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Individual Taxes

Rethinking the Way We Tax Charities and Those Who Give to Them

December 27, 2011 –
It is that time of year when we celebrate with family, remember all we have to be thankful for, and scramble to squeeze out those...
Individual Taxes

The Tax Vox 2011 Lump of Coal Award: Kicking the Can Edition

December 22, 2011 –
Welcome to Tax Vox’s fifth annual Lump of Coal Award recognizing 2011’s ten worst moments in fiscal policy. It is hard to imagine so much...
Federal Budget and Economy

A Two-Month Payroll Tax Cut is Dumb, So Is How Congress Got There

December 20, 2011 –
House Republicans are right about one thing at least: Extending this year’s payroll tax cut for two months is ridiculous. The trouble is they are...
Federal Budget and Economy

The 16-Percent Solution—Hard on the Rich

December 19, 2011 –
The fate of The Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 remains uncertain. But thanks to a carefully crafted technical change to the current...
Individual Taxes

State and Local Budgets in 2011: The Crisis that Didn’t Happen (Yet?)

December 16, 2011 –
The year’s top story in state and local government was “ hundreds of billions of dollars ” in municipal bond defaults. Oh wait, that didn’t...
Individual Taxes

A Medicare Reform Plan That Just Might Work

December 15, 2011 –
On a day when Washington partisans couldn’t even figure out (yet again) how to keep the government running, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House Budget...
Individual Taxes

Support the Tax Policy Center

December 15, 2011 –
2011 was another active year for America’s tax and fiscal policy; thank you for sharing it with TaxVox . As we look forward to a...
Individual Taxes

How a Payroll Tax Cut Boosts the Chances for Tax Reform

December 8, 2011 –
When Congress finally extends the payroll tax cut that is due to expire in a few weeks, it may also be taking another step down...
Federal Budget and Economy

Pick Your Poison: VAT or Higher Income Tax Rates

December 5, 2011 –
With congressional deficit reduction efforts largely collapsed, the question remains: What are we going to do about the nation’s long-term budget mess? Since any realistic...
Federal Budget and Economy

Obama Had It Right the First Time: Bring Back the Making Work Pay Tax Credit

December 5, 2011 –
Last December, Congress replaced the two-year-old Making Work Pay tax credit (MWP) with this year’s payroll tax cut. That change cut taxes for higher-income workers,...