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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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American Public Supports Fiscally Responsible Corporate Tax Reform
Read moreAmong developed countries the US is unique in taxes in a number of different ways. One claim to fame is the fact that the U.S. now has the highest...
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Are Energy Tax Expenditures Effective at Reducing Emissions?
Read moreIn 2010 and 2011, the federal government "spent" nearly $50 billion in revenue on energy tax expenditures. But are these provisions actually achieving...
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The Zero Plan Re-Emerges in the Tax Reform Debate
Read moreAccording to press reports today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) are about to take a very...
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RATE Coalition Speaks Out For Corporate Tax Reform
Read moreThe United States has the highest statutory corporate tax rate in the developed world, but substantial revenues are forgone through a variety of tax...
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Senate Finance Looks at Types of Income and Entities
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee has been busy churning out options papers on various tax reform topics (we wrote previously about their economic security...
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Senate Finance Committee Looks at Economic Security Provisions
Read moreLast week, the Senate Finance Committee released a seventh report in a series of papers examining the federal tax code and options for comprehensive...
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Tyson on Retirement Savings and Tax Provisions
Read moreToday, in a Project Syndicate piece, Laura Tyson examines the state of retirement saving in the U.S. and argues that many retirement saving tax...
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CBO Looks at a Carbon Tax
Read moreThe revenue debate in DC is one that is often focused on the individual income tax system. But one option to raise revenue is to use new taxes that...