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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...

Will Biden’s Plan to Reduce the Tax Gap by Increasing the IRS’s Budget Raise $300 Billion?

May 3, 2021 –
I —among many others —have called for more money for the Internal Revenue Service to enable it to collect even more money owed to the...
Individual Taxes

Are IRS Security Tools Blocking Millions of People from Filing Electronically?

April 26, 2021 –
The IRS struggles mightily to balance two goals: It desperately wants to encourage taxpayers to file their tax returns electronically rather than on paper. And...
Business Taxes

Too Many IRS Audits of Big Businesses Result In No Change In Tax Liability

April 19, 2021 –
Change can be good, right? Maybe or maybe not. But if you are the Internal Revenue Service, “no change” audits never are good. And, for...
Individual Taxes

How Well Is the IRS Implementing A Retroactive Unemployment Benefit Tax Break?

March 30, 2021 –
By including in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) a provision to exempt up to $10,200 of last year’s unemployment benefits from federal income tax, Congress...
Individual Taxes

Should IRS or Social Security Administer A Monthly Child Benefit?

February 17, 2021 –
President Biden, the House Ways & Means Committee, and Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) agree: They want to increase child benefits to parents who work and...
Federal Budget and Economy

Another Way to Target Pandemic Relief Payments: Help Those Who Were Financially Hurt the Most In 2020

February 1, 2021 –
Some Senate Republicans say they want to scale back President Biden’s proposed $1,400 relief payments. Last week, my Tax Policy Center colleague Howard Gleckman proposed...
Individual Taxes

Tax Fairness: President Trump, A Case Study

October 14, 2020 –
Yesterday, I testified before the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight on “tax fairness,” and the hearing spotlighted the reporting of new details on President...