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Individual Taxes

Family Security Act 2.0 Child Allowance Would Help Families with Kids, with Drawbacks for Single Parents

December 8, 2022 –
The Family Security Act 2.0 (FSA 2.0) framework introduced this past June by Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Richard Burr (R-NC) emerged...
Individual Taxes

Economic Well-Being Improved in 2021, But Will It Continue?

June 7, 2022 –
Even though jobs are plentiful and wages are up, many families still face a shaky economic outlook. Higher than average inflation, which tends to hit...
Individual Taxes

An Expanded Child Tax Credit Would Reduce Child Poverty to Below 10 Percent in Nearly All States

September 8, 2021 –
The American Rescue Plan’s (ARP) expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) would reduce child poverty in a typical year below 10 percent in 47 states –...
Individual Taxes

Would Extending More Generous Tax Credits Increase The Number Of Non-Income Tax Payers?

August 25, 2021 –
Would Extending More Generous Tax Credits Increase The Number Of Non-Income Tax Payers? We know the pandemic and the policy response to it dramatically increased...
Individual Taxes

Biden’s Expanded EITC Adds Significant Marriage Penalties

August 3, 2021 –
A key feature of President Biden’s effort to expand government support for low-income families is its increase in the earned income tax credit (EITC) for...
Individual Taxes

Increasing the Childless EITC Is A Good Start; It Should Include Students Too

February 15, 2021 –
President Biden and House Way & Means Committee Democrats have proposed increasing the earned income tax credit (EITC) for workers without children at home –...
Individual Taxes

A Tax Credit to Fix Capitalism

January 21, 2021 –
Capitalism produces a dizzying array of products and, in the process, generates an enormous amount of wealth. But capitalism creates a problem in that the...
Individual Taxes

COVID-19 Is Changing The Labor Market. Tax Policy Must Change Along With It.

October 13, 2020 –
The coronavirus recession has dealt a devastating blow to millions of US workers with consequences that could persist for years.
Individual Taxes

Unemployment Benefits Are Taxable Income: That May Reduce EITC Refunds Next Spring

September 15, 2020 –
Many low- and moderate-income households no doubt were assisted greatly by enhanced federal unemployment insurance benefits that they received earlier this year and would be...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Senator Kamala Harris Proposed A Bold Tax Credit To Help Low- And Middle-Income Workers

August 13, 2020 –
As a senator, Kamala Harris has proposed broad legislation designed to raise the incomes of low- and middle-income workers via her LIFT the Middle Class Act.
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The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

  • Tax Professor Daniel Hemel
Daniel Hemel, Janet Holtzblatt, Steven M. Rosenthal
February 22, 2022

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