Taxes

According to press reports, policymakers are considering broadening the base of the 3.8 percent Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) or self-employment...

As lawmakers negotiate a possible reconciliation bill, they should look to offsets from the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBB) to help fund new...

The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest baseline spells out what the federal budget will look like under current law, but also estimates the...

On May 17, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted an event on the "Fiscal Solutions to Climate Change." The virtual event featured a...

The Heritage Foundation recently released their 2022 Budget Blueprint, a list of over 200 specific policy proposals that would “roll back excessive...

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...

This week, a group of senators introduced legislation to suspend the federal gas tax through December 2022 amid rising inflation. We estimate the...

To help finance new spending and tax breaks, the House-passed Build Back Better Act (and the Senate Finance Committee’s version) includes a high...

UPDATE (August 2023): We have released an updated web-based version of the CTC model. You can find the model here. As lawmakers continue to debate if...

UPDATE (August 2023): We have released an updated web-based version of the CTC model. You can find the model here. As the year comes to a close...