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Business Taxes

The Energy Tax Policy Conundrum: Do We Want To Reduce Fossil Fuel Prices Or Increase Them?

April 7, 2022 –
State and federal lawmakers are debating an extraordinary range of often-contradictory energy-related tax changes. These inconsistencies have existed for years, but they rarely have been...
Individual Taxes

Hey Tax Filers: There’s (At Least) One Thing You Should Know…

April 6, 2022 –
How do ten TPC experts answer this simple question: “What is the single most important thing an average filer should know about tax policy, and why?”

How Much Will People Save From Maryland’s Gas Tax Holiday? Not Much

April 5, 2022 –
In response to rising gas prices, Maryland suspended its gas tax for 30 days. Connecticut and Georgia also have created gas tax holidays and lawmakers...

Happy Birthday, TPC

April 1, 2022 –
On April 1, 2002, a press release announced, “The Tax Policy Center, a new joint venture between the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution” was...

The Winners and Losers of Rising Oil Prices

April 1, 2022 –
With gasoline prices spiking, many state legislatures are debating whether to suspend gas taxes in an effort to provide some relief to consumers. But higher...
Individual Taxes

Biden’s New Taxes for Billionaires: One Is Hard, One Is Easy

March 31, 2022 –
This week, President Biden proposed two new taxes on the very rich. A minimum income tax that Biden calls a billionaire tax but would in...
Individual Taxes

The Many Ways To Tax The Rich

March 31, 2022 –
How to tax the rich? Let us count the ways. New taxes on capital income? Higher income tax rates? A wealth tax? Some mash-up of...
Federal Budget and Economy

How the TCJA Affected the Housing Market

March 30, 2022 –
When the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was enacted, critics claimed that reducing the tax subsidy for mortgage interest would hurt home values ...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Will Congress Turn Democratic Tax Hikes Into Bipartisan Tax Cuts?

March 24, 2022 –
A funny thing happened to the trillions of dollars of proposed tax increases on corporations and high-income households that were high on the agendas of...
Business Taxes

Petroleum Profit Tax Would Be Efficient and Progressive

March 21, 2022 –
The recent oil price spike has triggered many calls for a temporary windfall profit tax (WPT) on the oil industry, which the US last imposed...
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Brief

The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

Daniel Hemel, Janet Holtzblatt, Steven M. Rosenthal
February 22, 2022

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