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JCT Report Does Not Conflict With Rate-Reducing Tax Reform
Read moreToday, a report from the Joint Committee on Taxation was released that some claim to show the near-impossibility of deficit-reducing, rate-reducing...
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AIG Drives TARP Estimate Lower
Read moreThe CBO has released its newest estimate of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), showing that it would cost taxpayers a total of $24 billion...
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Fact Checking the Debates: Round 2
Read moreVice President Joe Biden and Representive Paul Ryan (R-WI) will take the stage in Kentucky tonight at 9:00 PM E.T. in the Vice Presidential Debate. In...
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Fiscal Background for Tonight's Debate
Read moreTonight at 9 PM in Kentucky will be the first and only vice presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and candidate Paul Ryan. If this...
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How the Fiscal Cliff (and Tax Reform) Could Affect Tax Rates
Read moreOver at TaxVox, Roberton Williams writes about what will happen to tax rates under the fiscal cliff. Many economists believe that marginal tax rates...
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Reducing Both Tax Rates and the Deficit Is Possible
Read moreOver the past few years, bipartisan agreement has begun to form around approaches to tax reform that take a broad approach to reducing or eliminating...
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Revisiting Dynamic Scoring
Read moreThe use of dynamic scoring is one of the most contested issues in the budget world. We highlighted the pros and cons of using it and the issues...
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Schumer Outlines His Vision for Taxes
Read moreIn a speech at the National Press Club (video here), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) outlined his vision of how to change the tax code. During the...
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Would Raising the Retirement Age Crowd Out Young Workers?
Read moreOne of the criticisms of raising the retirement age is the belief that older workers delaying retirement may "crowd out" younger workers and cause...
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Van Hollen Sees Simpson-Bowles as the Framework for a Deal
Read moreFormer Super Committee member and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) indicated in a recent Bloomberg interview that the...
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Bob Pozen Offers Corporate Tax Proposal
Read moreMuch of the focus of broadening the tax base in tax reform is on tax expenditures. However, as both our corporate tax paper and our corporate tax...