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Tax Policy Center

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

The Ryan Budget Plan May Be the New Centerpiece of Campaign 2012

Already, the Romney campaign insists that voters should pay no attention to Paul Ryan’s fiscal agenda. It is the Romney-Ryan tax and budget plan, they...
August 13, 2012Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Understanding TPC's Analysis of Governor Romney's Tax Plan

The Tax Policy Center’s latest research report went viral last week, drawing attention in the presidential campaign and sparking a constructive discussion of the practical...
August 8, 2012Donald Marron
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Why Romney’s Tax Agenda Doesn’t Add Up, Even if it Isn’t a Middle-Class Tax Hike

A new paper by Brookings Institution scholars and Tax Policy Center colleagues Bill Gale, Adam Looney, and Samuel Brown is generating lots of media buzz...
August 2, 2012Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

What the Dueling Senate Bills on Expiring Tax Cuts Would Mean for Taxpayers

As early as today, the Senate is likely to vote on the first of two competing efforts to temporarily extend tax cuts passed between 2001...
July 25, 2012Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Senate Democrats Would Keep Dividend Taxes Low, But Why?

Senate Democrats, who will vote this week to allow most of the 2001/2003 tax cuts to expire for high-income households, are likely to make an...
July 24, 2012Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

How Government Limits Upward Mobility

Upward mobility has been a foundation of America’s self-image since the 18 th century. If you work hard enough, nothing can stop you from getting...
July 19, 2012Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Taxes Don’t Always Drive the Economy--Sometimes the Economy Drives Taxes

Don’t tell my Tax Policy Center colleagues I said this, but it isn’t always about taxes. If you listened to the presidential campaign this week,...
July 12, 2012Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Trimming Tax Breaks to Cut Rates is a Lot Harder Than It Looks

It won’t be impossible for pay for substantial individual tax rate reductions by cutting tax expenditures. But it will be very, very hard. The challenges...
July 10, 2012Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Listen Closely When Romney Talks About Taxes

When Mitt Romney talks about his plan for tax reform, he is very careful to say two things: He wants to cut tax rates, and...
June 19, 2012Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Taxing the London Whale

Now that a once-obscure J.P. Morgan Chase derivatives trader named Bruno Iksil has become infamous as the London Whale, I suppose it is time to...
May 15, 2012Howard Gleckman