TaxVox: Individual Taxes

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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

What Is Barack Obama’s Tax Plan?

October 25, 2012 –
After all the promises and finger-pointing, the presidential campaign is nearly over. But since the race has shed more heat than light on how each...
Individual Taxes

Protecting the Child Tax Credit at the Fiscal Cliff

October 25, 2012 –
The Child Tax Credit (CTC), a key piece of the safety net for low- and moderate-income families, is in jeopardy as the nation hurtles towards...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Understanding TPC’s Analysis of Limiting Deductions

October 19, 2012 –
The Tax Policy Center’s new tables showing the revenue and distributional effects of capping itemized deductions have received a great deal of attention since we...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Real Lesson About Capping Itemized Deductions

October 18, 2012 –
The Tax Policy Center is back in the political cauldron, this time in the wake of its new research that looks at the revenue and...
Individual Taxes

How Much Revenue Would a Cap on Itemized Deductions Raise?

October 17, 2012 –
In last night’s debate, Mitt Romney repeated the idea that he could pay for much or all of the 20 percent rate reduction and other...
Individual Taxes

What the Joint Tax Committee Really Said About Tax Reform

October 15, 2012 –
On Friday, congressional Democrats released the results of a new analysis of base-broadening, rate-cutting tax reform by the Joint Committee on Taxation. For reformers everywhere...
Individual Taxes

Marginal Tax Rates Matter More than Average Tax Rates

October 9, 2012 –
Each year when I complete my federal income tax return, Turbotax tells me my average tax rate—how much tax I owe measured as a percentage...
Individual Taxes

A Modest Proposal: Five Ways to Tax the 47 Percent

September 27, 2012 –
Let’s say you are truly offended that 47 percent of Americans don’t pay income tax. Just complaining won't fix the problem. All those freeloaders are...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Will Romney Scale Back Rate Cuts If Congress Won’t Curb Tax Breaks?

September 25, 2012 –
Yesterday, Kevin Hassett, an American Enterprise Institute economist and informal adviser to Mitt Romney, insisted that Romney would not raise taxes on low- and middle-income...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

About the 47 Percent Who Don’t Pay Federal Income Tax: Mitt, Meet Andrea

September 19, 2012 –
About that 47 percent: Let me introduce you to Andrea. When I met her a couple of years ago, she was a home health aide...