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Individual Taxes

How To Turn Tax Refunds Into Savings

February 22, 2019 –
The ongoing flap over tax refunds has once again highlighted a serious issue: Americans use tax withholding from their paychecks as a major savings tool...

Tax Increases Encourage Lower Earners and Wives To Retire Early

February 21, 2019 –
Imagine a husband or wife near retirement age. Their tax rates go up. What do they do? I’ve published a new study, along with Kevin...

Tackling Stock Buybacks: Too Little, Too Late from Foreign Investors

February 21, 2019 –
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) lowered taxes for US corporations, with the stated goal of creating jobs throughout the US . In...
Individual Taxes

Better Than Flowers And Chocolate: TPC Releases Its Updated Marriage Penalty and Bonus Calculator

February 14, 2019 –
Just in time for Valentine’s Day! Before you ask your beloved to marry you tonight, you might want to check out the Tax Policy Center’s...
Individual Taxes

It’s About Your Total Tax Liability, Not Your Refund

February 12, 2019 –
People, if you want to know whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was good for you or not, stop obsessing about the size...

Congress Should Request The President’s Tax Returns

February 8, 2019 –
I testified before the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight yesterday on whether presidents, vice presidents, and candidates for these offices should disclose their tax...
Federal Budget and Economy

A Green New Deal Would Cost A Lot Of Green

February 7, 2019 –
The Green New Deal is the big new thing among progressive Democrats. Until today, it has been little more than a four words (much like...
Individual Taxes

Can Harris And Booker’s Plans Help Poor People Avoid Eviction?

February 7, 2019 –
Remember Evicted , Matthew Desmond’s harrowing account of the housing travails of low-income families in Milwaukee? Undoubtedly senators (and presidential hopefuls) Cory Booker and Kamala...
Federal Budget and Economy

America, We Have A Problem: The IRS Brain Drain

February 6, 2019 –
The ill-fated Apollo 13 space mission is a metaphor for a problem facing the country today: The IRS staffing crisis. But there are a couple of key differences, and they have nothing to do with the absence of Tom Hanks.
Individual Taxes

How Government Tax And Transfer Policy Promotes Wealth Inequality

February 5, 2019 –
Federal tax and spending policies are worsening the problem of economic inequality. But the tax breaks that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy are only part of...
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A Proposal to Reform the Taxation of Corporate Income

  • Alan Viard
Eric Toder, Alan Viard
June 17, 2016

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