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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T21-0035 – Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Enhancement in the House Ways and Means Committee's Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2021

February 10, 2021
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T21-0034 – Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Enhancement in the House Ways and Means Committee's Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2021

February 10, 2021
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T21-0033 – Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) Enhancement in the House Ways and Means Committee's Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2021

February 10, 2021
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T21-0032 – Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) Enhancement in the House Ways and Means Committee's Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2021

February 10, 2021
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T21-0031 – Child Tax Credit (CTC) Enhancement in the House Ways and Means Committee's Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2021

February 10, 2021
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T21-0030 – Child Tax Credit (CTC) Enhancement in the House Ways and Means Committee's Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2021

February 10, 2021
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T21-0029 – Economic Impact Payments in the House Ways and Means Committee's Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2021

February 10, 2021
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T21-0028 – Economic Impact Payments in the House Ways and Means Committee's Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2021

February 10, 2021
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T21-0027 – Major Individual Income Tax Provisions in the House Ways and Means Committee's Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2021

February 10, 2021
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T21-0026 – Major Individual Income Tax Provisions in the House Ways and Means Committee's Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2021

February 10, 2021

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What is the flat tax?

December 23, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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What is the flat tax?

A.

While any tax system with flat rates could be called a flat tax, the name is usually reserved for a system developed by Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka in 1985. Their flat tax is really a two-part VAT: All value added except wages is taxed at the business level and wages are taxed at the individual level at the same flat rate but with an exemption related to family size.

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What is the difference between marginal and average tax rates?

December 20, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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What is the difference between marginal and average tax rates?

A.

Average tax rates measure tax burden, while marginal tax rates measure the impact of taxes on incentives to earn, save, invest, or spend.

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How should progressivity be measured?

December 20, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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How should progressivity be measured?

A.

A broad definition of progressivity, that tax burdens rise with household income, masks a host of ambiguities in measuring the effect of a tax change. The percentage change in after-tax income is the most reliable measure of the progressivity of such a change.

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