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The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

How Should the US Tax Petroleum Profits?

June 27, 2022 –
Ballooning oil company profits have produced a volley of “windfall profit tax” proposals. How well would their different provisions meet the near-term US policy goals...

Beyer’s Steep Gun Tax Might Curb Some Very Lethal Weapons, But It Has Gaps

June 23, 2022 –
In response to two recent mass shootings, Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) introduced a bill that would impose a 1,000 percent excise tax on certain guns...
State and Local Issues

Better Ways to Use Synthetic Controls to Model State and Local Tax Policy

June 22, 2022 –
The synthetic control method (SCM) is a relatively new and valuable tool that makes it possible to measure state or local policy against a theoretical...
Business Taxes

A Federal Gas Tax Holiday Is A Terrible Idea

June 22, 2022 –
President Biden is proposing a three-month federal gasoline tax holiday. He may want to appear to be doing something to address high inflation, which is both an economic concern...

The Year of State Tax Cuts: The Sequel

June 21, 2022 –
Just as movie theaters are full of sequels (Top Gun, Jurassic Park, and Thor), state capitols are also replaying last year’s big hit: tax cuts...
Individual Taxes

Rick Scott Walks Back His Tax Increase Plan...Sort Of

June 10, 2022 –
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), who last February proposed taxing millions of low-income households that currently pay no income tax, has released a new version that...
Individual Taxes

Economic Well-Being Improved in 2021, But Will It Continue?

June 7, 2022 –
Even though jobs are plentiful and wages are up, many families still face a shaky economic outlook. Higher than average inflation, which tends to hit...
Business Taxes

A Problematic Crypto Tax Break Introduced in the Senate

June 7, 2022 –
Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) today unveiled cryptocurrency legislation that seeks to provide regulatory clarity on a range of issues, including taxes...
Business Taxes

The Booming Economy, Not The 2017 Tax Act, Is Fueling Corporate Tax Receipts

June 3, 2022 –
Corporate tax revenues boomed in 2021 and some supporters of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act argue that the big tax reductions in the...
Individual Taxes

New GAO Report Underscores Importance of Better Data To Study Race and Taxes

June 2, 2022 –
While the federal income tax system may appear “colorblind” or race-neutral to some, it can mitigate or exacerbate racial inequities . Unfortunately, the IRS does...
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The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

Daniel Hemel, Janet Holtzblatt, Steven M. Rosenthal
February 22, 2022

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