TaxVox: Income tax (individual)

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Tax Day Is Here, And State Budget Offices Share Your Fears And Hopes For A Good Return

April 15, 2019 –
With Tax Day here, taxpayers are scrambling to finish up their returns—both federal and state (that is, if their state has an individual income tax)...
Individual Taxes

The Income Tax Makes Life Simpler, Really

April 12, 2019 –
As April 15 approaches, it is fashionable to complain about how complicated the tax system is. And it is. But it’s time to recognize that,...

Fixing The TCJA: Restore The Personal Exemption

March 21, 2019 –
Now that Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives, some lawmakers are looking for ways to rewrite the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs...
Individual Taxes

It’s About Your Total Tax Liability, Not Your Refund

February 12, 2019 –
People, if you want to know whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was good for you or not, stop obsessing about the size...

How The Partial Government Shutdown Will Affect You This Tax Filing Season

January 18, 2019 –
Tax filing season is due to begin in 10 days. Will the IRS will be able to process returns as usual?

About Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s 70 Percent Tax Rates

January 8, 2019 –
It sure didn’t take long. The 116 th Congress hadn’t been in session for a week when we were hit with the very first round...
State and Local Issues

States Enjoyed Another Stellar Quarter Of Revenue Growth; But The Longer-Term Fiscal Outlook Is Cloudy

December 18, 2018 –
States closed their fiscal 2018 books at the end of June on a positive note. But they shouldn’t bank on the good times lasting forever...
Individual Taxes

Who Is Middle Class Anyway?

December 10, 2018 –
Everyone, it seems, says they want to cut taxes for the middle class. President Trump promised such tax relief in the weeks before the election...
Individual Taxes

Congress Can And Should Demand President Trump’s Tax Returns

November 26, 2018 –
Incoming House Ways & Means Committee Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) indicated that he will request President Trump’s tax returns soon after Democrats formally take control...
Individual Taxes

There Will Be No Middle-Class Tax Cut This Week. Or Next Month

October 25, 2018 –
Pundits are breathlessly speculating about what President Trump’s promise to cut taxes for the middle class by 10 percent could possibly mean. They are wasting...