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Individual Taxes

Georgia’s “Unborn Child” Deduction is Complicated and Ineffective

August 8, 2022 –
On Monday, the Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR) released guidance for unborn children newly eligible for the state’s existing dependent deduction. Making unborn children eligible...
Individual Taxes

Improving the IRS National Research Program

August 8, 2022 –
Alas, it takes a potential scandal to bring attention to a government program in need of reform. In this case, it’s the intense individual income...
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Business Taxes

The Cost of Fighting Climate Change: More Drilling

August 4, 2022 –
Last week’s surprise budget deal, which includes about $370 billion in measures to combat global climate change, was sealed with improved terms for US oil...

Could Crypto Mining Taxes in The US Help Save The Planet, Or Is There an Easier Way?

August 3, 2022 –
Crypto mining requires a lot of energy. Should crypto miners in the US face heavier regulation of their energy use, pay a tax on their electricity use, or receive tax incentives for using renewable energy?
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Business Taxes

Putting JCT’s Score of the Inflation Reduction Act Into Context

August 2, 2022 –
Recent analysis by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) shows the impact of several tax pieces included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The...
Individual Taxes

Cryptocurrency Is Primarily An Investment, Not Money. It Should Be Taxed That Way

August 1, 2022 –
Senators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have proposed exempting cryptocurrency transactions of $50 or less from capital gains taxes. While it seems like...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

What You Need To Know About The Manchin-Schumer Climate and Tax Compromise

July 28, 2022 –
What You Need To Know About The Manchin-Schumer Compromise After more than a year of often-fraught negotiations, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) says he has agreed...
Business Taxes

How Much Do Tax-Exempt Organizations Benefit from Tax Exemption on Their Income?

July 27, 2022 –
A relatively small number of non-profit organizations where revenues exceed expenses save as much as $21 billion in taxes annually, new research by Nathan Born...
Federal Budget and Economy

Joe Manchin Pulled The Plug On Tax Increases. What Happens Next?

July 19, 2022 –
Joe Manchin Pulled The Plug On Tax Increases. What Happens Next? Conservative Democrat Joe Manchin (D-WV) may have effectively sealed the fate of President Biden’s...
Individual Taxes

The Tax Hound

July 15, 2022 –
Tax policy isn't just for economists, lawyers, or policymakers. Taxes affect us all and The Tax Hound engages the rest of us in interesting conversations about what government taxes, and why.
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Brief

The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

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

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