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Individual Taxes

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly In The Retirement Savings Bill Congress May OK This Week

December 20, 2022 –
The spending bill congressional leaders agreed to early this morning creates significant new incentives for retirement savings and broadly eases rules for withdrawing funds. Like...
golfers playing at a retirement community golf course
Individual Taxes

IRA and 401(k) Contribution Limits Are Increasing. That’s Great News If You Are Rich

November 4, 2022 –
In response to the recent burst of inflation, the IRS is raising contribution limits for the full range of retirement savings accounts. That’s great news...
Individual Taxes

The Elephant in The Room: The Gap Between Federal Retiree Benefits and Taxes Paid

May 5, 2022 –
President Trump was afraid to tackle the dominant set of spending and tax issues facing the federal government. Ditto, so far, for President Biden. Under...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Will Congress Turn Democratic Tax Hikes Into Bipartisan Tax Cuts?

March 24, 2022 –
A funny thing happened to the trillions of dollars of proposed tax increases on corporations and high-income households that were high on the agendas of...
Individual Taxes

How To Make Retirement Saving Easier For Millions Of Americans

October 6, 2021 –
Saving for retirement is hard for many adults with low-to-moderate incomes and harder still for many Black and Hispanic workers. What policies can make saving for retirement easier for everyone?
Individual Taxes

How To Fix the Problem of Small Retirement Accounts

September 21, 2021 –
Not only do many American fail to save enough for retirement, but many workers are plagued by a different, but related problem: They have collected...
Individual Taxes

Retirement Tax Benefits Exacerbate Racial Inequities

August 24, 2021 –
In a recent report co-authored with University of Chicago Professor Daniel Hemel, I described how our retirement tax system favors the rich disproportionately. But it’s...

Mega IRAs Reflect Mega Legislative Mistakes

August 13, 2021 –
Mega-IRAs are hot this summer, following a June 2021 report by the nonprofit news service ProPublica that revealed—based on leaked IRS files—that a handful of...
Individual Taxes

How Can the Retirement System Help More People Afford Retirement?

August 4, 2021 –
You don’t have to be a mechanic to drive a car, and you shouldn’t have to be a financial expert to prepare for a secure...
Individual Taxes

Delaying Required IRA Distributions Again Would Largely Help Only The Wealthy

May 5, 2021 –
The House Ways & Means Committee is once again tinkering with the law that requires retirees to take minimum distributions from their individual retirement accounts...
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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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