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Individual Taxes

Who benefits from tax expenditures?

September 28, 2016 –
Individual tax expenditures reduced federal revenues by $1.168 trillion in 2015, according to new estimates by the Tax Policy Center. And the biggest share of...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Last Night's Debate Highlighted Trump's and Clinton’s Competing Visions of Taxes

September 26, 2016 –
While neither candidate said much new about taxes in last night’s presidential debate, both clearly described their vastly different visions of tax policy. It was...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Five tax policy questions for tonight’s presidential debate

September 26, 2016 –
Lester Holt, the moderator for tonight’s presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, announced the debate’s topics last week: America’s direction, achieving prosperity, and...
State and Local Issues

Can regional financing help central cities?

September 22, 2016 –
For all the buzz about urban revival and city economic health, it’s not all about trendy small plate restaurants or abandoned factories-turned-coworking spaces. Central cities...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Trump’s Childcare Tax Breaks Would Mostly Benefit Families Who Need Them the Least

September 21, 2016 –
With great fanfare, Donald Trump has proposed a new plan to help families pay for child care . However, the proposal, which is a revised...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Long Strange Journey of Donald Trump and Partnership Taxes

September 20, 2016 –
In my many years of writing about tax policy, I have never seen anything quite like the ongoing affair of Donald Trump and business taxes...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

TPC and Wharton partner to score major tax plans

September 16, 2016 –
The Tax Policy Center and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania are collaborating to analyze the economic effects of major tax proposals. This...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Trump’s Ever-Changing Tax Plan Changes Again

September 15, 2016 –
Last year, Donald Trump proposed an extremely aggressive plan that would have distributed big tax cuts to all Americans (but especially to the highest-income households)...
Individual Taxes

Who benefits from tax subsidies for home ownership?

September 14, 2016 –
For decades, Congress has generally used tax subsidies and direct spending to encourage home ownership . For example, the tax code allows itemizers to deduct...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

How Dead Citrus Trees Beat Tax Reform Every Time

September 13, 2016 –
Here is why tax reform is so hard: In June, House Republicans released their “Better Way”...
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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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