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What are tax expenditures and how are they structured?

February 12, 2016 by tpcwebsite

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What are tax expenditures and how are they structured?

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Tax expenditures are special provisions of the tax code such as exclusions, deductions, deferrals, credits, and tax rates that benefit specific activities or groups of taxpayers.

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What is the tax expenditure budget?

December 20, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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What is the tax expenditure budget?

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The tax expenditure budget displays the estimated revenue losses from special exclusions, exemptions, deductions, credits, deferrals, and preferential tax rates in federal income tax law.

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Why are tax expenditures controversial?

December 20, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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Why are tax expenditures controversial?

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To some, tax expenditures are spending items that do not belong in the tax code. To others, they are merely a way of reducing taxes, and repealing them would amount to a tax increase.

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