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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...

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...
Individual Taxes

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...

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...

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...

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

April 23, 2019 –
As I finished my federal income tax return for 2018, I could not help but think about a return I filed 30 years ago. What...

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

April 22, 2019 –
Senate Democrats have rallied around the Working Families Tax Relief Act (WFTRA) that would significantly expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and more modestly...

Tax Day Is Here, And State Budget Offices Share Your Fears And Hopes For A Good Return

April 15, 2019 –
With Tax Day here, taxpayers are scrambling to finish up their returns—both federal and state (that is, if their state has an individual income tax)...
Individual Taxes

The Income Tax Makes Life Simpler, Really

April 12, 2019 –
As April 15 approaches, it is fashionable to complain about how complicated the tax system is. And it is. But it’s time to recognize that,...