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unemployment benefits

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Why Progressivity in Tax Policy Is Not A Simple Matter

Policymakers and even policy analysts often consider the progressivity of specific proposals independently from the broader systems in which they operate. Consequently, they often leave...
October 20, 2021C. Eugene Steuerle
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Congress Missed the Mark When It Made Some Unemployment Benefits Tax-Free But Reduced Future Assistance

When Congress enacted the American Rescue Plan (ARP), it included an implicit deal: It agreed to reduce the level of additional future weekly federal unemployment...
March 31, 2021C. Eugene SteuerleGordon B. MerminNoah Zwiefel
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Are The American Rescue Plan’s Tax Cliffs Really Such A Big Deal?

Are American Rescue Plan’s Tax Cliffs Really Such A Big Deal? Economists hate cliffs. But the tax cliffs in the ARP may not be so bad.
March 23, 2021Howard Gleckman
: TaxVox

Biden's Huge Pandemic Relief Plan Would Cut Taxes for Low- and Moderate-Income Households

President-elect Joe Biden proposed a new $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan last night that would substantially cut taxes for low- and moderate-income households, especially those...
January 15, 2021Howard Gleckman
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

COVID-19 And The Collapsing Job Market

How rapidly is the economy collapsing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic? In just the past four weeks, total weekly unemployment insurance claims were...
April 16, 2020Lucy DadayanDonnie Charleston
: TaxVox

The CARES Act Boost In Unemployment Benefits Is Likely To Cost More Than Congress Projects. That’s a Feature, Not A Bug

The Coranavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act expansion of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits is likely to cost far more than Congress’s original estimate...
April 9, 2020Benjamin R. Page