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Tax Day Is Around the Corner: Who’s (Been) Ready?

July 1, 2020 –
How have we spent our first-ever extended tax filing season? Has the July 15 deadline changed Americans’ behavior?
Individual Taxes

The IRS Could Speed Up Coronavirus Rebates By Opening Secure Phone Lines

April 28, 2020 –
The IRS has done an impressive job delivering over 80 million rebate payments authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. But...
Individual Taxes

Expect Long Delays In Getting Refunds If You File A Paper Tax Return

April 14, 2020 –
Today’s advice: If you have not yet filed your federal income tax return, do not—repeat, do not—send the Internal Revenue Service a paper return—especially if...

How Can We Increase EITC Participation?

February 18, 2020 –
The IRS and Census Bureau estimate that only about 78 percent of people who are eligible for the earned income tax credit (EITC) get it...

How Income Taxes Interact With Racial Disparities

January 30, 2020 –
Because the IRS does not ask for a tax filer’s race or ethnicity on tax forms, examining the relationship between race and the tax system...
Individual Taxes

Will California’s New Labor Law Change The Way Gig Workers Are Taxed?

September 20, 2019 –
A sprawling and controversial new labor law signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom this week could have major tax consequences for gig workers in the...
State and Local Issues

Minnesota’s Struggles To Conform to the TCJA Made Its CPAs Happy. Taxpayers, Not So Much.

August 26, 2019 –
It’s an unusually glamorous time to be an accountant in Minnesota. Over the past year, certified public accountants (CPAs) and other professional tax preparers have...

That Stubborn Tax Gap

July 17, 2019 –
About 82 percent of individual and business taxes due are paid voluntarily and on time. But not all taxpayers pay all they owe. Thus, the...
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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...