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Individual Taxes

Small Business and Taxes: Not What You Think

September 27, 2011 –
In the politics of taxation, nothing may be more controversial than the hot-button issue of small business. But important new research by career staffers at...
Individual Taxes

Retracting Some Recent Estimates

September 23, 2011 –
On September 21, TPC published several tables ( T11-0359 through 0362 ) that examine how effective tax rates vary within income groups. Those tables were...
Individual Taxes

What Tax Credits Do – or Don’t Do - for Low-Income Families

September 22, 2011 –
Last week, the Census released the official poverty numbers for 2010. The proportion of people in poverty (15.1 percent) reached its second highest point since...
Individual Taxes

Obama’s Buffett Rule: Keep Your Eye on Capital Gains

September 22, 2011 –
President Obama didn’t quite get around to saying so when he rolled out his latest deficit reduction plan on Monday, but his Buffett Rule —that...
Federal Budget and Economy

Debating the Buffett Rule

September 22, 2011 –
On Monday, the Administration released its deficit reduction blueprint . One part of the Administration’s proposal, which has received enormous attention, is that the Joint...
Federal Budget and Economy

Obama’s Cap on Tax Deductions: Not What It Seems

September 13, 2011 –
It turns out that President Obama’s plan to limit the benefit of itemized deductions is much more than that. Not only would it reduce tax...
Individual Taxes

Why the Tax Code is a Mess, Graphically

September 12, 2011 –
I just came across this bar chart, which illustrates graphically why the tax code is such a mess. The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) is...
Federal Budget and Economy

Obama's Jobs Plan: Great Theater, Uncertain Policy

September 9, 2011 –
When you get right down to it, the jobs plan President Obama proposed before a joint session of Congress last night was built on three...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Rick Perry’s Social Security Myth

September 8, 2011 –
Texas Governor Rick Perry is being rightly criticized for his loony claims about Social Security in last night’s GOP presidential debate. But what troubles me...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Will Romney’s Modest Capital Gains Tax Cut Hurt With the GOP?

September 6, 2011 –
Welcome to the season of jobs plans. GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman offered his last week. President Obama will propose his before Thursday night's football...