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The Tax Break-Down: Section 199, the Domestic Production Activities Deduction
Read moreThis is the fifth post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform. Last... -
The Health Exclusion and Employer-Based Insurance
Read moreLast week, the Kaiser Family Foundation released its annual survey on health costs, prompting a wide range of reactions from " Health Care Costs Rise... -
Tax Policy Center: Fewer Americans Pay No Federal Income Tax
Read moreOne area of controversy in the last election was the percentage of American households that pay no federal income tax, often cited as 47 percent. The... -
Tax Reform Targets Corporate Breaks
Read moreThe broad outlines of tax reform have always been clear. Lawmakers trim or eliminate certain tax expenditures and use some or all of the additional... -
The Tax Break-Down: Child Tax Credit
Read moreThis is the fourth post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform. The... -
The Tax Break-Down: Preferential Rates on Capital Gains
Read moreThis is the third post in a new CRFB blog series The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform... -
The Tax Break-Down: LIFO Accounting
Read moreThis is the second post in a new CRFB blog series The Tax Break-Down, which discusses tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform. Last-in... -
The Tax Break-Down: The State and Local Tax Deduction
Read moreThis is the first post in a new CRFB blog series The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform... -
Introducing "The Tax Break-Down"
Read moreWe've written many times before about the $1.3 trillion of tax breaks currently littering the code, urging policymakers to focus on paring back tax... -
An Example of Reforming Beyond Tax Expenditures: Executive Compensation
Read moreBefore leaving for August recess, Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced S. 1476, which would end the ability of... -
Tax Reform on the Daily Show
Read moreJohn Oliver, interim host of The Daily Show with John Stewart, opened last night's program with an update on tax reform. The segment is hilarious, but... -
Weinstein: Make Taxes Simple
Read moreAs Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and House Ways & Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) continue their cross-country tax reform...