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Federal Budget and Economy

Congress Missed the Mark When It Made Some Unemployment Benefits Tax-Free But Reduced Future Assistance

March 31, 2021 –
When Congress enacted the American Rescue Plan (ARP), it included an implicit deal: It agreed to reduce the level of additional future weekly federal unemployment...
Individual Taxes

How Well Is the IRS Implementing A Retroactive Unemployment Benefit Tax Break?

March 30, 2021 –
By including in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) a provision to exempt up to $10,200 of last year’s unemployment benefits from federal income tax, Congress...
Individual Taxes

Unemployment Benefits Are Taxable Income: That May Reduce EITC Refunds Next Spring

September 15, 2020 –
Many low- and moderate-income households no doubt were assisted greatly by enhanced federal unemployment insurance benefits that they received earlier this year and would be...
Individual Taxes

The IRS Delivered Economic Impact Payments In Record Time, So Why Haven’t Some Needy Families Gotten Their Money?

July 23, 2020 –
With Congress about to debate a second round of stimulus payments for tens of millions of people, it is important to review some lessons about...
State and Local Issues

COVID-19 And Government Actions Caused State Tax Revenues To Plunge In April

June 1, 2020 –
States and localities across the country are facing an unprecedented fiscal situation from the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Governors are confronting drastically falling...
State and Local Issues

No State is Immune From COVID-19’s Economic And Fiscal Fallout

May 27, 2020 –
The 50 states are diverse, but in the COVID-19 pandemic era, they share a key challenge: An economic and fiscal crisis of a size and...
Individual Taxes

CARES Act Support Is Falling Short

May 6, 2020 –
What’s it like to be—or not be—on the receiving end of expanded UI benefits, PPP loans, or direct payments?
Federal Budget and Economy

Did Adding Trump’s Name Slow Down The Mailing of Stimulus Checks? Of Course It Did

April 30, 2020 –
Did the Treasury Department’s decision to put President Trump’s name on the coronavirus stimulus checks slow the mailing of those checks? Of course it did,...
Federal Budget and Economy

What Should We Call Those COVID-19 Recovery Rebates?

April 22, 2020 –
Defying the skeptics (including me ), the Internal Revenue Service last week began depositing direct payments of $1,200 for adults (plus $500 per child under...
State and Local Issues

COVID-19 And The Collapsing Job Market

April 16, 2020 –
How rapidly is the economy collapsing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic? In just the past four weeks, total weekly unemployment insurance claims were...
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Brief

The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

  • Tax Professor Daniel Hemel
Daniel Hemel, Janet Holtzblatt, Steven M. Rosenthal
February 22, 2022

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