TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

My Advice To The Senate Finance Panel About Tax Reform

July 19, 2017 –
On July 18, four former assistant Treasury secretaries for tax policy testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the prospects and challenges of achieving tax...
Federal Budget and Economy

The House Budget Panel’s Fiscal Framework Could Open The Door To A Big Tax Bill

July 18, 2017 –
Hours after the collapse of the Senate GOP leadership’s health plan, Republicans began to move on. The House began its efforts to write a tax...

Three Main Takeaways from CBO’s Analysis of the President’s Budget

July 18, 2017 –
The Congressional Budget Office released its Analysis of the President’s FY2018 Budget last week, estimating that the plan would reduce the federal budget deficit from...
Individual Taxes

Tax Cuts In McConnell’s Latest Health Plan Are Less Regressive

July 13, 2017 –
The revised version of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s health bill would retain the Affordable Care Act’s 3.8 percent Net Investment Income Tax and its...
Federal Budget and Economy

A Tax Plan Consistent With Trump’s April Outline Could Cut Revenue By Up To $7.8 Trillion

July 12, 2017 –
A tax proposal consistent with what the Trump Administration outlined in April could reduce federal revenues by as much as $7.8 trillion over the next...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Taxology, TPC’s new podcast, takes you back to 1986

July 11, 2017 –
Ronald Reagan was president, fanny packs were all the rage, and the Tax Reform Act of 1986 was making its way through Congress. In our...
State and Local Issues

More than Medicaid: The Full Cost of ACA Repeal and Replace for States

July 11, 2017 –
Congressional plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act have governors worried – and with good reason. Although proposals continue to evolve, states stand...
Individual Taxes

The Senate Leadership’s Health Plan Would Benefit High-Income Households, Hurt Those With Low Incomes

July 11, 2017 –
The changes in taxes and health care benefits in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s alternative to the Affordable Care Act would leave lower-income households worse...
State and Local Issues

Don’t Laugh at Illinois, Your State Could Be Next

July 10, 2017 –
A Midwestern state passing a budget is not typically front-page news in the New York Times . Then again, most states don't go 736 days...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

TPC Update Finds House GOP Tax Plan Would Slow Growth, Add Trillions To The Deficit

July 6, 2017 –
In an updated analysis, the Tax Policy Center estimates that t he House Republican leadership’s 2016 tax blueprint would reduce economic output by 0.5 percent...