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The Inflation Reduction Act Would Reduce the Tax Gap
Of the $790 billion of savings and offsets in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) , about $125 billion would come from improving tax compliance...
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What's In the Inflation Reduction Act?
Update (9/7/2022): The Congressional Budget Office has released an official score of the final version of the Inflation Reduction Act, finding it will...
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Build Your Own Carbon Tax
One way for the federal government to raise new revenue and reduce greenhouse gas emissions would be by putting a price on carbon. A carbon tax could...
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Christopher Towner: Cut debt and tax carbon to help bring down inflation
Chris Towner is research director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion piece for Madison News , an excerpt...
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Reconciliation Could Improve Medicare Solvency
According to press reports, policymakers are considering broadening the base of the 3.8 percent Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) or self-employment...
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Reducing Drug Prices and the Tax Gap
As lawmakers negotiate a possible reconciliation bill, they should look to offsets from the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBB) to help fund new...
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CBO Estimates TCJA Extensions Could Cost Up to $2.7 Trillion
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest baseline spells out what the federal budget will look like under current law, but also estimates the...
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Presentation: Can Carbon Taxes Fund Climate Investments?
On June 13, 2022, Marc Goldwein of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget gave a presentation to attendees of the 2022 Citizens’ Climate Lobby...
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Event Recap: Fiscal Solutions to Climate Change
On May 17, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted an event on the "Fiscal Solutions to Climate Change." The virtual event featured a...
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Can a Carbon Tax Fund Climate Investments?
Though the Senate will not consider the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBB), there has been some discussion of reviving the legislation’s climate...
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Heritage Foundation Releases 2022 Budget Blueprint
The Heritage Foundation recently released their 2022 Budget Blueprint, a list of over 200 specific policy proposals that would “roll back excessive...
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Maya MacGuineas: Say no to a gas tax holiday
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...