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Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Are We Headed For A New Era of Income Tax Deduction Creep?

Congress can’t seem to end its love affair with tax deductions. For a brief period starting with then-House Ways & Means Committee Chair Dave Camp’s...
May 28, 2020Howard Gleckman
: TaxVox

Utah: Tax Reform Doesn’t Have To Be This Hard

States often fail at tax reform. But few efforts flop as spectacularly as Utah’s did. Utah passed sweeping tax reform legislation in December 2019. Utah...
February 7, 2020Richard C. Auxier
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

How To Remake The TCJA Into Pro-Growth, Progressive Tax Reform

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) cut federal tax revenues by nearly $2 trillion over its first decade, with almost all the benefit going...
October 7, 2019Leonard E. Burman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The Final Tax Bill Falls Far Short Of President Trump’s Campaign Promises

The Final Tax Bill Falls Far Short Of President Trump’s Campaign Promises The final version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that Congress is...
December 18, 2017Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Seven Take-Aways From The Senate’s Tax Cut and Jobs Act

Seven Take-Aways From The Senate’s Tax Cut and Jobs Act The Senate’s version of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) is a big,...
December 5, 2017Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Senate Finance Panel Tax Bill Would Trim Taxes At First But Raise Them For Half Of Households By 2027

The Senate Finance Committee’s version of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act would cut taxes by an average of $1,300 in 2019, according to a...
November 20, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Beer Is Not A Metaphor For Tax Fairness

Yesterday my twitter feed exploded with cranky tweets about White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders’s press briefing, which started with an anecdote about bar tabs...
October 31, 2017Leonard E. Burman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The Big Six Tax Outline Would Lose $2.4 Trillion Over 10 Years, According To TPC’s New Dynamic Score

A new Tax Policy Center “dynamic analysis” of the Big Six’s “Unified Framework” tax plan finds it would fail to achieve President Trump’s promise of...
October 27, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Kautter Is The Wrong Choice As Acting IRS Commissioner

President Trump has named Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy David Kautter as acting commissioner of the IRS. He’d serve in both posts until a...
October 26, 2017Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Can Trump Sell A Tax Bill To Middle-Income Voters?

While President Trump continues to promote what he says will be the biggest tax cut in history for middle-income households, it is increasingly clear that...
October 19, 2017Howard Gleckman