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Janet And Her Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Filing Season (With Apologies To Judith Viorst)

May 2, 2019 –

I believe that every person in the tax policy game—from members of the tax-writing committees to research assistants at the Tax Policy Center—should compute their...

Individual Taxes

Washington’s Theater of Infrastructure: The Trick Is To Get The Joke

May 1, 2019 –

Yesterday was a classic example of Washington theater at its best. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer left a White House...

State and Local Issues

Are Public Pension And Benefit Shortfalls And Local Taxes Worthy Of A Neighborhood Duel?

May 1, 2019 –

Our local elected officials were debating a new tax to help offset a big public pension shortfall... If people dueled in 2019 like Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton did in 1804, a couple of township trustees might have been drawing pistols at dawn.

Can One Think Charitably About The Bryce Harper Deal?

April 29, 2019 –

As a long-time baseball fan, I’m happy that my office moved closer to the Washington Nationals ballpark, where I expect to take in more games...

Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Therapy Proposals

April 25, 2019 –

In my new book, Fiscal Therapy: Curing America’s Debt Addiction and Investing in the Future , I show how to reduce federal debt in 2050...

A Last Look At The 2019 Filing Season

April 25, 2019 –

You’ve printed out your returns. You are awaiting your refund…or the IRS cashed your balance due check. Now you finally can put that shoebox full...

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

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Howard Gleckman
Senior Fellow
Mark J. Mazur
Kim S. Rueben
Sol Price Fellow
Janet Holtzblatt
Senior Fellow
Eric Toder
Institute Fellow and Codirector, Tax Policy Center
William G. Gale
Codirector
Leonard E. Burman
Institute Fellow

Janet And Her Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Filing Season (With Apologies To Judith Viorst)

Washington’s Theater of Infrastructure: The Trick Is To Get The Joke

Are Public Pension And Benefit Shortfalls And Local Taxes Worthy Of A Neighborhood Duel?

Can One Think Charitably About The Bryce Harper Deal?

Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Therapy Proposals

A Last Look At The 2019 Filing Season

How Warren’s Promises May Exceed Her Ability To Pay, And Teach Voters An Important Lesson

Thirty Years Later: I’m Paying A Lower Tax Rate On More Income

The Senate Democrats’ Plan To Expand Refundable Tax Credits For Working Families Builds On Existing Ideas

The Three Numbers To Know About The TCJA In 2018