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Tax Reform is Really Hard But Worth The Effort
Read moreUpdate: The Tax Policy Center has released a distributional analysis of the reducing the top individual and corporate rates to 25 percent and... -
Opening the Tax Reform Vault
Read moreUpdated 8/2/2013: Newly released submissions to the Finance Committee have been added. The deadline for Senators to make their arguments for what tax... -
On the President's Proposed "Grand Bargain"
Read moreThe talk of the town in recent days has been President Obama's new plan to combine corporate tax reform with public investments in what President... -
Weinstein: Simplification Should Be First Priority of Tax Reform
Read moreThe tax reform debate is heating up and many groups are weighing in on what tax provisions should be kept and what the broad revenue and... -
Broadening Base-Broadening: "Beyond Tax Expenditures"
Read moreReaders of The Bottom Line know that we talk frequently on the subject of tax expenditures, the deductions, credits, and other tax preferences which... -
Making the Case for Fundamental Tax Reform
Read moreToday, the Campaign to Fix the Debt released a memo making the case for the “ blank slate” approach to tax reform proposed by Senate Finance Chairman... -
Retargeting Tax Expenditures
Read moreAs Senator Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-MI) continue to work through tax reform using their "blank slate"... -
Tax Reform Can Be an Essential Part of Reducing the Debt
Read moreThe recent announcement from Senators Baucus and Hatch to pursue tax reform via a "blank slate" approach is incredibly encouraging. As CRFB Board... -
MY VIEW: Tim Penny July 2013
Read moreYesterday, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and Representative Dave Camp (R-MI) kicked off their summer tour of the country in order to bring the tax reform... -
Tax Reform and the Size of Government
Read moreAs we begin to enter the dog days of summer, the weather is not the only thing that is heating up. The tax reform debate is beginning to escalate also... -
Gene Steuerle: The Baucus-Hatch “Blank Slate” Approach to Tax Reform Could Be Revolutionary
Read moreThe lead up to July 4th brought an exciting development in fiscal policy discussions: a commitment from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus... -
GAO Finds Low Effective Corporate Tax Rates
Read moreAs the tax reform debate begins to heat up again, a new report released by the General Accountability Office (GAO) contributes some telling...