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IRS_audit

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...

A Comprehensive and Accessible Analysis of Trade, Immigration, and International Taxation

February 27, 2019 –
In Open: The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital , Kimberly Clausing has written a comprehensive and accessible analysis of three of...

How Should Government Return Carbon Taxes To Households?

December 12, 2018 –
Carbon dividends are the hottest idea in climate policy. A diverse mix of progressive and conservative voices are backing the idea of returning carbon tax...

Tax Cuts Won’t Make America Great Again

October 20, 2017 –
In a speech earlier this week, Donald Trump invoked Ronald Reagan’s 1981 tax cuts as a model for his own plan. Trump said Reagan’s tax...

My Advice To The Senate Finance Panel About Tax Reform

July 19, 2017 –
On July 18, four former assistant Treasury secretaries for tax policy testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the prospects and challenges of achieving tax...
Individual Taxes

Federal Taxes Are Very Progressive

August 11, 2016 –
The US federal tax system is highly progressive, primarily because individual income tax rates rise sharply with income and refundable tax credits lead to negative...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Trump Would Slash Taxes for the Top 0.1 Percent By An Average of $1.3 Million, Add Nearly $10 Trillion to the Debt

December 22, 2015 –
Donald Trump’s tax plan would add $9.5 trillion to the national debt from 2016 to 2026 and another $15 trillion in the following decade (before added...
US Capitol
Federal Budget and Economy

The Hidden Agenda Behind This Year’s Tax Extender Bill

December 16, 2015 –
While Republican presidential hopefuls were debating in Las Vegas, congressional leaders announced they had agreed to restore and extend dozens of...
Federal Budget and Economy

Bush’s Tax Plan Would Add $6.8 Trillion to the National Debt, Benefit High-Income Households

December 7, 2015 –
Jeb Bush’s tax plan would boost deficits by $6.8 trillion between 2016 and 2026 and overwhelmingly benefit the highest income taxpayers, according to...
Individual Taxes

The Uneasy Case for a Financial Transaction Tax

June 30, 2015 –
In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in an old idea—a financial transaction tax, or FTT. In a new paper , The Tax Policy Center...