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Warren’s Medicare For All “Employer Medicare Contribution” Is A Distortionary And Regressive Tax

November 5, 2019 –
On Friday, Elizabeth Warren released her financing plan for Medicare for All . It is predictably wonky and politically courageous—new spending is way more popular...
Federal Budget and Economy

Revisions To Revenue Projections Suggest That The TCJA Cost More Than Expected

November 5, 2019 –
Last week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a letter that reviewed how its revenue forecasts have declined over the past two years. While we...

Understanding Warren’s Medicare For All Employer Tax

November 1, 2019 –
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has, as promised, released a plan to pay for her Medicare for All health insurance plan. She has come up...

Treasury Keeps Obama Administration Earnings Stripping Regulations, But Limits Them

November 1, 2019 –
Yesterday, the Treasury Department announced it would keep, but limit, an important tool added by the Obama Administration to stem tax-driven corporate inversions: the regulations...
Individual Taxes

A Wealth Tax Will Encourage More Spending By The Rich—And Maybe More Political Donations

October 31, 2019 –
Whatever else they do, the wealth taxes proposed by senators and Democratic presidential hopefuls Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will encourage the very...

The Death Tax Isn’t So Scary for States

October 30, 2019 –
If there is a Halloween-themed tax it’s got to be the death tax (the poll-tested moniker for estate taxes). And the estate tax has scared...
State and Local Issues

Colorado and Texas Voters Face Big Tax Questions This Year

October 28, 2019 –
Like most states, Colorado and Texas do not have legislative or gubernatorial elections in 2019. Still, their voters are facing tricky, and potentially far-reaching, tax...
Individual Taxes

Where Can Warren Get $32 Trillion To Pay For Her Government Health Plan?

October 25, 2019 –
Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren says she’ll disclose her plan to pay for universal, public health care within the “next few weeks.” But finding the money won't be easy.
Federal Budget and Economy

Saez and Zucman Say Everything You Thought You Knew About Tax Policy Is Wrong

October 23, 2019 –
A new book by economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay,...
Individual Taxes

The Story Of Medicare For All And Taxes Is Complex, But Warren And Sanders Have To Tell It

October 17, 2019 –
In a new report, my Urban Institute colleagues have estimated that a full-blown Medicare for All plan would increase federal government healthcare spending by a...
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A Proposal to Reform the Taxation of Corporate Income

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June 17, 2016

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