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State and Local Issues

The SALT Wars Move To Court

July 17, 2018 –
Four blue states filed a lawsuit yesterda y, claiming that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s limitation on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction...
Health Savings Accounts
Individual Taxes

The Ways & Means Committee Would Borrow $100 Billion to Expand HSAs and Subsidize Gym Memberships

July 17, 2018 –
The House Ways & Means Committee has voted to borrow $100 billion to subsidize gym memberships and high-cost employer-sponsored health insurance, and expand Health Savings...
Rainy Day Refund Act
Individual Taxes

DC Councilmember Proposes New EITC Savings Program

July 16, 2018 –
The District of Columbia is considering a creative new plan to transform the city’s earned income tax credit (EITC) from a one-time payment received at...
Obama anti-inversion rules
Business Taxes

Obama’s Anti-Abuse Rules Slashed Inversions

July 13, 2018 –
This week, the Treasury Department finalized the last set of Obama-era regulations intended to curb tax-motivated corporate inversions. An inversion arises when a U.S. corporation...
Business Taxes

President Trump Opposed the Border Adjustable Tax But Loves Tariffs. Here's Why

July 11, 2018 –
Are President Trump’s tariffs a less effective and more ad hoc version of the border adjustment tax (BAT) that briefly surfaced, then died, during last...

Beyond Wayfair, Can Nations and States Cooperate in Collecting Taxes?

July 9, 2018 –
The brilliant Tax Notes columnist Marty Sullivan once summarized one of the great dilemmas in taxation: “It’s simply impossible to put a precise geographical subscript...
Individual Taxes

Delaying Tax Refunds Constrains Spending On Daily Living Expenses

July 5, 2018 –
The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015 required the IRS to delay tax refunds until at least February 15 for taxpayers who...

Tariffs, Trade and Time: Making America Pay Again

July 3, 2018 –
Happy Fourth! Between barbecues and fireworks, we should think about what colonial Americans wanted when they declared independence: Among their demands, the right to conduct business freely and to consent to the taxes they paid.
Business Taxes

Trump Threatens To Raise Taxes On One Company For A Business Decision He Doesn’t Like. This Is Dangerous.

June 27, 2018 –
The President of the United States has threatened to raise taxes on a company that made a business decision he does not like. Think about...
State and Local Issues

What Will Happen To Online Sales Taxes in the Wake of the Supreme Court’s Wayfair Decision?

June 26, 2018 –
Now that the Supreme Court has made it easier for states to require online retailers to collect sales taxes, how will states and Congress respond?...
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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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