TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Cost of the Bush Tax Cuts, and What It Might Mean

September 10, 2015 –
While GOP presidential hopeful Jeb Bush has been reluctant to describe his tax plan as a tax cut, economists close to him have not. And newly-...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Bush’s tax plan: Something old, something new

September 9, 2015 –
Jeb Bush has put forth a tax plan that is ambitious in design, comprehensive in scope, and fairly detailed for this stage of the campaign. In...
Federal Budget and Economy

Jeb Bush’s Tax Plan: High Marks for Transparency But Key Questions Remain

September 9, 2015 –
At first glance, GOP presidential hopeful Jeb Bush’s tax reform plan is a standard lower-the-rates, broaden-the-base overhaul of the revenue code...
Federal Budget and Economy

Five Tax Stories To Watch in What Will Be a Wild Fall in Congress and on the Campaign Trail

September 8, 2015 –
Congress is back. Fiscal deadlines loom. Presidential candidates have tax plans to propose. It isn’t clear how much lawmakers will accomplish in the...
Individual Taxes

Why Individual Tax Revenues Will Grow Even If Congress Doesn’t Raise Taxes

September 3, 2015 –
The other day, I wrote about new Congressional Budget Office estimates that individual income tax revenues are likely to grow significantly over the...
Individual Taxes

The Case of the Unreturned Call for Tax Code Simplicity

September 2, 2015 –
So far, at least 22 people are running for president. Only three have released detailed tax plans, but nearly all call for more simplicity—perhaps so...
Business Taxes

Could a Carbon Tax Prevent The Catastrophic Consequences of Climate Change That Obama Fears?

September 1, 2015 –
In recent days, President Obama has painted the risks of climate change in apocalyptic terms. Speaking in Anchorage, AK on Monday, Obama warned that...
Federal Budget and Economy

CBO Sees a Big Increase in Individual Income Tax Revenues Over the Next Decade

August 27, 2015 –
In its semi-annual fiscal update released this week, the Congressional Budget Office projects that federal revenues will remain flat over the next...
Bush panel
Business Taxes

Should College Endowments Be Taxed?

August 25, 2015 –
Last week, the often-provocative Victor Fleischer rocked the higher education world with a New York Times op-ed that accused universities of hoarding...
Individual Taxes

Scott Walker’s Replacement for the ACA Would Leave Many Uninsured

August 20, 2015 –
GOP presidential hopeful Scott Walker’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act is built on a controversial framework of tax subsidies that Walker...