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Volunteer Tax Prep Is A Crash Course in Pandemic Tax Policy

April 25, 2022 –
A few Tax Policy Center staffers and I spend tax season volunteering for the IRS's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, providing free tax preparation...
Federal Budget and Economy

Why Another Brutal Filing Season for The IRS May Not Help It Get More Funding

April 18, 2022 –
The Internal Revenue Service has limped through yet another tax filing season, reduced to plugging staffing holes in customer service and returns processing by shifting...
Individual Taxes

The Uncertain Future of the IRS Free File Program

March 9, 2022 –
Most of us dread filing tax returns—it’s too complicated, too confusing, and often too expensive. The Free File Program eased some of those burdens for...
Individual Taxes

The Tax Gap’s Many Shades Of Gray

February 22, 2022 –
The “tax gap”—the difference between taxes owed to the government and taxes actually collected—often is equated with evasion . But the tax gap is more...
Individual Taxes

The IRS Is In The Headlines. That Is Not A Good Thing

February 16, 2022 –
Remember the old marketing cliche: “I don’t care what you say about me as long as you spell my name right.” In the Internet age,...
Individual Taxes

The IRS Made Me File A Paper Return. Then Lost It

January 26, 2022 –
The IRS lost my 2020 tax return. Well, according to the notice I got yesterday, the IRS says it “never received” the return. But I’m...
Business Taxes

Wyden’s Billionaire Income Tax Is Ambitious But Problematic

October 25, 2021 –
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) likes to say : “There are two tax codes in the United States: one for workers who pay...

How Should Congress Fund Investments in The Internal Revenue Service’s Infrastructure?

July 7, 2021 –
Congress is moving toward rectifying the decade-long funding crisis at the IRS . The House is on track to adopt President Biden’s proposed $1.6 billion...
Individual Taxes

The Tax Hound

July 1, 2021 –
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

Interest Grows in Combining Voter Registration With Tax Filing

June 3, 2021 –
What if millions of state or federal income tax filers had the opportunity to register to vote or update their voter registration at the same...
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The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

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

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