TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

A New Congressional Study Finds Little Economic Benefit From The 2017 Tax Cuts

May 29, 2019 –
A new Congressional Research Service report finds that the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act had little measureable effect on the overall US economy in...
Individual Taxes

The Trump Administration Is Looking At Tax Breaks And Other Ways To Boost Private Long-Term Care Insurance

May 24, 2019 –
The Trump Administration is (very quietly) looking at ways to reinvigorate the flagging private long-term care (LTC) insurance market. The recommendations are expected to surface...

Three Tax Lessons from the First Year of Widespread Legal Sports Betting

May 22, 2019 –
Three Tax Lessons from the First Year of Widespread Legal Sports Betting A year ago, the Supreme Court legalized one of America’s favorite illegal pastimes:...

New Tax Credit Could End Poverty For US Workers And Boost the Middle Class

May 21, 2019 –
In a new paper , I propose a universal earned income tax credit (UEITC)—a one-for-one match on the first $10,000 of earnings delivered through a...

Alice Rivlin Made State and Local Governments Better, Too

May 20, 2019 –
Our Tax Policy Center (TPC) colleague Bill Gale – no slouch when it comes to diagnosing federal budget ills and suggesting remedies – says he...

The Blessed Alice

May 15, 2019 –
Alice Rivlin made the world a better place in so many ways. She will forgive me for ignoring most of them in this brief essay...
Federal Budget and Economy

Thank You, Alice Rivlin

May 15, 2019 –
Alice Rivlin, who died yesterday at age 88, was a policy legend. She also was a kind, generous, and extraordinarily tough woman. Over more than...
Business Taxes

For Many Households, Trump’s Tariffs Could Wipe Out The Benefits of the TCJA

May 14, 2019 –
Business Taxes

President Trump As Role Model: Avoiding Taxes For Sport

May 8, 2019 –
Do you consider not paying taxes “sport?” The President of the United States says he does. And that raises serious concerns about the stability of our volumtary tax system.
Federal Budget and Economy

The Post-TCJA Economy Continues To Grow

May 7, 2019 –
The beginning of the US economy’s second year under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was largely positive, though some troubling signs lurked just beneath...