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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Did President Trump Just Throw Corporations, and Senate Republicans, Under the Bus?

November 9, 2018 –
In his press conference on Wednesday, President Trump raised more than a few eyebrows by saying he’d be willing to support “adjustments ” to the...
State and Local Issues

2018 Voters Faced a Slew of Confusing Revenue  Measures and Rejected Most Tax Increases

November 9, 2018 –
With so much to follow in the midterm elections, it is easy to lose sight of a bumper crop of tax-related ballot measures . But...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

What The New Congress Will Mean For Tax And Budget Policy

November 7, 2018 –
The 116 th Congress is going to look very different from the 115 th . But don’t expect tax and budget policy to change much...
Individual Taxes

The Ups and Downs Of California’s Gas Tax

November 1, 2018 –
Last year, California raised its excise taxes on motor fuels. The tax on gasoline increased from 34.7 cents per gallon to 46.7 cents per gallon...

The IRS Proposes Generous Rules For Opportunity Zone Investors But What Will They Mean For Communities?

October 23, 2018 –
Last Friday, the IRS published its first set of proposed regulations for Opportunity Zones, a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), that...
Individual Taxes

Senator Harris Seeks To Raise Incomes Using A New Tax Credit

October 18, 2018 –
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) is proposing to raise the incomes of working families through a new tax proposal called the “LIFT (Livable Incomes for Families...

OMB Review Of Tax Regulations: A ‘Dispassionate Second Opinion’ Or Needless Sand In The Gears?

September 17, 2018 –
The Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently agreed that OMB would review many tax regulations before they are released, a...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Amazon Isn’t A Bad Employer, But Stop-BEZOS Is A Bad Bill

September 7, 2018 –
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) just introduced the ‘‘ Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies Act ’’ (or Stop-BEZOS) that would punish...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Why The TCJA Is Unlikely To Help Republicans In the Coming Congressional Elections

August 29, 2018 –
Did Republicans make a political mistake rushing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) through Congress in less than two months in late 2017? In...

Remembering John McCain’s Tax Agenda

August 27, 2018 –
During primary season in 2000, I came upon my boss—a longtime Democratic insider—reading John McCain's tax plan. “It’s really good,” he said, and a lot...