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Business Taxes

Too Many IRS Audits of Big Businesses Result In No Change In Tax Liability

April 19, 2021 –
Change can be good, right? Maybe or maybe not. But if you are the Internal Revenue Service, “no change” audits never are good. And, for...
Federal Budget and Economy

New Data Tools and Methods Can Help Federal Policymakers Create More Equitable Tax Policy

March 22, 2021 –
On his first day in office, President Biden signed an executive order acknowledging the toll of structural racism in the United States and initiating a...
State and Local Issues

Are State and Local Tax Systems Colorblind?

March 10, 2021 –
Tax policies are commonly viewed as race-neutral or “colorblind”— simply because information on race or ethnicity is not reported on tax returns or explicitly referenced...
Federal Budget and Economy

How Could the United States Pay for Reparations?

February 3, 2021 –
A few years ago, Ta-Nehesi Coates wrote a powerful essay, “The Case for Reparations” for The Atlantic . Reparations, he affirmed, would help close the...
Individual Taxes

A New Look at Racial Wealth Inequalities Before the Pandemic

December 29, 2020 –
The Federal Reserve Board’s 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) helps us understand US wealth disparities prior to the COVID-19 pandemic that has disproportionately harmed...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

President Trump Wants the Affordable Care Act Overturned. It Would Cut Taxes Substantially for High-Income Households

October 27, 2020 –
The highest-income 1 percent of households (those with income more than $788,000) would, on average, receive tax cuts of nearly $28,000.

How Much More Money Could The IRS Collect If Congress Gave Them More Money?

September 28, 2020 –
Would increasing the Internal Revenue Service’s funding for audits increase tax collections by more than the cost? Yes, if the funds are spent wisely.
Individual Taxes

The Road To Abusive Tax Shelters Is Paved with Good Intentions

September 2, 2020 –
Conserving nature—not paving over it—is "pretty cool," so much so that our tax code has for decades offered an tax incentive to do it through “conservation easements.” But a certain kind of scam has taken that incentive to another level entirely.
Individual Taxes

How Would Paydown Affect The Reform Of Home Mortgage Interest Deduction?

July 21, 2020 –
Reforming the mortgage interest deduction (MID) could raise federal tax revenue and make the tax system more progressive. But some taxpayers, especially those with high...
Individual Taxes

Should Wealth Taxes Pay For Coronavirus Relief And Recovery?

May 28, 2020 –
I look forward to the day when the economy is strong enough that we can worry about the gigantic debt left behind by federal relief and recovery efforts.
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Brief

State Revenue Forecasts Before COVID-19 and Directions Forward

Lucy Dadayan
April 2, 2020

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