TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Individual Taxes

Not All Taxes on the Rich Are Created Equal

March 14, 2012 –
In the face of growing income inequality and big budget deficits, some political leaders and commentators are showing a growing interest in raising taxes on...
Individual Taxes

Gas Prices Are Too Low

March 13, 2012 –
GOP presidential candidates are blasting President Obama for not lowering the price of gasoline. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) doesn’t stop there. He claims Obama is...
Federal Budget and Economy

How Will Romney Pay for His Tax Cuts?

March 8, 2012 –
Mitt Romney has proposed massive new tax cuts and promised to balance the federal budget. How will he achieve these seemingly contradictory goals? For now,...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Two Good New Books on Tax Reform

March 6, 2012 –
If you are interested in a serious but accessible look at my favorite topic—tax reform—check out two new books. One, The Benefit and the Burden...
Federal Budget and Economy

Romney 2.0: Generous Tax Cuts, But How Will He Pay for Them?

March 1, 2012 –
The Tax Policy Center has updated its analysis of Mitt Romney’s platform to reflect his proposed new tax cuts. And the result: Lower taxes for...
Individual Taxes

Cutting Tax Rates by 20 Percent Could Add $3 Trillion to the Deficit Over a Decade

February 29, 2012 –
Last week, Mitt Romney proposed a new tax plan that would, among other things, reduce individual tax rates by 20 percent across the board and...
Individual Taxes

Growing Consensus on Corporate Tax Reform? Not So Much

February 28, 2012 –
At first glance, it looked like President Obama and congressional Republicans were miraculously headed in the same direction on corporate tax reform. Reform plans by...
Federal Budget and Economy

Playing Favorites in the Corporate Tax Code

February 24, 2012 –
The President’s new Framework for Business Tax Reform is two documents in one. The first diagnoses the many flaws in America’s business tax system, and...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Most GOP Presidential Candidates Would Increase the Deficit

February 23, 2012 –
Republican Presidential candidates say--all the time--that they hate budget deficits. A linchpin of each of their campaigns is a promise to slash government and eliminate...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Mitt Romney’s Challenge

February 23, 2012 –
Mitt Romney has added a new plank to his campaign tax platform : Cut all ordinary tax rates by a fifth. That would bring the...