TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Individual Taxes

Taxes and Energy Policy

September 29, 2011 –
Last week I had the opportunity to testify before two Ways and Means subcommittees--Select Revenue Measures and Oversight--about the way our tax system is used...
Individual Taxes

Small Business and Taxes: Not What You Think

September 27, 2011 –
In the politics of taxation, nothing may be more controversial than the hot-button issue of small business. But important new research by career staffers at...
Federal Budget and Economy

Deadlines, Deadlines, Deadlines

September 25, 2011 –
My latest column for the Christian Science Monitor argues that a slew of budget deadlines will drive policy action this Fall. Case in point, the...
Individual Taxes

Retracting Some Recent Estimates

September 23, 2011 –
On September 21, TPC published several tables ( T11-0359 through 0362 ) that examine how effective tax rates vary within income groups. Those tables were...
Individual Taxes

What Tax Credits Do – or Don’t Do - for Low-Income Families

September 22, 2011 –
Last week, the Census released the official poverty numbers for 2010. The proportion of people in poverty (15.1 percent) reached its second highest point since...
Individual Taxes

Obama’s Buffett Rule: Keep Your Eye on Capital Gains

September 22, 2011 –
President Obama didn’t quite get around to saying so when he rolled out his latest deficit reduction plan on Monday, but his Buffett Rule —that...
Federal Budget and Economy

Debating the Buffett Rule

September 22, 2011 –
On Monday, the Administration released its deficit reduction blueprint . One part of the Administration’s proposal, which has received enormous attention, is that the Joint...
Federal Budget and Economy

On The President's Recommendations to the Joint Select Committee

September 19, 2011 –
Today, President Obama outlined proposals to reduce the medium-term federal budget deficit. His proposal would pay for the $447 billion stimulus package he proposed last...
Federal Budget and Economy

What the Great Budget Debate Is Really About

September 15, 2011 –
Want to know what the Great Budget Debate of 2011 is really about? Ask Congressional Budget Office director Doug Elmendorf (who was a Tax Policy...
Federal Budget and Economy

Obama’s Cap on Tax Deductions: Not What It Seems

September 13, 2011 –
It turns out that President Obama’s plan to limit the benefit of itemized deductions is much more than that. Not only would it reduce tax...