Taxes

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released new estimates of the “tax gap” – the amount of taxes owed that go uncollected. They reveal that...

Today is Tax Day! Our partners at Fix the Debt have republished their annual chartbook to explain federal taxes – including who pays them, what they...

The topic of tax reform made the news on Monday as the Obama Administration simultaneously took regulatory steps to further limit corporate inversions...

Update: The Congressional Budget Office has released its score of the Senate FAA bill, estimating that it would reduce ten-year deficits by a small...

Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has a Family Values Agenda built upon current legislation that calls for mandatory...

Last week, two House Committees, Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce, released a package of bills that would reduce mandatory spending. The bills...

Senator Ted Cruz has repeatedly denied the claim that his 16 percent business flat tax as actually a value-added tax (VAT). Although there is...

Update: The event is now over, and a recording of the video will be available soon. As a part of our Fiscal FactCheck project, CRFB is hosting an...

In preparation for upcoming Republican debates, we have put together a primer detailing the candidates’ positions on issues relating to the budget.

The Sanders campaign has listed additional offsets on their website to pay for the "Medicare-for-all" health plan – most significantly taxation of...

Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has a “Simple Flat Tax Plan” that would dramatically overhaul and simplify the current tax...

In an appearance on C-SPAN this morning, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas referenced a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis that shows that high...