taxes As Part of Its Health Plan, Why Not Help Middle-Income Households? Let’s say you want to cut about $1...
June 29, 2017Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Despite Ryan’s Call For “Transformational Tax Reform,” Core Issues Remain Unresolved

Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) used a highly-promoted speech to call for a major tax bill in 2017. His message: “Transformational tax reform can...
June 20, 2017Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Investors May Be Waiting For A Tax Cut To Sell But Congress Could Fix The Lock-In Problem

Federal tax receipts have been coming in more slowly than expected, according to the Congressional Budget Office . Through the first eight months of the...
June 16, 2017Steven M. Rosenthal
: TaxVox

The Day Tax Reform Died

When historians tell the story of the great tax debate of 2017, they may mark down yesterday, June 13, as the day tax reform died...
June 14, 2017Howard Gleckman
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

What the Kansas Tax Cut About-Face Means

The tax cut that Kansas Governor Sam Brownback hailed in 2012 as “a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy” has been...
June 14, 2017William G. Gale
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

The Brownback Tax Cut Experiment Ends in Kansas

Just as President Trump is ramping up his push for a major tax cut that he believes will pay for itself through faster economic growth,...
June 7, 2017Howard Gleckman