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Federal Budget and Economy

Gloom or Doom from CBO

August 23, 2012 –
The Congressional Budget Office’s summer budget update charts two undesirable paths for the nation’s economic and fiscal health next year. Call them Gloom and Doom...
Individual Taxes

TPC’s New Marriage Bonus and Penalty Calculator

August 21, 2012 –
The federal income tax is not neutral when it comes to marriage. Get married and you and your spouse may pay less to Uncle Sam...
Individual Taxes

FAQs about TPC’s Analysis of the Romney Tax Plan

August 16, 2012 –
Tax Policy Center’s analysis of Governor Romney’s tax plan has elicited much comment and misinterpretation. In a new paper , Sam Brown, Bill Gale, and...
Federal Budget and Economy

Ryan’s Goal: Low Taxes and Small Government, not a Balanced Budget

August 14, 2012 –
Paul Ryan is often identified as a deficit hawk. And while he regularly talks about the importance of balanced budgets, that’s not what matters most...
Federal Budget and Economy

The Ryan Budget Plan May Be the New Centerpiece of Campaign 2012

August 13, 2012 –
Already, the Romney campaign insists that voters should pay no attention to Paul Ryan’s fiscal agenda. It is the Romney-Ryan tax and budget plan, they...
State and Local Issues

Tax Reform, Up Close and Personal

August 10, 2012 –
On Monday, I attended my first meeting of the District of Columbia Tax Reform Commission . The independent commission was authorized by the Tax Revision...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Bowles-Simpson and Romney Tax Plans Have Almost Nothing in Common

August 9, 2012 –
In the recent contretemps over Mitt Romney’s tax plan, some Romney partisans have asserted that the Massachusetts governor’s revenue plank mimics the tax elements of...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Understanding TPC's Analysis of Governor Romney's Tax Plan

August 8, 2012 –
The Tax Policy Center’s latest research report went viral last week, drawing attention in the presidential campaign and sparking a constructive discussion of the practical...
Individual Taxes

France Collects a Financial Non-transaction Tax

August 8, 2012 –
Following the 2008 financial sector collapse, Europeans have been slowly moving, somewhat in concert, towards new financial transactions taxes. Last week, France jumped the gun:...
Federal Budget and Economy

Tax-Free Olympic Boodle is Gold Medal Stupidity

August 7, 2012 –
President Obama and conservative GOP senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) agree: Olympic medals and the cash awards that go with them should be tax-exempt. This is...
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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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