TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

TPC Receives A Major Gift From Bob Pozen, Establishes the Pozen Director’s Chair

May 4, 2015 –
I am delighted to announce a major new endowment gift for the Tax Policy Center from Robert C. Pozen. His gift will establish the Pozen Director’s...
State and Local Issues

Can States Boost Growth By Cutting Top Individual Tax Rates?

May 4, 2015 –
States can generate powerful economic growth by cutting income tax rates. That, at least, is the theory behind a recent wave of tax cuts, or proposed...

Not So Fast, No, No, and… No.

May 1, 2015 –
Alabama’s Senate Budget Committee taps the brakes on a state flat tax plan. The panel delayed a vote on a bill that would cut the state’s personal...

Plans, Priorities and Promises

April 30, 2015 –
The GOP calls for Affordable Care Act repeal in its budget resolution. The 10-year plan would cut planned spending by more than $5 trillion, retain...
Individual Taxes

ACA Tax Filing Was Surprisingly Painless, But Not For All

April 29, 2015 –
It turns out that the first year of tax filing for people who have Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies was a lot easier than the first...

Deals, Deferrals, and Saving

April 28, 2015 –
The GOP is putting the finishing touches on the first budget resolution in a decade. The Hill reports that an agreement could be voted on by the end...
Individual Taxes

A Small But Important Change in Retirement Savings Rules

April 27, 2015 –
Earlier this year, the Obama Administration proposed a small and almost unnoticed change in retirement savings rules that could be a big help to...
Business Taxes

Could a Carbon Tax Finance Corporate Rate Cuts?

April 23, 2015 –
How about using revenue from a carbon tax to help pay for corporate tax rate cuts? That’s the idea proposed yesterday by Rep. John Delaney (D-MD)...

On Some States of Business Taxation and a US Carbon Tax Swap

April 23, 2015 –
In Nevada, the GOP governor ’ s $1 billion business tax hike wins support. The state senate passed Governor Brian Sandoval’s plan to shift the state’...

Revenues and Rate Hikes: What’s an Elected Official to Do?

April 22, 2015 –
There’s a revenue surge in California. The state is exceeding its 2013 tax collections and beating 2014 forecasts. The Franchise Tax Board netted $7...