TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Individual Taxes

Don’t Count the Feds Out Yet

December 9, 2014 –
In a provocative Washington Post column , Brookings Institution scholar Bruce Katz argues that the federal government is becoming irrelevant —...

Hits or Misses in Budgets and Courts?

December 9, 2014 –
News from the Hill: A compromise $1.1 trillion spending bill is expected to be released today. The House is scheduled to vote on the bill tomorrow...

Congress Ties Up Loose Ends, Loosely

December 8, 2014 –
The Senate may soon send that retroactive tax-break bill to the President. The House passed it last week, and the Senate is expected to take up the...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Lee-Rubio Family-Friendly Tax Is a Disappointment

December 7, 2014 –
Tax reform is in the air and in an effort to make it more family-friendly, Senator Lee has introduced a bill, the Family Fairness and Opportunity Tax...

Congress May Just “Let It Go” … Until Next Year

December 5, 2014 –
Congress might really be home for the holidays. Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden told reporters today that the Senate won’t amend the House-...

What You Get for the Money: Will It Be What You Need?

December 4, 2014 –
Tax Expirers: On to the Senate. On a roughly party-line vote, the House restored 55 expired tax provisions and extended them for… three weeks. Now...
Individual Taxes

Are Tax-Free ABLE Accounts The Right Financial Solution For People With Disabilities?

December 4, 2014 –
For the first time since 2010, Congress may be about to acknowledge that people with disabilities cannot have a decent quality of life with limited...
Individual Taxes

Why the More Generous Child and Earned Income Tax Credits Should Be Made Permanent

December 3, 2014 –
co-authored with William G. Gale While most of the tax drama these days is focused on the fate of 50+ mostly-business tax breaks that expired nearly...

Extender Drama: Some Movies Just Aren’t Worth Seeing

December 3, 2014 –
Coming soon to a theater near you: The House embraces a one-year “tax extender” package. It would restore retroactively for 2014 tax breaks affecting...
Individual Taxes

How To End the Tax Extender Drama: Stop Calling Them Extenders—And Make Congress Pay For Them

December 2, 2014 –
There are two simple ways to end the tiresome seasonal drama over faux-temporary tax cuts known (with a stunning lack of accuracy) as the extenders...