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Individual Taxes: TaxVox
On March 3, the Treasury Department put out a press release saying that 2018’s charitable giving “appeared largely unchanged from previous years,” despite a “concern...
March 6, 2020C. Eugene Steuerle
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The Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently agreed that OMB would review many tax regulations before they are released, a...
September 17, 2018Leonard E. Burman
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As warned earlier , Treasury proposed rules to block a state and local tax (SALT) deduction workaround strategy that had been adopted by New York...
August 24, 2018Steven M. Rosenthal
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
The Tax Policy Center is hosting its third annual Symposium in honor of Donald C. Lubick. Given the chaos that defines tax policy these days,...
April 6, 2018C. Eugene Steuerle
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
A few weeks ago, with absolutely no fanfare, the Treasury Department announced what could be a major change in the way we save for retirement. It will now permit people to shift a portion of their 401(k)s or IRAs into a deferred annuity that provides a guaranteed stream of income once you reach old
August 1, 2014Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
The Tax Policy Center has changed the way it calculates income . The new definition, which TPC calls “expanded cash income” or ECI, will raise...
July 25, 2013Howard Gleckman