Taxes

Earlier today, Chairman Ryan released his FY 2014 budget, proposing a number of bold changes that would put debt on a downward path as a share of the...

Tax expenditures are a frequent subject of this blog, as they are less visible than government spending due to the tax code's great complexity. But...

Throughout the week we have been breaking down the new report from the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project, " 15 Ways to Rethink the Federal...

The Hill is reporting that the House Ways and Means Committee will take the next step in creating a broad tax reform plan by announcing 11 separate...

Yesterday, CBO issued a report on refundable tax credits, examining many issues involved with the credits. The first refundable credit, the Earned...

Yesterday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released a Discussion Draft on reforming the tax treatment of financial products...

Yesterday, Rep. Dennis A. Ross (R-FL) introduced H.R. 243, otherwise cited as the Bowles-Simpson Plan of Lowering America's Debt (BOLD) Act, a bill...

The complexity of our tax code has many advocates making the case for tax reform as we head toward the second round of fiscal negotiations. In a...

Yesterday, CBO put out a new report on the system for taxing U.S. multinational corporations, a somewhat complex but important topic when it comes to...

The Internal Revenue Service has continued to warn Congress of the administrative consequences of going over the fiscal cliff. In another letter to...

The chained CPI has been receiving much attention lately after being included in the latest offers from both the GOP and White House. Some critics of...

The recent offers from the White House and Republican House leadership have shown that both parties appear to be committed to finding a compromise...