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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Making tax shelters great again!

September 9, 2016 –
Donald Trump would permit businesses to immediately expense new investment . As a result, they could deduct the full cost of plant and equipment at...
State and Local Issues

For whom the interstate tolls: It may toll differently for thee

September 7, 2016 –
Our family spent the final days of summer on a road trip from our Michigan home through Canada, New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Twenty-four total hours in a minivan with one husband, two kids, and a large dog can drive a woman to… think, a lot, about efficiency and fairness.
Individual Taxes

Most Americans Pay More Payroll Tax Than Income Tax

September 6, 2016 –
Americans agonize each spring over their annual federal income tax returns. In terms of how much tax they pay, however, they should worry more about...
Individual Taxes

Goodlatte’s Internet Tax Bill Is No Solution

September 1, 2016 –
Goodlatte’s Internet tax Bill Is No Solution The other day, House Judiciary Committee Chair Bob Goodlate (R-VA) proposed his latest version of a bill to...
Business Taxes

Could the EU’s Apple Tax Reboot Corporate Tax Reform in the US?

August 30, 2016 –
For years, corporate tax reform in the US has been dead in the water, in part because of deep disagreements within the American business community...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Donald Trump’s tax proposals could double the trade deficit

August 29, 2016 –
Republican presidential contender Donald Trump often expresses dismay about the US trade deficit, which he ties to the loss of good paying middle class jobs.
Business Taxes

Who Owns Pass-Through Businesses, And Who Would Benefit From Trump’s Plan To Cut Their Taxes?

August 25, 2016 –
Donald Trump’s proposal to cut the tax rate to 15 percent for pass-through businesses such as partnerships and S corporations would overwhelmingly benefit high-income taxpayers...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Why Trump should release his tax returns

August 24, 2016 –
Yesterday, former IRS Commissioner Fred Goldberg (who held top tax positions in the administrations of both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush)
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Clinton Proposes Tax Simplification for Small Business

August 23, 2016 –
Hillary Clinton has proposed a package of measures , including some important tax changes, aimed at making life easier for small businesses. They aren’t especially...
Individual Taxes

Who benefits from health-care related tax expenditures?

August 22, 2016 –
In 2015 , the federal government spent over $980 billion on health care, of which $260 billion – 27% – was through the tax code...
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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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