TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Individual Taxes

Why Does It Cost $230 Billion to Repeal Health Reform?

January 7, 2011 –
Last spring, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the new health legislation would reduce the deficit by $143 billion over ten years. Yesterday, CBO estimated...
Individual Taxes

The Biggest Tax Problem Facing Households and the IRS is…The Tax Code

January 6, 2011 –
Each year for the past decade, Nina Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate at the Internal Revenue Service, has issued a report to Congress on the...

The Biggest Tax Problem Facing Households and the IRS is…The Tax Code

January 6, 2011 –
Each year for the past decade, Nina Olsen, the National Taxpayer Advocate at the Internal Revenue Service, has issued a report to Congress on the...
Individual Taxes

Tax Vox’s Fearless Predictions for 2011

January 4, 2011 –
The battle lines, as they say, have been drawn. In his radio address last Saturday, President Obama said his goal for 2011 is to “do...

Tax Vox’s Fearless Predictions for 2011

January 4, 2011 –
The battle lines, as they say, have been drawn. In his radio address last Saturday, President Obama said his goal for 2011 is to "do everything I can...
Individual Taxes

To Our Readers: TaxVox Has Moved to a New Platform

December 30, 2010 –
TaxVox regulars might notice we’re celebrating the New Year by moving to a new blog platform (it’s not exactly bubbly and caviar, but we are...
Individual Taxes

Tax Reform Won’t Happen in 2011 (or 2012)

December 28, 2010 –
Much as I hate to write these words, tax reform isn’t going to happen in the coming year, or even in the year after that...
Individual Taxes

The Tax Vox 2010 Lump of Coal Award, Job-Killing Edition

December 23, 2010 –
It's time for Tax Vox's fourth annual Lump of Coal Award, given to 2010's worst moments in fiscal policy. Bad law, outrageous rhetoric, and months...
Individual Taxes

Obama-GOP Compromise Tax Plan on TPC's Tax Calculator

December 22, 2010 –
In a flurry of lame-duck activity, Congress quickly passed the Obama-GOP compromise tax plan and the president signed it into law. TPC has incorporated the...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

How the Tax Deal Helps Manhattan Real Estate Developers In the Name of 9/11

December 21, 2010 –
Why is Congress continuing to subsidize lower Manhattan real estate developers nearly a decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center? While...