TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

TPC’s New Podcast, Taxology, Explains Tax Policy, Starting with the Border Adjusted Tax

April 24, 2017 –
Baffled by the BAT? Confounded by the cash flow tax? Mystified by the mortgage deduction? To help sort it all out, the Tax Policy Center...
Individual Taxes

How Both Public Tax Reform and Private Sector Initiatives Can Strengthen Charities

April 24, 2017 –
In the March and April 2017 print editions of the Chronicle of Philanthropy , I proposed both a public and a private sector initiative for...
Individual Taxes

If the Government Shuts Down: Your Tax Refund May be Shut Down as Well

April 20, 2017 –
There’s surely a long list of reasons to keep the Federal government open. Here’s one: If a government shutdown forces the IRS to furlough staff—as...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

How the Fight over Symbols Prevents Health, Trade, Immigration and Tax Reform

April 19, 2017 –
President Trump came into office promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act, abandon key multinational trade agreements, build a wall and send immigrants home, and...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Public Does Not Seem to be Clamoring for a Tax Cut

April 18, 2017 –
Just as politicians and pundits are talking more about a tax cut and less about tax reform, the public seems happier with...
Business Taxes

President Trump’s Ever-Evolving Views on International Taxes

April 13, 2017 –
In an interview yesterday with Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business, President Trump suggested he’d propose a “reciprocal tax” on foreign imports. It is not clear...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Is the Public Ready to Get on Board with Tax Reform? Not So Much

April 10, 2017 –
So far, the early debate over a 2017 tax bill has been an inside-the-Beltway game. Just consider the flap over the Border Adjustable Tax (BAT),...
Business Taxes

The White House’s (Very Brief) Flirtation with a Market-Based Solution to Climate Change

April 7, 2017 –
For a brief shining moment the other day, it looked as if the Trump Administration was considering a carbon tax. Combined with its aggressive effort...
Individual Taxes

What's Happened to the ACA Penalty Tax?

April 5, 2017 –
With less than two weeks to go before Americans must file their 2016 federal income tax returns, those who didn’t have required health insurance coverage...
Individual Taxes

Strange Love: Or, how I learned to stop complaining and like the tax code

April 5, 2017 –
We spent the better part of a beautiful, sunny weekend working on our taxes. We were among friends, if social media offers any indication: So many Facebook posts, so many sad or angry emojis expressing resignation or frustration.