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Individual Taxes

The TCJA Shifted The Benefits Of Tax Expenditures to Higher-Income Households

October 16, 2018 –
Until the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), people across the income distribution could say they benefited from the tax code’s many targeted tax benefits...

Reality-Based Assistance for Troubled Communities and Regions

October 12, 2018 –
Americans appear deeply divided, in part because they are experiencing vastly different economic outcomes based on where they live. What causes these regional disparities? How...

Bill Nordhaus, The Nobel Prize, And Carbon Taxes

October 10, 2018 –
Bill Nordhaus, Climate Change, And Carbon Taxes Two events this week raised the profile of carbon taxes. The first was a report by the UN...

Straight Teeth, Misaligned Tax Subsidy

October 3, 2018 –
Today, some of us have FSAs at work, but most don’t. And among those who do, tax benefits are not equally distributed. The reasons point to a much larger dilemma facing tax and healthcare policymakers alike.
Individual Taxes

The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act And The Zombie AMT

October 2, 2018 –
One of the most significant provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was its near-repeal of the Individual Alternative Minimum Tax, that complex parallel...
Individual Taxes

The House GOP’s “Other” Tax Cut: Yet Another Savings Subsidy

October 1, 2018 –
While the House-passed plan to make permanent the individual tax cuts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is getting the most attention, the...

Trump Proposal Would Limit Green Cards And Visas For Immigrants With Low Incomes Or Government Assistance

September 28, 2018 –
On September 21 st , the Trump Administration proposed a regulation limiting access to legal permanent residency status (green cards) and other visas for immigrants...
Business Taxes

What Is A Tariff And Who Pays It?

September 25, 2018 –
What Is A Tariff And Who Pays It? Earlier this month, President Trump escalated his trade war with China by announcing 10 percent tariffs on...
Individual Taxes

High-Income Households Would Benefit Most From Repeal of the SALT Deduction Cap

September 24, 2018 –
Repealing the SALT Deduction Cap Would Largely Benefit High-Income Households, TPC Finds Only about 9 percent of households would benefit from repeal of the Tax...
Business Taxes

Regulation, Kavanaugh, Trump & the Indexing of Capital Gains

September 21, 2018 –
The issue of government regulation promulgated by unelected officials is central to many of today’s political and policy debates. It has surfaced in the confirmation...
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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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