Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Report: The 2014 CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released its 2014 Long-Term Budget Outlook, detailing the budget picture for the next 75 years. The report...
The Budget Act at 40: Time for a Tune Up?
For additional budget process resources including specific options for reform, visit our Better Budget Process Initiative home page. Forty years ago...
Appropriations 101
Note: We have updated this paper, please see the latest Appropriations 101 . What are appropriations? Appropriations are annual decisions made by...
Chartbook: The Tax Extenders
An annotated version of this chartbook is available at Want to Understand the Tax Extenders? Here's a Few Charts. Much more detail about the history...
Tax Day 2014: 10 Charts About Taxes
An annotated version of this chartbook is available at Tax Day 2014: Ten Charts to Explain Our Federal Tax System
Chartbook: The President's FY 2015 Budget
A blog post containing more detailed descriptions of many of these charts is available at Everything You Need to Know About the President's Budget, In...
Report: Analysis of the Tax Reform Act of 2014
More resources and blog posts about the Tax Reform Act of 2014 are available on our tax reform resource page.