TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Individual Taxes

Cutting Corporate Tax Rates: Another View

November 6, 2011 –
On Nov. 2, TaxVox reported on a new Joint Committee on Taxation study on whether it is possible to reduce the corporate tax rate to...
Federal Budget and Economy

What the GOP Candidates’ Tax Plans Leave Out

November 4, 2011 –
The economy needs fixing, all agree. So naturally, every Republican presidential candidate has a plan for changing the federal tax system. Herman Cain has his...
Individual Taxes

Mission Impossible: Cutting the Corporate Tax Rate to 25 Percent

November 2, 2011 –
It has been an article of faith among most congressional Republicans and many Democrats that the corporate tax rate should be cut from today’s top...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Perry’s Tax Plan is a Huge Tax Cut for the Wealthy, But How Big?

November 1, 2011 –
Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he wants to cut taxes for everyone and balance the budget. It's probably impossible to do both. Sadly, Perry’s new...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Problem with Perry’s Optional Tax

October 26, 2011 –
One of the biggest problems with Texas Governor Rick Perry’s optional flat tax may be the choice it gives taxpayers. Perry says you can either...
State and Local Issues

The Keystone State or the Keystone Kops?

October 26, 2011 –
As a brief respite from our discussions of all the various flat tax plans being proposed (or recycled) - below is a post I did...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Perry’s Free Lunch Flat Tax

October 25, 2011 –
There is lots we still don’t know about GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry’s tax and budget plan . But I am pretty sure of one...
Individual Taxes

What is a Flat Tax? (Surprise, it is a VAT!)

October 24, 2011 –
Rick Perry is reportedly going to announce his tax reform plan, a so-called flat tax. There are, as far as I know, no details about...
State and Local Issues

So wrong it’s right?

October 21, 2011 –
Michael Lewis is a brilliant writer who has brought clarity and insight to the sometimes arcane worlds of Wall Street, baseball, and parenting. In his...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Fundamental Tax Reform is Essential, Inevitable, and Impossible

October 21, 2011 –
Twenty-five years ago tomorrow, Ronald Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986. It was a beautiful fall day and the signing was on the...