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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

House GOP Cuts Taxes For Pass-Through Businesses, Then Worries About A Shift To Self-Employment

July 24, 2018 –
For the second time in a week, House Republicans are pushing policy changes that seem to conflict with key elements of last year’s Tax Cuts...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

What Should Republicans Include In Their Second Tax Bill?

June 7, 2018 –
The Trump Administration and some congressional Republicans, including Ways & Means Committee Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX), are promising Tax Bill 2.0 later this year—perhaps in...

New Gun And Ammo Taxes Sound Like Promising Ways To Reduce Gun Violence. But There Are Problems.

May 24, 2018 –
The Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2018 , introduced in Congress after February’s Parkland FL school shooting, would increase federal excise taxes...
Federal Budget and Economy

Are We Beginning An Historic Debate Over Work In the US?

April 27, 2018 –
Are We Beginning An Historic Debate Over Work In The US? What should the federal government do to encourage people to work? Should it try...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

How Will Treasury Fill In the Blanks Of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act?

April 17, 2018 –
When Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) last December, it may have seemed like the end of a major policy initiative. But,...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The TCJA Has Replaced The 1986 Tax Act, But Is It Tax Reform?

March 30, 2018 –
In a recent TaxVox blog, my TPC colleague Eric Toder showed that the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) effectively upended the key principle...
State and Local Issues

A Little-Publicized Incentive In The New Tax Law Could Become America’s Largest Economic Development Program

March 27, 2018 –
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act included a new federal incentive—Opportunity Zones—to spur investment in poor and undercapitalized communities. These incentives could become the nation’s...

Instead Of Seeking Budget Process Reforms, Congress Should Cut Spending And Raise Taxes

March 22, 2018 –
As this fiscal year began, Congress faced budget projections that showed rapidly rising deficits and debt over the next 10 years. Lawmakers reacted by cutting...

Charities Have Plenty of Opportunity to Advance Giving Despite Tax Law Losses

February 28, 2018 –
By substantially cutting the number of taxpayers who will receive a charitable deduction, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has created an opportunity for...

Most Taxpayers’ Benefits Come Mainly from the TCJA’s Individual Provisions, But the Rich Get Much of Their Tax Cuts from Corporate Changes

February 19, 2018 –
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) affects the after-tax income of households in two ways: directly through the individual income tax and indirectly through...