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Federal Budget and Economy

Tax-Free Olympic Boodle is Gold Medal Stupidity

August 7, 2012 –
President Obama and conservative GOP senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) agree: Olympic medals and the cash awards that go with them should be tax-exempt. This is...
Individual Taxes

New Plan Expands EITC Benefits for Families with Young Children

August 6, 2012 –
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) provides a significant income boost to low-income single-parent families, but can severely penalize those families if the parent marries...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Why Romney’s Tax Agenda Doesn’t Add Up, Even if it Isn’t a Middle-Class Tax Hike

August 2, 2012 –
A new paper by Brookings Institution scholars and Tax Policy Center colleagues Bill Gale, Adam Looney, and Samuel Brown is generating lots of media buzz...
Individual Taxes

Do Higher Education Tax Credits Make Sense?

July 27, 2012 –
Higher education is a good investment, even though some new grads currently struggling to get jobs don’t think so. But does it make sense for...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Is it Time to Rethink the Tax Treatment of Charitable Organizations?

July 26, 2012 –
Here’s a word association game: I say tax-exempt public charity. You say house of worship, soup kitchen, or university. You probably don’t think about secret...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

What the Dueling Senate Bills on Expiring Tax Cuts Would Mean for Taxpayers

July 25, 2012 –
As early as today, the Senate is likely to vote on the first of two competing efforts to temporarily extend tax cuts passed between 2001...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Senate Democrats Would Keep Dividend Taxes Low, But Why?

July 24, 2012 –
Senate Democrats, who will vote this week to allow most of the 2001/2003 tax cuts to expire for high-income households, are likely to make an...
Individual Taxes

How Washington Can Turn a Tax Increase into a Tax Cut by Leaping Off the Fiscal Cliff

July 17, 2012 –
In the strange alchemy of Washington, Congress can magically turn a tax increase into a tax cut. And to make it happen, all it has...
Federal Budget and Economy

Taxes Don’t Always Drive the Economy--Sometimes the Economy Drives Taxes

July 12, 2012 –
Don’t tell my Tax Policy Center colleagues I said this, but it isn’t always about taxes. If you listened to the presidential campaign this week,...
Individual Taxes

Trimming Tax Breaks to Cut Rates is a Lot Harder Than It Looks

July 10, 2012 –
It won’t be impossible for pay for substantial individual tax rate reductions by cutting tax expenditures. But it will be very, very hard. The challenges...