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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

What the GOP Platform Says About Taxes

July 19, 2016 –
What the GOP Platform Says About Taxes The Republican platform approved yesterday by the GOP convention is an attempt to merge standard party views on...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Trump's tax plan is twice as costly as Reagan’s

July 19, 2016 –
Donald Trump has proposed a series of tax cuts that would reduce federal revenue by $9.5 trillion over the next decade and add $11.2 trillion...
Individual Taxes

What Tax Brackets Are Americans In?

July 18, 2016 –
The federal government imposes individual income taxes at seven rates, ranging from 10 percent up to 39.6 percent. But for all the attention policymakers pay...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Trump's huge tax cuts

July 18, 2016 –
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s tax plan would slash taxes for individuals and businesses.
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Trump’s choice for VP, Mike Pence, is an experienced tax cutter

July 15, 2016 –
Donald Trump’s choice for vice president, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, has only run the state since 2013 but he’s already built a reputation as a...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Imagining Trump And Clinton Fiscal Policy In An Era of Growing Government Debt

July 12, 2016 –
The Congressional Budget Office’s long term budget outlook is a curious document. On one hand, a 30-year fiscal forecast will almost certainly be wrong. But...
Individual Taxes

A Closer Look At Those Who Pay No Income Or Payroll Taxes

July 11, 2016 –
The Tax Policy Center has updated its estimate of the percentage of Americans who pay no federal individual income taxes. And the number is: 44...
Business Taxes

Should Drugmakers Be Allowed To Avoid Taxes on Their Profits From An Alzheimer’s Drug?

July 8, 2016 –
In one of the most misguided ideas I’ve heard in a long time, two congressmen have introduced a bill to make profits from the sale...
Federal Budget and Economy

The Federal Government on Autopilot: Mandatory Spending and the Entitlement Crisis

July 7, 2016 –
Yesterday, I testified before a House Judiciary Committee Task Force on the risks of having so much of government on auto-pilot. Through permanent, automatic, and...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Swapping The Employer Share of The Payroll Tax For a Consumption Tax

July 6, 2016 –
Would you be willing to swap a new, broad-based consumption tax for your employer’s share of the Social Security and Medicare payroll tax? According to...
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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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