TaxVox: Individual Taxes

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Federal Budget and Economy

Simplifying Child Related Incentives in the Tax Code

April 14, 2011 –
With only a weekend left to settle up with Uncle Sam, figuring out how much you owe (or stand to gain) is far from child’s...
Individual Taxes

Ryan’s Tax Plan is not 1986-Style Reform

April 12, 2011 –
Charles Krauthammer (Washington Post, April 8, 2011) writes that the “most scurrilous” criticism of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s fiscal plan is that it...
Individual Taxes

The Supreme Court Says Tax Expenditures Aren’t Government Spending

April 7, 2011 –
Ever since Stanley Surrey popularized the concept of tax expenditures nearly half a century back, economists have argued that many tax breaks are equivalent to...
Federal Budget and Economy

Who Benefits From Those Tax Breaks? All of Us.

April 6, 2011 –
“We have met the enemy and he is us,” said the cartoonist Walt Kelly. He was talking about preserving the environment, but he could have...
Federal Budget and Economy

The House GOP Budget: Lots of Change, and Many Questions

April 5, 2011 –
If you view a budget as a vision of government, the House GOP’s fiscal map unveiled today charts a profound course correction for Washington and...
Federal Budget and Economy

Should We Cut Corporate Taxes By Raising Rates on Investors?

March 29, 2011 –
While there seems to be growing agreement in Washington that the U.S. needs to cut its tax rate on corporations, there is (surprise) no consensus...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Marriage Can Still Boost (or Cut) Your Income Tax

March 25, 2011 –
Few people marry or divorce to change their tax status, but the federal income tax code does treat married couples and single people differently. Each...
Federal Budget and Economy

The Future of the CLASS Act and Long-Term Care

March 24, 2011 –
The Community Living Services and Supports (CLASS) Act is an extraordinary case study in both budget and health care politics, and in the toxic political...
Individual Taxes

Developments

March 23, 2011 –
I answered questions for The Wall Street Journal real estate blog Developments today. I got the chance to answer questions about local assessment strategies, state...
Federal Budget and Economy

TPC Looks at the Obama Budget and Taxes

March 22, 2011 –
Remember President Obama’s 2012 budget—the fiscal framework he released in February. You’d be forgiven if you’ve forgotten. After all, Washington can’t seem to stop squabbling...