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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Why Do People Pay No Federal Income Tax?

September 18, 2012 –
The percentage of Americans who don’t pay income tax is making headlines again. However, the story hasn’t changed since I blogged about it last year...
Individual Taxes

Who Pays the Corporate Income Tax?

September 13, 2012 –
Who pays the corporate income tax? It is one of the most vexing questions tax experts face. Now, to keep pace with the latest research,...
Individual Taxes

Can Filing Taxes Connect Low-Income Families to Bank Services and Save the Government Money?

September 6, 2012 –
Is there a way for low- and moderate-income households who do not have bank accounts to receive tax refunds electronically? A new Urban Institute study...
Individual Taxes

Do Mandates or Tax Subsidies Do a Better Job of Boosting Savings?

September 4, 2012 –
Most policymakers and economists agree that Americans don’t save enough. But which government policy does a better job encouraging saving and investment: tax subsidies such...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Feldstein's Analysis Doesn't Refute TPC Findings, It Confirms Them

August 30, 2012 –
In a recent paper , we showed that any revenue-neutral tax reform that included Governor Romney’s specific tax cuts and that met his stated goal...
Federal Budget and Economy

Gloom or Doom from CBO

August 23, 2012 –
The Congressional Budget Office’s summer budget update charts two undesirable paths for the nation’s economic and fiscal health next year. Call them Gloom and Doom...
Individual Taxes

TPC’s New Marriage Bonus and Penalty Calculator

August 21, 2012 –
The federal income tax is not neutral when it comes to marriage. Get married and you and your spouse may pay less to Uncle Sam...
Individual Taxes

FAQs about TPC’s Analysis of the Romney Tax Plan

August 16, 2012 –
Tax Policy Center’s analysis of Governor Romney’s tax plan has elicited much comment and misinterpretation. In a new paper , Sam Brown, Bill Gale, and...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Understanding TPC's Analysis of Governor Romney's Tax Plan

August 8, 2012 –
The Tax Policy Center’s latest research report went viral last week, drawing attention in the presidential campaign and sparking a constructive discussion of the practical...
Individual Taxes

France Collects a Financial Non-transaction Tax

August 8, 2012 –
Following the 2008 financial sector collapse, Europeans have been slowly moving, somewhat in concert, towards new financial transactions taxes. Last week, France jumped the gun:...
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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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