tax reform

Dave Camp's pitch to overhaul U.S. taxes: An impossible dream?

Unlike many previous Republican proposals to cut taxes, the Michigan congressman specifies how government would pay for them. This is critical, but it's not pretty...

February 28, 2014William G. Gale

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

How Does Dave Camp Pay for Individual Tax Cuts? By Raising Revenue from Corporations

Key elements of the tax code rewrite proposed yesterday by House Ways & Means Committee Chair Dave Camp (R-MI) came straight from the playbook of...

February 27, 2014Joseph Rosenberg

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Camp Defines Private Equity as a Business, Would Boost Taxes on Carried Interest

In the tax reform roadmap he released yesterday, House Ways & Means Committee Chair Dave Camp (R-MI) targeted the trillion dollar private equity industry. Not...

February 27, 2014Steven M. Rosenthal

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Dave Camp’s Tax Plan: A Brave Start But Lots of Gimmicks

Give House Ways & Means Committee Chair Dave Camp (R-MI) all the credit in the world for years of hard work developing his tax reform...

February 26, 2014Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Incoming Senate Finance Chair Wyden Outlines His Tax Agenda

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), about to become the new chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said Friday that he aims to eventually rewrite what he...

February 10, 2014Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Tax Policy is MIA in the State of the Union

When it comes to tax policy, President Obama’s State of the Union address last night was a model of modesty. There was little new. And,...

January 29, 2014Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Rethinking Homeownership Subsidies

Tax expenditures for homeownership, such as deductions for mortgage interest and property taxes and the partial exclusion for capital gains on the sale of a...

January 6, 2014Benjamin H. Harris

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Finance Chairman In-Waiting Ron Wyden Is A Tax Reformer

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), who is poised to become the new chair of the Senate Finance Committee, is the sponsor of a major tax reform...

December 26, 2013Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

TheTaxVox 2013 Lump of Coal Award: Wait ‘Til Next Year Edition

Tax Vox proudly announces its seventh annual Lump of Coal Award for the worst tax and fiscal policies of 2013. The year was a curious...

December 23, 2013Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Analyzing Taxes and Transfers Together

Government redistributes income through tax and spending programs. Nearly everyone pays some tax – be it federal or state income taxes, payroll taxes, or sales...

December 5, 2013Elaine Maag