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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Finance Chairman In-Waiting Ron Wyden Is A Tax Reformer

December 26, 2013 –
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), who is poised to become the new chair of the Senate Finance Committee, is the sponsor of a major tax reform...
Federal Budget and Economy

TheTaxVox 2013 Lump of Coal Award: Wait ‘Til Next Year Edition

December 23, 2013 –
Tax Vox proudly announces its seventh annual Lump of Coal Award for the worst tax and fiscal policies of 2013. The year was a curious...
Individual Taxes

A New Look at Who Benefits from Tax Expenditures

December 19, 2013 –
Who benefits from the tax credits, deductions and exclusions that have become such an integral part of the modern tax code? Nearly all of us...
Individual Taxes

The US Income Tax Burden, County by County

December 16, 2013 –
Differences in income and other characteristics mean that federal income tax burdens vary substantially across counties. While the median federal income tax burden across counties...
Individual Taxes

Where Are Tax Rates Headed?

December 12, 2013 –
Effective tax rates have been rising since 2009 and will continue to rise for a few more years before they flatten out, according to Tax...
Individual Taxes

The Year in Taxes: From the Fiscal Cliff to Tax Reform Talks

December 12, 2013 –
The year in taxes started with the nation toppling, briefly, over the fiscal cliff. And it ended with some interesting policy proposals on tax reform...
Individual Taxes

Budget Deal Doesn’t Raise Taxes But Many Will Still Pay More

December 11, 2013 –
The budget deal announced Tuesday wouldn’t raise taxes—members of Congress can vote for it without violating their no-tax pledges. But the plan will collect billions...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Budget Deal: A Needed Time Out From Washington’s Fiscal Tantrums

December 11, 2013 –
House and Senate budget negotiators have reached what can only be called a temporary fiscal truce—if they can convince their congressional colleagues to accept it...
Federal Budget and Economy

Whither the Tax Extenders?

December 10, 2013 –
In three weeks, more than 60 expiring tax provisions will…expire. At least for a while. It isn’t unusual for these mostly-business tax breaks to temporarily...
Individual Taxes

CBO Finds Growing U.S. Income Inequality

December 9, 2013 –
Just as President Obama was decrying our nation’s rising income inequality , the Congressional Budget Office provided him with some new ammunition. CBO’s latest report...
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The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

Daniel Hemel, Janet Holtzblatt, Steven M. Rosenthal
February 22, 2022

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