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State and Local Issues

Three Lessons for Policymakers Designing a State Child Tax Credit

March 11, 2024 –
In 2021, the American Rescue Plan (ARP) temporarily but significantly expanded the federal child tax credit (CTC), and child poverty fell from 9.7 percent to...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Biden Lays Out An Ambitious, But Familiar, 2024 Campaign Tax Agenda

March 8, 2024 –
Last night’s State of the Union address probably was President Biden’s last first-term speech to Congress. But it also was his first big-stage re-election campaign...
State and Local Issues

As Congress Debates a More Generous Child Tax Credit, 11 States Already Deliver a Fully Refundable CTC

March 7, 2024 –
A bipartisan tax plan that overwhelmingly passed in the House is now stuck in the Senate in part because of proposed changes to the child...
Business Taxes

A Primer On The OECD’s Global Minimum Tax And How It Could Affect The US

March 5, 2024 –
Following release of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) model global minimum tax rules in December 2021, European Union member states and many...
Business Taxes

Tax Gimmick in a BOXX

March 1, 2024 –
Bloomberg recently reported on an exchange traded fund (ETF) with the ticker symbol BOXX that exploits various tax rules to transform what’s effectively interest income,...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Conservatives Lay Out Their Second Term Trump Tax Policy

February 29, 2024 –
A policy agenda developed by influential conservative groups for a second Donald Trump presidential term already has received attention for its controversial immigration recommendations ...

State Forecasts: Revenues Have Stabilized but Long-Term Questions Remain

February 27, 2024 –
High inflation appears to be giving way to an economic “ soft landing ,” alleviating concerns state forecasters had heading into the current fiscal year...
Individual Taxes

Should Congress Repeal Retirement Savings Tax Subsidies To Shore Up Social Security?

February 14, 2024 –
The Social Security retirement program will be unable to pay full promised benefits in about 10 years. To address this, two highly-respected experts would slash...
Individual Taxes

Conservation Easements Still Cause Consternation

February 14, 2024 –
Tax-wise, conservation easements have been around for decades. They were designed as a tax benefit to encourage the preservation of natural resources, but they’ve also become a popular tax avoidance vehicle. Who benefits most from those tax breaks?
Individual Taxes

SALT Cap Relief For Married Couples Still Favors Wealthier Households

February 8, 2024 –
More than 90 percent of the benefits of a House proposal to temporarily amend the $10,000 cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions would...
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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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