Tax Expenditures
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Options to Help Pay For the Trump Tax Plan
Read morePresident Trump's tax reform proposal could cost $5.5 trillion over 10 years, but many of the details that might bring the price tag down have not...
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Tax Day 2017: Charts to Explain Our Tax System
Read moreTo commemorate Tax Day, CRFB and our partners at Fix the Debt have released our annual chartbook on federal taxes. It outlines who pays taxes, what...
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Senator Flake Releases "Tax Rackets" Oversight Report
Read moreWith Tax Day approaching on April 18 and Congress considering tax reform, Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has released an oversight report, Tax Rackets...
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JCT Estimates Record $1.6 Trillion in Tax Breaks in 2017
Read moreThe Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released a new estimate earlier this year for the cost of tax expenditures over the years 2016-2020. In total...
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Tax Day 2016: Charts to Explain our Tax System
Read moreToday is Tax Day! Our partners at Fix the Debt have republished their annual chartbook to explain federal taxes – including who pays them, what they...
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JCT Estimates Over $1.2 Trillion in Tax Breaks in 2015
Read moreThe Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) recently released its latest estimate of tax expenditures covering the years 2015-2019. Based on the summed cost...
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Most of Deficit's Decline Because Tax Breaks Aren't Included
Read moreMuch of the press coverage of the updated projections issued by the Congressional Budget Office last week focused on the fact that the deficit would...
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Tax Day 2015: Charts to Explain Our Tax System
Read moreIn honor of tax day, CRFB and our partners at Fix the Debt released a Tax Day 2015 chartbook yesterday, with ten charts (and one table) that explain...
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Tax Day 2015: 10 Charts and 1 Table About Taxes
Read moreSee some of these charts, with a more detailed explanation, at our blog Tax Day 2015: Charts to Explain Our Tax System
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Finding Consensus on Tax Reform
Read moreDespite partisan differences in Washington, there's actually considerable bipartisan consensus around many elements of tax reform. That's the...
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Retirement Saving Takes Center Stage
Read moreRetirement saving policy took center stage Tuesday on Capitol Hill and in the policy world. The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing to discuss...