Taxes on the Rich May Change a Lot in 2017
Aaron Krupkin co-authored this article. It’s good to be rich. Depending on who becomes the next president, it could get a lot better or a lot worse. Thanks to our colleagues at the Tax Policy Center,...
View ArticleThe Challenges of Modeling Presidential Tax Plans
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget sponsored a fascinating discussion yesterday on estimating presidential candidate tax plans. My Tax Policy Center colleague Len Burman, Kyle Pomerleau of...
View ArticleClinton and Sanders Take Two Different Paths to Taxing the Rich
Let’s say you’re a Democrat who wants to raise taxes on rich people. It turns out there are two very different ways to do it: The direct, simple, in-your-face Bernie Sanders version and the indirect,...
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Sanders Proposes An Historic Tax Increase To Fund New Social Spending
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has proposed a tax increase of $15.3 trillion over the next decade, according to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center. The tax hikes-- which would...
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Hillary Clinton Would Raise Taxes On High-Income Households By $1.1 Trillion...
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton would raise taxes on businesses and high-income households while making minimal changes to the after-tax incomes of those with low and moderate incomes,...
View ArticleAuerbach and Gale Find the U.S. Is Heading For a Fiscal Danger Zone
As you consider the lavish promises of various presidential candidates, here’s a bit of useful context: Even without the effects of promised tax cuts or new spending, the long-term fiscal outlook is...
View ArticleHow Should We Use the Revenue from Taxing Carbon?
Adele Morris co-authored this post. A US carbon tax could raise $1 trillion or more in new revenue over the next decade. There is no shortage of ways to use it. Tax reformers want to cut business and...
View ArticleThe GOP Proposed Tax Cuts Would be Unprecedented
Howard Gleckman pointed out that a common theme in the GOP primary tax proposals is that they are huge tax cuts. But how do they stand up to George W. Bush’s tax cuts, JFK’s oft-cited across-the-board...
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How The GOP Candidate’s Tax Plans Stack Up Against One Another
How do the Republican presidential candidate tax plans stack up against one another? Who has the biggest tax cut? How do their plans affect people in different income groups? The Tax Policy Center has...
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Cruz’s Flat Tax + VAT Would Cut Revenues By $8.6 Trillion
GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz’s aggressive plan to shift the tax code from a mostly income-based system to one based on consumption would slash federal revenues by $8.6 trillion over the next...
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Rubio’s Ambitious Consumption Tax Would Reduce Revenue by $6.8 Trillion, Give...
Senator Marco Rubio would convert the income tax into a progressive consumption tax, an ambitious idea that would eliminate the income tax’s penalty on saving. However, a new Tax Policy Center analysis...
View ArticleThe White House Quietly Rolls Out Its Last Tax and Budget Plan
If the White House wanted to attract attention to its final budget, it could not have picked a worse day to make it public. With official Washington obsessed with today’s New Hampshire primary, the...
View ArticleObama Proposes to Fix the Cadillac Tax
In the budget he plans to release tomorrow, President Obama will propose some modest changes to the Affordable Care Act’s much-reviled Cadillac Tax on high-cost employer sponsored health plans. In...
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Bernie Sanders Is Proposing Really Big Tax Increases
It is hard to grasp the enormity of the tax increases Bernie Sanders is proposing, how far out-of-step he is with recent economic history in the U.S., and what a stunning contrast he presents with...
View ArticleWhat Can Congress and President Obama Accomplish in 2016?
Can Congress and President Obama, who have battled over policy for seven years, reach consensus over key tax and other issues in the months leading up to the 2016 election? To ask the question is...
View ArticleFive Questions to Ask When You Look at a Presidential Candidate’s Tax Plan
I recently suggested that voters look seriously at the tax proposals being touted by presidential candidates, even though those plans have little chance of ever becoming law as proposed. But what...
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Trump Would Slash Taxes for the Top 0.1 Percent By An Average of $1.3...
Donald Trump’s tax plan would add $9.5 trillion to the national debt from 2016 to 2026 and another $15 trillion in the following decade (before added interest), according to a new analysis by the Tax...
View ArticleThe TaxVox Lump of Coal Awards for the Ten Worst Tax Ideas of 2015
It is time for TaxVox’s annual Lump of Coal awards for the worst tax ideas (or most depressing tax stories) of 2015. As always, choosing the Top 10 was not easy, but here they are: 10. The Michigan...
View ArticleThe Hidden Agenda Behind This Year’s Tax Extender Bill
While Republican presidential hopefuls were debating in Las Vegas, congressional leaders announced they had agreed to restore and extend dozens of special interest tax cuts—many permanently. And those...
View ArticleWhy You Should Pay Attention to the Presidential Candidates’ Tax Proposals
The presidential election is nearly a year away, but many candidates have already rolled out detailed tax reform plans. On the GOP side, we’ve seen proposals from Jeb Bush (the subject of a rigorous...
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