Taxes

Congress is still considering a potential fiscally irresponsible deal to extend the 50-some tax breaks that expired at the end of the year, known as...

Congress is in the process of negotiating a potential $ 700 billion deal that would extend several tax provisions that expired at the end of 2014...

A fiscally irresponsible bipartisan deal is emerging to re-instate, make permanent, and in some cases expand many expired tax breaks known as tax...

By the end of the year, lawmakers will likely to try to revive the “ tax extenders,” a set of more than 50 tax breaks that expired at the end of 2014...

This blog is part of a series of " Policy Explainers" for the 2016 presidential election, where we explain some of the candidates' policy proposals...

With Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) being elected as Speaker of the House, the Ways & Means (W&M) Committee Chair has gone to Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX). In an...

Fiscal FactCheck released an infographic comparing the costs of several GOP presidential candidates’ tax plans. So far, the Tax Foundation has scored...

In the third Republican debate, moderator John Harwood and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) had a small squabble about the distributional impact of the tax...

Republican candidate Ben Carson claimed during the debate, "You can take everything from the top 1% and you apply it to our fiscal gap, and you won't...

This blog is part of the “ Fiscal FactCheck” series designated to examine the accuracy of budget-related statements made during the 2016 presidential...

In the undercard debate, Former Gov. George Pataki (R-NY) said tax loopholes “cost American taxpayers $1.4 trillion a year.” Pataki is referring to...