Taxes
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Finance Committee Provides Its Framework for International Tax Reform
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee has been working all year in five bipartisan working groups on tax reform, and today they have reports to show for it. Of...
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New Discussions on a Carbon Tax
Read moreThe Tax Policy Center (TPC) recently released a primer on carbon taxes. The report outlines how the construction of a carbon tax matters for its...
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Levin, Baldwin Introduce Bill to Close Carried Interest Loophole
Read moreWays and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) have introduced a bill to close a well-known tax loophole that...
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A Comparison of the House and Senate Trade Bills
Read moreThe House is considering trade legislation (H.R. 1314, H.R. 1295, and H.R. 644) this week that would fast-track authority for a few major trade deals...
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House Set to Target Deficit-Reducing Parts of ACA
Read moreUpdate (6/12/15): A new CBO score estimates that repealing IPAB will cost $7.1 billion over ten years, with all of the cost recorded after 2021. The...
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Congressional Double-Take on Revenue
Read moreThe Congressional budget resolution proposes to bring the budget into balance by reducing spending $5.3 trillion over the next decade while keeping...
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Four Takeaways from the Solutions Initiative Plans
Read moreThe Peterson Foundation's Solutions Initiative III produced five different fiscal plans that would improve the current long-term budget outlook. We...
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164 Ways to Reduce the Deficit
Read moreCRFB has released a new compendium of over 150 options to reduce mandatory spending and raise revenue. Despite declining in deficits in recent years...
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Let the Cadillac Tax Drive...Down Deficits and Health Care Spending
Read moreA group of House Democrats introduced a bill yesterday to repeal the tax on high-cost health insurance plans, commonly known as the "Cadillac tax,"...
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House and Senate Budgets Don't Balance in 2025 With Enacted Legislation
Read moreThe House and Senate are going to a conference committee to reconcile the differences between their budget resolutions, but legislative developments...
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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