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Individual Taxes

The IRS’s Christmas Gift to Airbnb and PayPal Is a Loss for Law-Abiding Taxpayers

January 11, 2023 –
Third-party payment platforms such as Airbnb, eBay, and PayPal found a surprise gift from the Biden Administration in their Christmas stockings last month—one that likely...
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Individual Taxes

The House GOP’s Vote To Cut IRS Funding Was Just One Skirmish In A Long War

January 11, 2023 –
It is easy to write off as mere symbolism the House vote to rescind nearly all the $80 billion IRS funding increase Congress approved last...
Individual Taxes

How Will Congress Assess The Success Of Its $80 Billion Investment In The IRS?

December 8, 2022 –
How will we know whether the Inflation Reduction Act’s $80 billion ten-year investment in the Internal Revenue Service is successful? Unfortunately, measuring performance isn’t easy,...
Individual Taxes

What Can We Learn from Boston’s Expanded CTC Outreach to Immigrant Communities?

October 7, 2022 –
Although last year’s temporary expansion of the child tax credit (CTC) dramatically reduced child poverty across the US, government outreach efforts struggled to connect immigrant families with their tax benefits.
Individual Taxes

Cutting Through the Misinformation About The IRS’s Plan To Spend $80 Billion

September 1, 2022 –
Understanding how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will affect the Internal Revenue Service’s operations requires wading through a swamp of misinformation, disinformation, and no information...

If the IRS Gets $80 Billion, Will Its Agents Come Gunning for You?

August 11, 2022 –
With the near-certain enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Internal Revenue Service is on track for an $80 billion boost to its ten-year budget...
Individual Taxes

Improving the IRS National Research Program

August 8, 2022 –
Alas, it takes a potential scandal to bring attention to a government program in need of reform. In this case, it’s the intense individual income...
Individual Taxes

The Tax Hound

July 15, 2022 –
Tax policy isn't just for economists, lawyers, or policymakers. Taxes affect us all and The Tax Hound engages the rest of us in interesting conversations about what government taxes, and why.
Individual Taxes

Can Machine Learning Improve Tax Enforcement Without Human Teachers?

July 14, 2022 –
When it comes to tax enforcement, I used to believe the Internal Revenue Service could never have too much information. But the agency already collects...
Individual Taxes

New GAO Report Underscores Importance of Better Data To Study Race and Taxes

June 2, 2022 –
While the federal income tax system may appear “colorblind” or race-neutral to some, it can mitigate or exacerbate racial inequities . Unfortunately, the IRS does...
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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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