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Federal Budget and Economy

Congress Has No Clear Roadmap For Its Next COVID-19 Response

July 8, 2020 –
When Congress returns from its summer break on July 20, its primary job (really, its only job) is to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Congress...
Federal Budget and Economy

Remembering Ed Kleinbard

July 2, 2020 –
The tax community this week is mourning the loss of University of Southern California law professor Edward D. Kleinbard. Ed previously served as Chief of...
State and Local Issues

COVID-19 Pandemic Could Slash 2020-21 State Revenues By $200 Billion

July 1, 2020 –
Revised forecast data from 27 states suggest tax revenues are expected to fall $34 billion short of pre-COVID-19 forecasts in fiscal year 2020.

Tax Day Is Around the Corner: Who’s (Been) Ready?

July 1, 2020 –
How have we spent our first-ever extended tax filing season? Has the July 15 deadline changed Americans’ behavior?

Will COVID-19 Cause A Decline In Property Taxes?

June 30, 2020 –
The COVID-19 pandemic is driving a sharp decline in state and local income and sales tax revenues . But history suggests that one key local...
Individual Taxes

Pelosi’s Infrastructure Bill Takes The Wrong Road On Tax Subsidies

June 26, 2020 –
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has rolled up many different committee bills into a single, massive 2,300-page, $1.5 trillion infrastructure package that the Democratic-controlled House likely...
Business Taxes

Should Congress Pump Money Into Businesses By Shifting The Timing Of Tax Benefits?

June 19, 2020 –
Should Congress manipulate the timing of business tax benefits to support firms in the midst of the COVID-19 economic slump? And if so, how?
Federal Budget and Economy

TPC Updates Its Online Briefing Book

June 11, 2020 –
To follow significant fiscal changes, such as those being driven by the legislative responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, it helps to have a background in...
Federal Budget and Economy

If Trump Curbs New COVID-19 Aid To State and Local Governments, He Will Help Defund The Police

June 10, 2020 –
President Trump has taken a strong position against calls by some on the political left to “defund” police departments. At the same time, he continues...

The COVID-19 Crisis Reveals The President’s Misplaced Budget Priorities

June 9, 2020 –
Presidential Budgets reveal much about the priorities of an administration. President Trump’s fiscal year 2021 budget, released in early 2020, proposes almost no additional resources...