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Individual Taxes

How The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Reduced The Value Of The Child Care Credit

November 27, 2018 –
While the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) did not directly change the rules for the child and dependent care tax credit (CDCTC), other provisions...
Individual Taxes

Congress Can And Should Demand President Trump’s Tax Returns

November 26, 2018 –
Incoming House Ways & Means Committee Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) indicated that he will request President Trump’s tax returns soon after Democrats formally take control...
State and Local Issues

Amazon HQ2 Tax Incentives: There Ought To Be A Law… Or Something

November 20, 2018 –
Amazon’s decision to build big new facilities in New York City and Northern Virginia prompted a predictable outcry about the reported $2 billion plus in...

What Lessons Can We Learn from Amazon’s HQ2 Drama?

November 16, 2018 –
Now that Amazon has finally chosen Long Island City, NY and Arlington, Virginia as co-winners in its second headquarters sweepstakes, it’s a good time to...
State and Local Issues

Post-TCJA, Your State Should Consider a Refundable Child Tax Credit

November 15, 2018 –
Some low- and middle-income families in Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico, and North Dakota are facing state income tax hikes. And the larger the family, generally...
Individual Taxes

Kamala Harris’s Tax Credit Would Cut Taxes Significantly For Low- And Moderate-Income Households But Could Add Trillions To The Debt

November 14, 2018 –
The Tax Policy Center estimates that the new refundable tax credit for low- and middle-income households proposed by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) would cut taxes...
State and Local Issues

What Do Women Want?

November 14, 2018 –
I’m not trying to win an election and I certainly don’t want to antagonize my friends, but there are good reasons why a sales tax exemption for feminine hygiene products is the wrong call.
State and Local Issues

Tuesday's Election Produced A More Multi-colored State Map and, Perhaps, New Fiscal Agendas

November 12, 2018 –
While it may have attracted less attention than US House and Senate races, Tuesday’s elections also resulted in shake-ups in some state capitols . And...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Did President Trump Just Throw Corporations, and Senate Republicans, Under the Bus?

November 9, 2018 –
In his press conference on Wednesday, President Trump raised more than a few eyebrows by saying he’d be willing to support “adjustments ” to the...
State and Local Issues

2018 Voters Faced a Slew of Confusing Revenue  Measures and Rejected Most Tax Increases

November 9, 2018 –
With so much to follow in the midterm elections, it is easy to lose sight of a bumper crop of tax-related ballot measures . But...
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Brief

The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

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

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