Taxes
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Principles for Responsible Tax Reform
Read moreThe United States tax code has not been overhauled in over three decades, and it is in desperate need of reform. The current federal income tax is in...
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America Needs Tax Reform, Not More Debt
Read moreA New York Times op-ed written by Steve Forbes, Larry Kudlow, Arthur Laffer, and Stephen Moore argued that since tax reform is hard, Republicans...
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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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You Can't Pay for Tax Reform with Health Reform
Read moreIn an interview yesterday on the Fox Business Network, President Trump described how it is better to do health care reform before tax reform because...
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Does AHCA Make Tax Reform Easier?
Read moreMuch of the news coverage on the interplay between health care and tax reform claims the failure to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA) makes tax...
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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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AHCA Manager's Amendments Will Likely Cut Deficit Reduction in Half
Read moreThe House Rules Committee released two manager's amendments to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) late Monday evening in advance of their scheduled...
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Gene Steuerle: Before We Reform Tax Policy, We Need to Know What Is Working
Read moreCongress and President Trump are embarking on what is likely to be a major rewrite of the federal income tax code.
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Options to Replace the ACA Cadillac Tax
Read moreAs policymakers debate repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA or "Obamacare"), disagreement remains over how to address the ACA's "...
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Five Reasons to Pay for Tax Reform
Read moreAn executive summary of this paper is available here. An updated version of this paper is available at Tax Reform Should Not Add to the Debt – Here's...
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Budget Will Be Difficult to Balance Without ACA Savings
Read moreFor the past three years, Republicans have proposed budgets with a goal of achieving balance within the next decade. However, that goal will be much...
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Lowering the Bar for "Revenue Neutral" Tax Reform
Read moreOne of the key questions of comprehensive tax reform will be its budgetary target. Congressional leaders have set a revenue-neutral target, raising as...