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Individual Taxes

A Web Tool to Calculate ACA Tax Penalties

March 6, 2014 –
The deadline is looming: If you don’t have approved insurance coverage by March 31 (and are not exempt from the requirement), the Affordable Care Act...
Federal Budget and Economy

A Tale of Three Agendas: Obama, Camp, and Ryan

March 4, 2014 –
Over the past week, three senior Washington lawmakers released foundational documents that describe both their agendas and their perspectives on government. On one level, they...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Camp Tax Reform Would Create New Challenges for States

March 3, 2014 –
House Ways and Means Chair Dave Camp’s recent tax reform plan would raise the cost of doing business for many state and local governments. Camp...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Camp Defines Private Equity as a Business, Would Boost Taxes on Carried Interest

February 27, 2014 –
In the tax reform roadmap he released yesterday, House Ways & Means Committee Chair Dave Camp (R-MI) targeted the trillion dollar private equity industry. Not...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Dave Camp’s Tax Plan: A Brave Start But Lots of Gimmicks

February 26, 2014 –
Give House Ways & Means Committee Chair Dave Camp (R-MI) all the credit in the world for years of hard work developing his tax reform...
Individual Taxes

An Updated Marriage Bonus and Penalty Calculator

February 21, 2014 –
Just in time for this year’s tax filing season (but a bit late for St. Valentine’s Day), the Tax Policy Center has updated its marriage...
Individual Taxes

How 19 Million Uninsured Tax Filers Could Get ACA Coverage

February 20, 2014 –
Back in November, I suggested that tax prep firms might be a useful portal for low-income people to get insurance coverage through the Affordable Care...
Individual Taxes

Why is the U.S. Olympic Committee Tax Exempt?

February 13, 2014 –
Every two years, I sit in front of my TV watching the Olympics. Like clockwork, in the midst of some competition I can’t understand, my...
Individual Taxes

Incoming Senate Finance Chair Wyden Outlines His Tax Agenda

February 10, 2014 –
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), about to become the new chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said Friday that he aims to eventually rewrite what he...
Federal Budget and Economy

Individual Income Taxes May Soon Generate Half of All Federal Tax Revenue

February 6, 2014 –
Over the next decade, the individual income tax will be the fastest growing source of federal revenue, according to new estimates by the Congressional Budget...