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CBO Scores IRA with $238 Billion of Deficit Reduction
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released a final score of the Inflation Reduction Act, finding it would reduce deficits by $238 billion...
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The Inflation Reduction Act Would Reduce the Tax Gap
Read moreOf the $790 billion of savings and offsets in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) , about $125 billion would come from improving tax compliance...
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IRA Will Help Fed Fight Inflation
Read moreA recent Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) study has been used by opponents to claim the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) would increase rather than...
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What's In the Inflation Reduction Act?
Read moreUpdate (9/7/2022): The Congressional Budget Office has released an official score of the final version of the Inflation Reduction Act, finding it will...
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Build Your Own Carbon Tax
Read moreOne way for the federal government to raise new revenue and reduce greenhouse gas emissions would be by putting a price on carbon. A carbon tax could...
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Reconciliation Criticisms Are Off Base
Read moreAs possible elements of a deficit-reducing reconciliation agreement have emerged, critics have attacked the plan for increasing recession risk...
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Surging Inflation Highlights Need for Deficit Reduction, Not Tax Cuts
Read moreCPI inflation set another forty-year record today, rising by 1.3 percent this month and 9.1 percent over the past year. CPI has already risen more...
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Reconciliation Could Improve Medicare Solvency
Read moreAccording to press reports, policymakers are considering broadening the base of the 3.8 percent Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) or self-employment...
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Reducing Drug Prices and the Tax Gap
Read moreAs lawmakers negotiate a possible reconciliation bill, they should look to offsets from the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBB) to help fund new...
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CBO Estimates TCJA Extensions Could Cost Up to $2.7 Trillion
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest baseline spells out what the federal budget will look like under current law, but also estimates the...
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Senate Retirement Bill Would Cost $84 Billion Without Gimmicks
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee recently advanced the Enhancing American Retirement Now (EARN) Act, a bill designed to encourage private retirement...
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Presentation: Can Carbon Taxes Fund Climate Investments?
Read moreOn June 13, 2022, Marc Goldwein of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget gave a presentation to attendees of the 2022 Citizens’ Climate Lobby...