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Individual Taxes

The IRS Misses Its Deadline For Completing A Plan To Spend $80 Billion In New Money

February 22, 2023 –
Yes, I’ve known for months that my taxes are due by April 18. But I’m changing tax preparers. And I’m really busy at work. And...
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Individual Taxes

What is the inflation adjustment for taxes in 2023?

February 17, 2023 –
Inflation last year reached its highest level in the United States since 1981. As a result, the IRS announced the largest inflation adjustment for individual...
Biden delivering his 2023 state of the union address to a joint session of Congress
Federal Budget and Economy

CBO: $19 Trillion In New Debt Over The Next Decade, Mostly From Programs Nobody Will Cut

February 16, 2023 –
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the national debt will increase by $19 trillion over the next decade under current law, $3 trillion more than it...
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Federal Budget and Economy

Monitoring the IRS Commissioner Confirmation Hearing? TPC’s Writings Can Help You Prep

February 14, 2023 –
Valentine’s Day might not be too festive for Danny Werfel this year. He’s got what will probably be the most difficult test of his professional...
Individual Taxes

Marriage Costs Black Couples More Than White Couples At Tax Time

February 14, 2023 –
Most years, the Tax Policy Center celebrates Valentine Day with a whimsical analysis of the costs and benefits—tax-wise—of marriage. What’s new this year is that...
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Individual Taxes

Providing Changemakers The Data They Need To Tackle Racial Inequities In The US Tax Code

February 13, 2023 –
The Internal Revenue Service does not ask tax filers about their race and ethnicity . But the US tax code can still widen racial income...
Federal Budget and Economy

Congress’s Medicare Financing Mess is Bigger Than You Think

February 6, 2023 –
While Congress talks about the federal debt, it’s still hesitating to deal with one major source of rising deficits—Medicare—that it can’t avoid much longer. Medicare’s...
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves gives his State of the State address
State and Local Issues

Three State Tax Cut Lessons for 2023

February 2, 2023 –
The past two years were a great time to make state tax policy. Booming revenue collections combined with hundreds of billions of dollars from Congress...
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Federal Budget and Economy

The Effects Of Using New Tax Revenue To Shore Up Medicare’s Finances

February 1, 2023 –
How could new tax revenues ease Medicare’s substantial financial pressures? And how would those tax hikes affect federal revenues and the distribution of tax burdens...

Extra! Extra! Should Local News Organizations Get Tax Breaks?

February 1, 2023 –
Tax breaks for struggling local newspapers might sound reasonable, even righteous. But legislative efforts nationally and at the state level have yet to succeed. Why?
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Brief

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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