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What are the benefits of simpler taxes?

February 12, 2016 by tpc-admin

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What are the benefits of simpler taxes?

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Simpler taxes have lower compliance costs—in both time and money—and may encourage taxpayers to use tax provisions aimed at helping people pay for socially desirable activities.

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How should distributional tables be interpreted?

December 20, 2015 by tpc-admin

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How should distributional tables be interpreted?

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Distributional tables provide important and useful information, but keep six key questions in mind to correctly interpret the results.

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What policy reforms could simplify the tax code?

February 12, 2016 by tpc-admin

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What policy reforms could simplify the tax code?

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Reducing the number of distinctions among economic activities and taxpayers’ characteristics would simplify the code, reducing both taxpayers’ compliance costs and governmental administrative costs. Some distinctions among taxpayers promote fairness, so there are trade-offs among goals, but the tax law could be simplified without compromising equity.

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