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Nunes Offers a Way Forward for Business Tax Reform
Read moreWith tax reform heating up, House Ways and Means member Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) has gotten the ball rolling with a business tax reform plan called the...
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A Medical Device Tax Repeal Should Be Fiscally Responsible
Read moreThe brand new 114th Congress is at it again. Only weeks into the term, a second fiscally irresponsible change to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has...
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Van Hollen Proposes Middle Class Tax Cuts
Read moreAt an event at the Center for American Progress, House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) unveiled an " Action Plan" to broadly...
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Hatch Calls for Tax Reform in the 114th Congress
Read moreIf tax reform is going to happen in the 114th Congress, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) will be a central figure as the incoming Chairman of the Finance...
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Senator Cardin Proposes Reform With a Consumption Tax
Read moreSenator Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the Progressive Consumption Tax Act last week that would reform the tax code and change the way that tax revenue...
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Delaney Combines Tax Reform and Infrastructure...With a Twist
Read moreTax reform has been an increasingly common way to pay for infrastructure spending in recent years. Both President Obama and outgoing House Ways and...
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Senator Coburn Publishes the Tax Decoder
Read moreSenator Coburn's office yesterday published the "Tax Decoder", a 300+ page guide describing more than 165 tax expenditures. The report highlights...
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Changing the Baseline Could Mean an Extra Trillion in Debt
Read moreRepublicans and Democrats do not agree on much, but both parties are talking about business tax reform that is "revenue-neutral," raising the same...
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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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Lew Takes On Inversions
Read moreTreasury Secretary Jacob Lew proposed administrative rules this week that would limit the benefits of tax inversions, where companies move their...
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Deficit-Financed Tax Cuts May be Counterproductive
Read moreA new paper suggests that tax cuts that add to the deficit provide little boost to economic growth and may actually hinder it. Last week, the Tax...
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More Interesting Charts from CBO Director Elmendorf's Presentation
Read moreEarlier in the week, we highlighted a portion of CBO Director Doug Elmendorf's presentation at Cornell University highlighting the increased resources...