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Federal Budget and Economy

Finance Committee Working Groups: Tax Reform is Hard

July 8, 2015 –
After six months and two extensions, the Senate Finance Committee’s five tax reform working groups presented their reports today to panel chair Orrin...
Individual Taxes

One Avenue to Bipartisan Tax Reform: Simplification and Improved Tax Administration

April 8, 2015 –
There are many ways to restructure the tax code. Elected officials often fail to detect opportunity when they adhere in a path-dependent way to one...
Individual Taxes

Who’s Afraid of Income Taxes? New Interactive TPC Tools To Help You Understand the 1040

March 18, 2015 –
Need help understanding the 1040 as we enter the homestretch of this year’s tax filing season? The Tax Policy Center has created a new interactive...
Individual Taxes

Dynamic Scoring Forum: Inside the Black Box

March 17, 2015 –
This is one of a series of TaxVox guest blogs discussing dynamic scoring . Whether dynamic scoring for official revenue estimates is a good or bad...
Individual Taxes

Can Rube Goldberg Save the Highway Trust Fund?

March 16, 2015 –
In principle, the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is simple. Drivers pay a federal gas tax when they purchase fuel, the revenue goes to the HTF, and the...
Individual Taxes

Go Team: Score 1 for Obama on Ending Tax Subsidies for College Sports

February 6, 2015 –
I love college sports. I really do – especially basketball. (Go Wildcats!) But I also love President Obama’s FY16 budget proposal to cut federal...
Individual Taxes

Pitching, Defense, and State Tax Policy

January 27, 2015 –
The Washington Nationals' signing of Max Scherzer —one of the best starting pitchers in baseball—ignited a few sports-talk debates: Do the Nationals...
Individual Taxes

The IRS Should Fix Its Letter Audit Program

January 20, 2015 –
The beleaguered IRS has two enormous challenges: It must rebuild its reputation to win congressional support for the funding it needs to do its job...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Mission Impossible? An Upcoming TPC Panel Will Explore the Politics of Tax Reform

March 27, 2014 –
Everyone agrees that the tax code is a mess. So why is it so hard for Congress and the President to fix it? On Monday, the Tax Policy Center will...