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Note to Congress: Pay for the Extenders, or Let Them Expire
Read moreA POLITICO article reports on an effort underway at the Senate Finance Committee to negotiate an extension of the "tax extenders," narrow temporary... -
A Good Way to Limit Tax Expenditures
Read moreThe Tax Policy Center has released a new table showing the revenue impact of options to reform the mortgage interest deduction. The options shown all... -
Things to Consider When Evaluating Tax Extenders
Read moreIt is encouraging to see the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures hold a series of hearings on the many temporary tax... -
A Broken Tax Code
Read moreThe IRS's Spring 2012 Bulletin has a report, as required by law, by Justin Bryan reporting that 20,752 tax returns for people with adjusted gross... -
Should Tax Reform 'Go Long'?
Read moreGo long or go prudent? These are the competing views of tax reform, according to Howard Gleckman in a Tax Policy Center blog post. He sums up the... -
A Response to Holtz-Eakin's Four Steps for Tax Reform
Read moreLast week, we wrote about American Action Forum president and former CBO director Doug Holtz-Eakin's four steps for tax reform. These involved: Agree... -
Good News for a Deal?
Read moreA Washington Post article late last week detailed a number of current Republican members of Congress or Congressional candidates who are foregoing the... -
The Wrong Fight on Taxes
Read moreThe Hill has an article today detailing infighting within the Democrats over what to do with the 2001/2003 tax cuts. The position expressed by... -
How to Make a Deal, Tax Reform Edition
Read moreIn a blog post cross-posted at Tax Policy Center and Forbes, Howard Gleckman summarizes a talk that American Action Forum president and former CBO... -
Tax Policy Center Event Discusses Taxes on the Financial Sector
Read moreWhen discussing new types of revenue or tax structures for the federal government to consider the other month, we touched on financial sector taxes as... -
House GOP Floats 2-Stage Process for Tax Reform
Read moreVia the Washington Post, it seems that the House majority is looking at creating a fast track procedure for passing tax reform in 2013. This will... -
Both Sides of "Taxmaggedon"
Read moreFormer Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) weighs in on the impact of "taxmaggedon" in The Hill today.