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TaxVox: Retirement

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Individual Taxes

Save (For) Yourself

August 7, 2019 –
Contributing to my own retirement in a tax-advantaged savings account is a lot like placing that plane's oxygen mask on myself first in an emergency—but doing so might not be obvious to many women like me.
Individual Taxes

The Trump Administration Is Looking At Tax Breaks And Other Ways To Boost Private Long-Term Care Insurance

May 24, 2019 –
The Trump Administration is (very quietly) looking at ways to reinvigorate the flagging private long-term care (LTC) insurance market. The recommendations are expected to surface...
Individual Taxes

Individual Retirement Accounts Should Be For…Retirement

April 4, 2019 –
The House and Senate unveiled similar bipartisan retirement savings bills this week. Among the differences: The House bill would let you use IRA funds for having a baby.

Tax Increases Encourage Lower Earners and Wives To Retire Early

February 21, 2019 –
Imagine a husband or wife near retirement age. Their tax rates go up. What do they do? I’ve published a new study, along with Kevin...

TPC Is Improving Its Modeling Of Five Tax Expenditures

December 18, 2018 –
In a new initiative, the Tax Policy Center is improving its modeling of five key tax expenditures: the tax treatment of pass-through entities, charitable giving,...
Individual Taxes

The House GOP’s “Other” Tax Cut: Yet Another Savings Subsidy

October 1, 2018 –
While the House-passed plan to make permanent the individual tax cuts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is getting the most attention, the...
Individual Taxes

Treasury Should Review IRA Minimum Distribution Tables But Changes Would Help Few Seniors

September 7, 2018 –
President Trump last week asked the Treasury Department to review the rules surrounding Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) for traditional Individual Retirement Accounts and 401(k) plans...

The Budget Gimmick that Undermines Public and Private Finances

October 30, 2017 –
The GOP tax reform proposal may limit contributions to traditional 401k plans, while continuing to allow contributions to Roth accounts. It is borrowing in disguise--intended to skirt the borrowing limits in the congressional budget resolution--and may also undermine workers' retirement security.
Individual Taxes

A Tax Break on Repatriated Earnings Will Not Trickle Down to U.S. Workers

September 25, 2017 –
Top aides to President Donald Trump argue that tax relief for the accumulated foreign earnings of US-based multinational corporations would be a boon for US...
Individual Taxes

Keeping Your Eyes on the Tax-Advantaged Prize

September 6, 2017 –
Why would sensible people buy lottery tickets, where their chances of coming away with big bucks are vanishingly small, but be so reluctant to contribute to retirement savings?
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State Revenue Forecasts Before COVID-19 and Directions Forward

Lucy Dadayan
April 2, 2020

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