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Maya MacGuineas: How to Improve the Tax Extenders Bill? Start by Paying for It.
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington... -
Senator Coburn Publishes the Tax Decoder
Read moreSenator Coburn's office yesterday published the "Tax Decoder", a 300+ page guide describing more than 165 tax expenditures. The report highlights... -
Slipping Permanent Tax Breaks into the Lame Duck
Read moreLawmakers have tried several times to revive tax provisions that expired last year and extend them permanently, at a substantial cost to the national... -
Yes, Tax Cuts Increase the Debt
Read moreWith Congress set to retroactively revive the tax extenders for the past year at a cost of $42 billion, our president, Maya MacGuineas, published a... -
Tax Extenders Deal Violates the Budget Act, Adds to Debt
Read moreThe House approved last night a deficit-increasing one-year tax extenders package. After a correction by the Joint Committee on Taxation, the updated... -
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How to Offset the Tax Extenders
Read moreUpdate (12/3): This blog has been updated to reflect a correction the Joint Committee on Taxation made to its estimate of the wind production credit... -
Maya MacGuineas: Tax Break Talks Stall
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington... -
Budget Busting Deal on Tax Provisions
Read moreCongressional negotiators are reportedly nearing a deal to address the year-end tax extenders while adding $500 billion to the debt. By reinstating... -
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House Bill Would Double the Cost of the Research Credit
Read moreRecent press articles report that policymakers are negotiating a deal to accompany a temporary restoration of most of the 55 expired tax extenders... -
The Worst Lame Duck Ideas That Can Add $1.5 Trillion to the Debt
Read morePolicymakers are considering using the lame duck session to substantially worsen the nation's budget. A commonly discussed package would add...