TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Is It a Business Man’s World?

January 14, 2015 –
Corporate tax reform: It wouldn’t affect all businesses. A cut in the corporate tax rate won’t benefit millions of unincorporated businesses, and...
Federal Budget and Economy

Gale and DeLong Debate: Is the Budget Deficit Even a Problem?

January 13, 2015 –
Do deficits, or at least currently projected deficits, matter? It is an age-old question that’s going to get renewed attention in a Congress where...

Here a Tax Cut, There a Tax Cut

January 13, 2015 –
Wisconsin’s Paul Ryan will be House Ways & Means Chair for a while after all. The 2012 GOP Vice-Presidential nominee feels he is “ in a position...

Tax States of the States: Mixed, Murky and Sometimes Mercurial

January 12, 2015 –
Governor LePage wants big tax cuts for Maine. Republican Paul LePage’s new budget proposal would cut the top income tax rate by 2.2 percentage points...

Taxes: To Be Considered, Rejected, or Collected

January 9, 2015 –
The White House plans to release its budget on February 2. It would be the first time since 2010 that the Administration would meet the deadline for...
Federal Budget and Economy

Rep. Goodlatte Would Abolish the Tax Code…and Require a Balanced Budget

January 8, 2015 –
Sometimes, the strangeness on Capitol Hill takes your breath away. Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) introduced three bills as soon as the new...

All's Fair in Love and Taxes... Or Not.

January 8, 2015 –
Et tu, Utah ? GOP leaders want to increase the state’s gasoline tax . The state faces an $11 billion budget gap for transportation projects slated...
Individual Taxes

TPC’s New 2015 Digital Look

January 7, 2015 –
As you might have noticed, the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center website just had a makeover. It’s the beginning of a process that will make our...

New Congress, New Rules, Old Obstacles

January 7, 2015 –
The House orders dynamic scoring. On the first day of the new Congress, the House, by a largely party line vote, instructed the Joint Committee on...
Federal Budget and Economy

Nine Tax Stories to Watch in 2015

January 6, 2015 –
So much has changed. Yet, when it comes to taxes, so much has not. Republicans have taken control of Congress and now hold governorships in 31 states...