TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Federal Budget and Economy

The IRS Thinks Big About How To Spend $80 Billion

April 11, 2023 –
The Internal Revenue Service has taken a major step forward with its release of a plan detailing how the agency will invest the ten-year $80...
Individual Taxes

Venmo, The $600 Threshold, And You: What’s An (Honest) Taxpayer To Do?

April 5, 2023 –
Without better outreach and communication from the IRS, the new $600 reporting threshold might drive more otherwise law-abiding taxpayers to work around the reporting rule.
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Federal Budget and Economy

The President’s Budget Priorities Still Don’t Change Its Long-Term Trajectory

April 4, 2023 –
Like all presidential budgets, President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 proposals reflect the priorities he would set for the nation. As in prior years, Biden would...
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Individual Taxes

Biden’s Child Tax Proposal Would Help Many But Presents Administrative Challenges

March 31, 2023 –
President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget would revive 2021’s enhanced child tax credit (CTC) with some new twists that seek to make the credit work...
Federal Budget and Economy

A Rundown of Biden’s Proposed Changes To The Taxation Of Foreign Income

March 31, 2023 –
As expected, President Biden’s 2024 proposed budget included several changes to the tax treatment of foreign income. Although prior attempts to rewrite these tax rules...
Individual Taxes

$4 Trillion In US Wealth Is Stashed Overseas, Much Of It In Tax Havens

March 28, 2023 –
$4 Trillion In US Wealth Is Stashed Overseas, Much Of It In Tax Havens A handful of extremely wealthy US taxpayers holds trillions of dollars...
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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...