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Individual Taxes

HSAs Provide A Sweet Tax Break, But Some May Increase Health Care Spending

June 21, 2019 –
As a tax shelter, health savings accounts are a winner, and are growing in popularity. But, according to a new study (subscription only) by Paul...

Alice Rivlin: The George Washington Of The Congressional Budget Office

June 20, 2019 –
On June 21, the family and friends of Alice Rivlin will join with much of Washington’s public policy community to celebrate her life and extraordinary...

The SECURE Act Falls Far Short Of Enhancing Retirement Security

June 17, 2019 –
Congress seems about ready to pass a package of about 28 retirement and pension plan changes the House calls the SECURE (Setting Every Community Up...

Marty Feldstein Was An Economics Giant And A Good Man

June 13, 2019 –
Martin Feldstein, who died earlier this week, was an intellectual giant who transformed modern public finance and tax policy analysis. He also was a kind,...
Federal Budget and Economy

Seven Think Tanks Describe Their Vision Of Government, And How They’d Fund It

June 13, 2019 –
Yes, you can have an ambitious domestic policy agenda and a nearly balanced budget. You can, at least, if you are a think tank and...
State and Local Issues

Chicago’s Streaming Tax Is A Bad Tax But It’s Not A “Netflix Tax”

June 11, 2019 –
Bloomberg recently reported that Sony sent Chicago a $1.2 million check , ending its legal challenge to the city’s so-called “Netflix tax.” That everyone called...
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The IRS Data Book Tells A Story of Shrinking Staff, Fewer Audits, and Less Customer Service.

June 7, 2019 –
The IRS published its annual trove of tax statistics Internal Revenue Service Data Book, 2018 on May 20. On its face, the volume is a...
State and Local Issues

Will A Global Opioid Settlement Mimic The 1990s Tobacco Experience?

June 6, 2019 –
For states, opioids may become the new tobacco. That is to say, states increasingly believe lawsuits against drugmakers and others are a potential source of significant revenue

What The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Means For Tax Expenditures

June 5, 2019 –
In a new paper , my former Tax Policy Center colleague Daniel Berger and I calculate that the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)...
Individual Taxes

The Section 529 Savings Plan Is A Sweet Deal. Too Sweet.

June 5, 2019 –
As welcome as the 529 benefits are, we don’t need them, and we should not have them.
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The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

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

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