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Business Taxes

Expanding The Net Investment Tax Mostly Would Target Households Making $1 Million or More

July 14, 2022 –
Scrambling for a politically acceptable way to raise revenue to pay for a scaled-down social spending and climate bill, Senate Democrats are considering a plan...
Individual Taxes

Can Machine Learning Improve Tax Enforcement Without Human Teachers?

July 14, 2022 –
When it comes to tax enforcement, I used to believe the Internal Revenue Service could never have too much information. But the agency already collects...
Business Taxes

One Strong Global Minimum Tax Beats Two Weak Ones

July 8, 2022 –
According to recent news reports, Congressional Democrats are considering watered-down versions of two measures from last year’s Build Back Better Act . The alternative minimum...
Individual Taxes

Let the Child Tax Credit Work

July 7, 2022 –
Congress has a chance to reduce child poverty by about one-third by making permanent the Child Tax Credit (CTC) that was in effect during 2021...
Business Taxes

What Do The Political Parties Think About A Gas Tax Holiday? It Depends On Who Proposes It

July 6, 2022 –
Looking for a case study of our hyper-partisan politics? No need to search any further than your local gas pump. The ongoing debate in Washington...
State and Local Issues

Taxes, Religion, And Education: How Much Are We Willing to Pay for Choice?

July 6, 2022 –
In the courts and legislatures, advocates are pressing to require state and local governments to pay for religious schools... Are residents prepared for one possible consequence: Less money available for public schools?

How Should the US Tax Petroleum Profits?

June 27, 2022 –
Ballooning oil company profits have produced a volley of “windfall profit tax” proposals. How well would their different provisions meet the near-term US policy goals...

Beyer’s Steep Gun Tax Might Curb Some Very Lethal Weapons, But It Has Gaps

June 23, 2022 –
In response to two recent mass shootings, Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) introduced a bill that would impose a 1,000 percent excise tax on certain guns...
State and Local Issues

Better Ways to Use Synthetic Controls to Model State and Local Tax Policy

June 22, 2022 –
The synthetic control method (SCM) is a relatively new and valuable tool that makes it possible to measure state or local policy against a theoretical...
Business Taxes

A Federal Gas Tax Holiday Is A Terrible Idea

June 22, 2022 –
President Biden is proposing a three-month federal gasoline tax holiday. He may want to appear to be doing something to address high inflation, which is both an economic concern...
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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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