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Federal Budget and Economy

A Carbon Tax is a Win-Win for the Economy and the Environment

March 12, 2013 –
Looking for a way to improve the operation of the economy, lower our dependence on foreign oil, reduce pollution, slow global warming, cut government spending,...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Taxes and Paul Ryan’s Budget

March 12, 2013 –
House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) has proposed a controversial plan to balance the budget in 10 years , entirely by cutting planned spending...
Federal Budget and Economy

Changing Government's Inflation Measure Would Raise Taxes as Much as it Would Cut Spending

March 5, 2013 –
Changing the way government adjusts spending and taxes for inflation is one of those issues that continues to hang around the edges of the budget...
Individual Taxes

Better Ways Federal Financial Aid Can Help College Students

February 28, 2013 –
Earlier this week, my Tax Policy Center colleague Elaine Maag blogged about proposals by the Center for Law and Social Policy ( CLASP ) to...
Individual Taxes

What if the Outrage over Excessive Welfare Extended to the Tax Code?

February 26, 2013 –
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has created quite a stir with his estimates that every household below the poverty level receives an average of $168-a-day (or...
Individual Taxes

Congress May Not Rewrite the Tax Code in 2013, But It Could Make It Simpler

February 21, 2013 –
As regular readers of Tax Vox know, I don’t believe there is much chance President Obama and Congress will agree on individual broad-based tax reform...
Individual Taxes

A New Marriage Penalty for High Earning Couples—and a Bonus for Some

February 15, 2013 –
Our new Marriage Bonus and Penalty calculator , despite all its Valentine’s Day finery, ignores the new 0.9 percent Medicare payroll tax hike buried in...
Individual Taxes

Why Tax and Transfer Programs Often Discourage Work and Savings

February 14, 2013 –
Economists and many policymakers generally agree that our tax and transfer systems should promote opportunity, work, saving, and education rather than consumption. The problem is...
Individual Taxes

An Updated Marriage Bonus and Penalty Calculator for Valentine’s Day

February 13, 2013 –
Love is blind, says the adage, and that can be a good thing when it comes to taxes. That’s because married couples often pay a...
Individual Taxes

Would a Carbon Tax and Corporate Tax Reform Taste Great Together?

February 11, 2013 –
Two great tastes often taste great together. Chocolate and peanut butter. Oreos and milk. Popcorn and butter. Could the same be true of carbon taxes...
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Brief

The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

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

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