TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Real 2014 Budget Battle May Be Over Spending, Not Taxes

April 10, 2013 –
President Obama’s 2014 budget arrived two months late and was declared DOA by the House GOP leadership days before they even saw it. Yet, it...
Individual Taxes

An Opportunity to Really Fix Social Security

April 9, 2013 –
The White House has put out the word that President Obama’s budget will propose changing the way government adjusts benefits for Social Security and other...
Individual Taxes

Tax Policy Should Consider New Business, Not Small Business

April 8, 2013 –
Small businesses occupy an iconic place in the public policy debate and benefit from a broad range of tax and spending subsidies. But the economic...
Individual Taxes

How Much Will 2013’s Payroll Tax Hikes Cut Your Take-Home Pay?

April 5, 2013 –
2013 is a tough year if you owe payroll tax, as most of us do. Not only did the 2010 payroll tax cut die at...
Individual Taxes

Moving to a Territorial Tax May Not Be the Windfall Multinationals Expect

April 4, 2013 –
House Republicans, former GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, and the chairs of President Obama’s 2010 fiscal commission, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, have all called...
State and Local Issues

No City is an Island: What the Stockton City Bankruptcy Means (and Doesn’t)

April 3, 2013 –
A few years ago, it was fashionable to compare California, Illinois, or whatever U.S. state was struggling financially to the troubled island nation of Greece...
Individual Taxes

The Economics of Corporate Rate Cuts are More Complicated than Politicians Think

April 2, 2013 –
It is an article of faith at the White House and among some congressional Republicans that while individual tax reform may be off the table...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Hiking Dividend Taxes to Pay for a Corporate Rate Cut

April 1, 2013 –
Finland’s government recently announced a broad fiscal reform package that cuts corporate tax rates—financed in part by higher taxes on corporate dividends. The plan makes...
Federal Budget and Economy

Is This a Good Time to Reform the Mortgage Interest Deduction?

March 28, 2013 –
Housing industry lobbyists often make the case that, whatever you think of the mortgage interest deduction, now would be a terrible time to eliminate or...
Individual Taxes

DOMA’s Tax Hassles for Same-Sex Couples

March 26, 2013 –
The annual income tax season is no fun for any of us but it can be a lot worse for same-sex couples in California, Nevada,...