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Business Taxes

Why Carbon Taxes Are So Hard To Pass

August 15, 2019 –
Why Carbon Taxes Are So Hard To Pass Economists love carbon taxes . According to polls, so do roughly two-thirds of Americans. Yet voters in...
Federal Budget and Economy

Post TCJA Bonuses Were Mostly a Timing Shift, Not A Boost In Long-Term Worker Pay

July 16, 2019 –
A spike in announcements of bonus payments for workers followed the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in December 2017, and President...
Business Taxes

The House Should Repair, Not Repeal, The ACA’s Cadillac Tax

July 16, 2019 –
The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act’s Cadillac tax on generous employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI). The bill, which...
Business Taxes

Can The Sanders Financial Transactions Tax Raise Trillions And Cut Speculation?

July 1, 2019 –
Can The Sanders Financial Transactions Tax Raise Trillions And Cut Speculation? Senator and Democratic Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has proposed an ambitious financial transactions...
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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...
Business Taxes

For Many Households, Trump’s Tariffs Could Wipe Out The Benefits of the TCJA

May 14, 2019 –
Business Taxes

President Trump As Role Model: Avoiding Taxes For Sport

May 8, 2019 –
Do you consider not paying taxes “sport?” The President of the United States says he does. And that raises serious concerns about the stability of our volumtary tax system.
Business Taxes

Four New Reasons To Question The Federal Tax Exemption Of Non-Profits

March 29, 2019 –
In recent weeks, we’ve seen four different stories that raise questions about the state of tax-exempt organizations.
Individual Taxes

"Let Me Tell You About The Very Rich. They Are Different From You And Me.”

March 18, 2019 –
F. Scott Fitzgerald wasn’t talking about the way they make their money, or the taxes they pay, but he could have been. According to a...
State and Local Issues

State Revenue Picture in Post-TCJA Era: Joy, Sorrow, and Uncertainty

March 12, 2019 –
The Tax Policy Center’s State and Local Finance Initiative’s quarterly “ State Tax and Economic Review ” shows solid revenue growth in the third quarter...