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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.
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Inequality Is A Big And Growing Issue, But A Wealth Tax May Not Be The Solution

January 23, 2020 –
Wealth inequality in the US is a big and growing problem. But what should we do about it?

State And Local Governments Have A Role To Play In Reducing The Wealth Gap

January 17, 2020 –
Every Democratic candidate for president has a plan to address growing inequality in America (on January 16, the Tax Policy Center sponsored a program on...

Would Wealth Taxes Solve Wealth Inequality?

January 15, 2020 –
Democracies become oligarchies when wealth is too concentrated. So begins a letter by Berkeley economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman about presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’...

Effective Income Tax Rates Have Fallen For The Top One Percent Since World War II

January 6, 2020 –
For the individual income tax, effective tax rates — measured as federal income tax divided by adjusted gross income (AGI) —have fallen significantly over the...
Individual Taxes

A Wealth Tax Will Encourage More Spending By The Rich—And Maybe More Political Donations

October 31, 2019 –
Whatever else they do, the wealth taxes proposed by senators and Democratic presidential hopefuls Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will encourage the very...
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Brief

The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

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

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