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Individual Taxes

So Far, Affordable Care Act Users Are Managing Tax Filing, Many Uninsured May Use New Enrollment Period

February 24, 2015 –
So far, most people with Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies seem to be filing their taxes without huge problems, despite the complexity of the...
Individual Taxes

Better Ways to Link the Affordable Care Act with Tax Filing Season

February 23, 2015 –
The Obama Administration, finally acknowledging the seasonal mismatch between the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment season and the ACA’s tax-...
Federal Budget and Economy

Dynamic Scoring Forum:  Dynamic Scoring Won’t Be Perfect But it is Worth Doing

February 20, 2015 –
This is one of a series of guest TaxVox blog posts discussing dynamic scoring . It is obvious that changes in spending and tax policies affect...
Individual Taxes

The Affordable Care Act Tax Filing Season: A View From the Trenches

February 19, 2015 –
Several of us at the Tax Policy Center volunteer with Community Tax Aid to help low-income people file their taxes. We’ve had a chance to see, first-...
Individual Taxes

Go Team: Score 1 for Obama on Ending Tax Subsidies for College Sports

February 6, 2015 –
I love college sports. I really do – especially basketball. (Go Wildcats!) But I also love President Obama’s FY16 budget proposal to cut federal...
Individual Taxes

A Fuller Accounting of How State and Local Governments Fared in the Great Recession

February 4, 2015 –
For state and local finance geeks, nothing is more fun than poring over the Census Bureau’s Census of Governments. The agency only updates the data...
Individual Taxes

Are Accrued Capital Gains Income in the Year You Die?

February 2, 2015 –
The Tax Policy Center’s tables showing the distribution of President Obama’s new income tax proposals indicate that some middle-class households...
Federal Budget and Economy

What Can We Learn from Obama’s Failure to Curb Sec. 529 College Savings Accounts ?

February 2, 2015 –
The President’s budget includes a long list of tax changes including at least one that he has already disavowed: his plan to limit the tax exemption...
Individual Taxes

The Other Gambling Line on Super Bowl Sunday

January 30, 2015 –
Pop-quiz: What's the line on Sunday's game between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks? Answer: The Patriots are favored by one or two...
Federal Budget and Economy

Is Obama Closing Retirement Savings Loopholes or Just Curbing Congress’ Generosity?

January 28, 2015 –
In his upcoming budget, President Obama will propose to strip away the “loopholes” that permit wealthy individuals to accumulate large amounts in tax...