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Individual Taxes

Does Income Inequality Really Hurt State Tax Revenues?

September 18, 2014 –
This week the rating agency Standard and Poor’s got a lot of attention for a study that concluded that rising income inequality is damaging state tax...
Individual Taxes

Don’t Count on Much Economic Growth From Individual Tax Reform…Or From Tax Rate Cuts

September 10, 2014 –
Can individual income tax reform that cuts rates and eliminates subsidies increase economic growth? How about tax cuts by themselves? The answer is:...
Individual Taxes

Could The U.S. Fix Taxation of Multinational Corporations With A Sales-Based Formula?

August 26, 2014 –
Corporate inversions have been the topic of the summer for tax wonks (beats jellyfish and beach traffic, I suppose), but the issue is a classic bit...
Individual Taxes

How Much Would An Individual Tax Rate Cut Add to the Deficit, and Who Would Benefit?

August 21, 2014 –
Reducing tax rates is a guiding principal of most tax reform plans. Even Democrats who see reform partly as a tool to boost revenues agree that some...
Individual Taxes

One Downside Of Inversions: Higher Tax Bills For Stockholders

August 20, 2014 –
Corporate inversions are all the rage these days as U.S. businesses merge with foreign firms and then restructure the combined businesses as foreign-...
Individual Taxes

Is Treasury About to Curb Tax Inversions on Its Own?

August 19, 2014 –
The Treasury Department put out the word that Secretary Jack Lew is considering regulatory curbs on corporate tax inversions, a step that may be...
Individual Taxes

Can Obama slow corporate inversions? Yes he can.

August 15, 2014 –
Politicians can debate whether corporate tax inversions are “unpatriotic” or simply a legitimate technique to reduce taxes--and commentators can...
Individual Taxes

How Political Gridlock Encourages Tax Avoidance

August 5, 2014 –
In July, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew asked Congress to stop the current wave of corporate expatriations. The legislation is going nowhere, and...
Individual Taxes

A New Way to Invest for Old Age, But How Many Will Buy?

August 1, 2014 –
A few weeks ago, with absolutely no fanfare, the Treasury Department announced what could be a major change in the way we save for retirement. It...
Individual Taxes

How REIT Spinoffs Will Further Erode the Corporate Tax Base

July 31, 2014 –
While Congress has been obsessing about tax inversions, it turns out another—potentially more important--tax avoidance technique is getting increased...
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The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

Daniel Hemel, Janet Holtzblatt, Steven M. Rosenthal
February 22, 2022

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