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House Democrats May Soon Ask For Trump’s Tax Returns But What Should They Request?

March 7, 2019 –
House Ways & Means Committee Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) reportedly is about to make a formal request for 10 years of President Trump’s tax returns...

How To Choose Among Tax Credits That Aim To Support Work, Children, And Poverty Reduction

January 28, 2019 –
High-profile Democrats are floating ambitious proposals to reduce economic pressure on working Americans by expanding or supplementing tax credits for low- and middle-income families. These...

About Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s 70 Percent Tax Rates

January 8, 2019 –
It sure didn’t take long. The 116 th Congress hadn’t been in session for a week when we were hit with the very first round...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Seven Tax Policy Issues To Watch in 2019

January 3, 2019 –
Happy New Year. And welcome to 2019, a year when several important tax policy issues are likely to hit the news. Watch for these: Whether...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The TaxVox Lump of Coal Award For The Worst Tax Idea of 2018

December 20, 2018 –
It’s time for Tax Vox to present its annual Lump of Coal Award for the worst tax idea of the year.
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Did President Trump Just Throw Corporations, and Senate Republicans, Under the Bus?

November 9, 2018 –
In his press conference on Wednesday, President Trump raised more than a few eyebrows by saying he’d be willing to support “adjustments ” to the...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

What The New Congress Will Mean For Tax And Budget Policy

November 7, 2018 –
The 116 th Congress is going to look very different from the 115 th . But don’t expect tax and budget policy to change much...
Individual Taxes

Senator Harris Seeks To Raise Incomes Using A New Tax Credit

October 18, 2018 –
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) is proposing to raise the incomes of working families through a new tax proposal called the “LIFT (Livable Incomes for Families...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Amazon Isn’t A Bad Employer, But Stop-BEZOS Is A Bad Bill

September 7, 2018 –
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) just introduced the ‘‘ Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies Act ’’ (or Stop-BEZOS) that would punish...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Nation’s Partisan Divide Is Infecting Tax Policy

May 30, 2018 –
“Don’t tax me, don’t tax thee, tax that fella behind the tree.” This bit of doggerel, attributed to the late Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell...