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Federal Budget and Economy

Biden’s Budget Would Raise Taxes On High-Income Households, Cut Them For Many Others

March 23, 2023 –
The revenue provisions of President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget would lower after-tax incomes by an average of about $2,300 next year, according to a...
State and Local Issues

State Revenue Forecasts Look Bleak as Revenue Boom Subsides

March 14, 2023 –
States saw robust tax revenue growth in fiscal years 2021 and 2022, largely caused by federal and state policy actions. But forecasts now look much...
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State and Local Issues

Viewing ARPA Aid for States and Localities Through a Great Recession Lens

March 14, 2023 –
As the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) celebrated its two-year anniversary on March 11, some applauded a law that sped an economic recovery while others...
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Business Taxes

Stock Buyback Excise Taxes: What We Know And Don’t Know

March 10, 2023 –
Companies now spend more than a $1 trillion annually to repurchase their stock, in lieu of paying higher dividends to their shareholders, or investing more...
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Federal Budget and Economy

A First Look At The Revenue Provisions Of Biden’s 2024 Budget

March 9, 2023 –
A First Look At The Revenue Provisions Of Biden’s 2024 Budget President Biden’s 2024 budget would raise taxes by more than $4.5 trillion over the...

What Paul Krugman Gets Wrong About Social Security

March 6, 2023 –
People may disagree about whether to raise taxes or limit the growth of benefits to extend the solvency of the Social Security trust funds. But...
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Individual Taxes

Biden May Propose Using Net Investment Income Tax Revenues to Shore Up Medicare

March 2, 2023 –
President Biden may propose allocating revenue from the 2010 Affordable Care Act’s Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) to maintain solvency of Medicare’s Part A Hospital...
Federal Budget and Economy

Proposed FairTax Rate Would Add Trillions to Deficits Over Ten Years

March 1, 2023 –
In a deal that secured Kevin McCarthy the speakership, House Republicans plan to vote on the FairTax Act of 2023 (H.R. 25), which would...
Individual Taxes

Taxes, Scholarships, And A College Freshman: No Such Thing As Free Money

March 1, 2023 –
Depending on their use, college scholarships may have tax consequences. But should they, given the many subsidies for college costs built into the tax code?
Federal Budget and Economy

Breaching The Debt Limit Risks Hurting Children

February 22, 2023 –
In a year when child poverty has risen substantially following the expiration of temporary tax benefits, Washington intransigence over raising the debt ceiling could put...
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The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

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

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