TaxVox: Individual Taxes

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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Dave Camp’s Plan for the Expired Tax Provisions: An Almost-Good Idea

March 25, 2014 –
House Ways & Means Committee Chair Dave Camp (R-MI) has a plan for what to do with scores of now-expired tax subsidies that are sitting...
Individual Taxes

Profiles in Courage at the IRS (Really)

March 24, 2014 –
Let’s take a break from fake IRS political scandals to consider how the Service handled a real scandal 45 years ago. Randolph W. Thrower was...
Federal Budget and Economy

Fiscal Reality Check: Will Congress Pay for the Tax Extenders and the Doc Fix?

March 20, 2014 –
After it returns from Spring Break next week, Congress may face two big fiscal reality checks. It will have to decide whether to temporarily extend...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

As American as Apple Inc.

March 18, 2014 –
Are large U.S. multinationals largely U.S. owned? To hear some of the arguments for retaining or enhancing the tax benefits that these companies enjoy, you’d...
Individual Taxes

A Terrible Response to the Internet Tax Mess

March 18, 2014 –
Ten months ago the Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation aimed at sorting out the mess over online sales taxes, which consumers owe but states rarely collect...
Individual Taxes

Who Should Get the Tax Revenue from Apple’s Intellectual Property?

March 17, 2014 –
U.S. lawmakers are not alone in their frustration over Apple’s success at avoiding corporate income taxes by shifting reported profits to other countries. News organizations...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Dave Camp’s Most Valuable Contribution to Tax Reform

March 14, 2014 –
House Ways & Means Committee chair Dave Camp’s most important contribution to the tax reform debate may be this: By proposing a specific, transparent, and...
Individual Taxes

How the Tax System Could Help the Middle Class

March 13, 2014 –
Today I testified at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on “Innovative Ideas to Strengthen and Expand the Middle Class.” The middle class certainly needs help...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Tax Reform’s Quiet Protectionism

March 10, 2014 –
House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp has offered a detailed and thoughtful set of proposals on international tax reform, as did former Senate Finance...
Individual Taxes

Stark Variation in Taxpayer Use of Itemized Deductions, County by County

March 7, 2014 –
Taxpayer use of itemized deductions varies widely by location, according to a new analysis of 2007 IRS data. In about one in ten counties, 11...