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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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CRFB's Plan to Offset Upcoming Policies
Read moreCongress and the President need to prep for some important upcoming fiscal moments, and CRFB has a plan to help them do just that. The Paying for...
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The PREP Plan: Paying for Reform and Extension Policies
Read moreIn the coming months, Congress and the President will face a number of important decisions with significant fiscal implications. Specifically, they...
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Are Accelerated Write-Off Provisions Effective?
Read moreTwo of the biggest items among the tax extenders that Congress may consider before the end of the year are two provisions that allow accelerated write...
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Lame Duck To-Do (and Don't) List
Read moreWith the 2014 midterm elections mostly in the books, the current Congress will return from weeks of campaigning to finish some remaining items before...
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A Bad Deal on Extenders
Read moreAs soon as the election is over, the lame duck Congress will be pressed to deal with several pieces of must-pass legislation before the end of the...
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Changing the Baseline Could Mean an Extra Trillion in Debt
Read moreRepublicans and Democrats do not agree on much, but both parties are talking about business tax reform that is "revenue-neutral," raising the same...