Taxes

Markets this week have been dominated by the White House announcement of a fiscal package deal with Republican Congressional leaders that would add...

The Senate began debate late Thursday on the tax cut compromise hammered out by some lawmakers and President Obama. The debate began even as House...

CRFB Board Member, Gene Steuerle, is co-author with Robert Friedman of a recent op-ed which discusses how to prioritize tax breaks to encourage...

Financial markets have reacted to the new tax cut deal between the White House and Congressional leaders which would add some $800-900 billion to our...

It appears that President Obama and Republican lawmakers have reached a deal to extend the tax cuts enacted from 2001 to 2003. Part of the deal...

Today, the Center for American Progress released a plan to get specific on our growing deficits and debt. Or, rather, they've released five...

Commission Can’t Quite Commit – The President’s Fiscal Commission was able to produce a fiscal plan last week that garnered a bipartisan majority of...

In a Heritage Foundation analysis of the President's Fiscal Commission's final plan, Brian Riedl argues that the recommendations have "too much taxes...

In the wake of the release of the Fiscal Commission’s deficit reduction plan, it’s interesting to note the dichotomy between the focus on deficit...

The co-chairs of the President's fiscal commission today released the deficit reduction plan that members will be asked to vote on Friday. Alan...

Washington Still Has a Full Plate -- Congress returns this week from its Thanksgiving break as fiscal issues will jolt policymakers from their turkey...

You might have missed it last week if you were preparing to chow down on some turkey, but Our Fiscal Security (OFS)--a joint project of the Economic...