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Individual Taxes

Taxing Bitcoin

January 7, 2014 –
By now most everyone has heard of bitcoin. But exactly what is it? And how should it be taxed? Bitcoin is usually described as virtual...
Federal Budget and Economy

Rethinking Homeownership Subsidies

January 6, 2014 –
Tax expenditures for homeownership, such as deductions for mortgage interest and property taxes and the partial exclusion for capital gains on the sale of a...
Individual Taxes

Time To Park The Commuter Tax Subsidy

December 31, 2013 –
Am I the only one who thinks today’s commuter tax subsidies are nuts? The issue is in the headlines because at midnight tonight, thanks to...
Federal Budget and Economy

TheTaxVox 2013 Lump of Coal Award: Wait ‘Til Next Year Edition

December 23, 2013 –
Tax Vox proudly announces its seventh annual Lump of Coal Award for the worst tax and fiscal policies of 2013. The year was a curious...
Individual Taxes

A New Look at Who Benefits from Tax Expenditures

December 19, 2013 –
Who benefits from the tax credits, deductions and exclusions that have become such an integral part of the modern tax code? Nearly all of us...
Individual Taxes

The US Income Tax Burden, County by County

December 16, 2013 –
Differences in income and other characteristics mean that federal income tax burdens vary substantially across counties. While the median federal income tax burden across counties...
Individual Taxes

Where Are Tax Rates Headed?

December 12, 2013 –
Effective tax rates have been rising since 2009 and will continue to rise for a few more years before they flatten out, according to Tax...
Individual Taxes

The Year in Taxes: From the Fiscal Cliff to Tax Reform Talks

December 12, 2013 –
The year in taxes started with the nation toppling, briefly, over the fiscal cliff. And it ended with some interesting policy proposals on tax reform...
Individual Taxes

Budget Deal Doesn’t Raise Taxes But Many Will Still Pay More

December 11, 2013 –
The budget deal announced Tuesday wouldn’t raise taxes—members of Congress can vote for it without violating their no-tax pledges. But the plan will collect billions...
Federal Budget and Economy

Whither the Tax Extenders?

December 10, 2013 –
In three weeks, more than 60 expiring tax provisions will…expire. At least for a while. It isn’t unusual for these mostly-business tax breaks to temporarily...
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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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