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The IRS Data Book Tells A Story of Shrinking Staff, Fewer Audits, and Less Customer Service.

June 7, 2019 –
The IRS published its annual trove of tax statistics Internal Revenue Service Data Book, 2018 on May 20. On its face, the volume is a...
Individual Taxes

Janet And Her Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Filing Season (With Apologies To Judith Viorst)

May 2, 2019 –
I believe that every person in the tax policy game—from members of the tax-writing committees to research assistants at the Tax Policy Center—should compute their...

A Last Look At The 2019 Filing Season

April 25, 2019 –
You’ve printed out your returns. You are awaiting your refund…or the IRS cashed your balance due check. Now you finally can put that shoebox full...
Individual Taxes

Neal Will Need More Of Trump's Tax Returns

April 5, 2019 –
House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal will need more than six years of President Trump’s income tax returns...
Individual Taxes

What If We Could Register To Vote When We Filed Our Tax Returns?

April 3, 2019 –
What if, when you filed your income tax return, you were asked if you’d like to register to vote or update your voter registration? To...

To Help Close The Tax Gap The IRS Should Focus On Small Business Compliance, Not EITC Claimants

March 14, 2019 –
Although overall IRS audit rates are remarkably low (less than one percent), returns claiming an EITC are twice as likely to be audited as those...

House Democrats May Soon Ask For Trump’s Tax Returns But What Should They Request?

March 7, 2019 –
House Ways & Means Committee Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) reportedly is about to make a formal request for 10 years of President Trump’s tax returns...
Individual Taxes

How To Turn Tax Refunds Into Savings

February 22, 2019 –
The ongoing flap over tax refunds has once again highlighted a serious issue: Americans use tax withholding from their paychecks as a major savings tool...
Individual Taxes

Can Harris And Booker’s Plans Help Poor People Avoid Eviction?

February 7, 2019 –
Remember Evicted , Matthew Desmond’s harrowing account of the housing travails of low-income families in Milwaukee? Undoubtedly senators (and presidential hopefuls) Cory Booker and Kamala...
Individual Taxes

The New 1040 Will Fit On A (Big) Postcard, But It Won’t Make Tax Filing Any Simpler

January 15, 2019 –
When tax filing season begins in a few weeks, you’ll likely hear senior Trump Administration officials and some congressional Republicans boasting yet again about how...