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Individual Taxes

We've Learned The IRS Was Slow To Audit Trump’s Tax Returns. We Need To Know Why

December 22, 2022 –
The two new reports on the IRS’s handling of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns raise more questions than they answer. And the most important...
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Business Taxes

Should Congress Extend Bonus Depreciation?

December 21, 2022 –
Although Congress managed to reach a year-end topline spending agreement, it left many tax questions unanswered heading into 2023. One is considering whether to allow...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

TPC’s Annual Lump Of Coal Awards For The Worst Tax Ideas of 2022

December 21, 2022 –
Welcome to the Tax Policy Center’s annual Lump of Coal Awards for the worst tax ideas of 2022. It was an election year...
Individual Taxes

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly In The Retirement Savings Bill Congress May OK This Week

December 20, 2022 –
The spending bill congressional leaders agreed to early this morning creates significant new incentives for retirement savings and broadly eases rules for withdrawing funds. Like...
Individual Taxes

Options to Improve the Child Tax Credit for Low-Income Families

December 14, 2022 –
Talks on the expansion of the Child Tax Credit appear to have stalled, with a key sticking point being opposition of some lawmakers to making...
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Federal Budget and Economy

Playing Russian Roulette With The Federal Debt

December 13, 2022 –
Congress should eliminate the debt ceiling this year. It serves no useful purpose. It doesn’t contribute to fiscal discipline, and breaching it entails large, potentially,...
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Individual Taxes

Congress Could Save the Day for More Savers (Not Just The Wealthy Ones)

December 8, 2022 –
Congress is considering legislation that may help some low-income workers save. But it may miss a chance to do a little more good by ending a tax benefit that allows the very wealthy to accumulate savings tax-free.
Individual Taxes

Family Security Act 2.0 Child Allowance Would Help Families with Kids, with Drawbacks for Single Parents

December 8, 2022 –
The Family Security Act 2.0 (FSA 2.0) framework introduced this past June by Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Richard Burr (R-NC) emerged...
Individual Taxes

How Will Congress Assess The Success Of Its $80 Billion Investment In The IRS?

December 8, 2022 –
How will we know whether the Inflation Reduction Act’s $80 billion ten-year investment in the Internal Revenue Service is successful? Unfortunately, measuring performance isn’t easy,...

Why TPC Revised Its Estimates Of Business Tax Proposals Pending In the Post-Election Congress

December 7, 2022 –
The Tax Policy Center has revised its estimates of the revenue cost and distributional effects of the business tax cuts included in its analysis of...
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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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