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IRS Estimates a $606 Billion Tax Gap for 2022
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently published its projections of the “ tax gap” – the difference between taxes owed to and collected by the...
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Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Introduce Employee Retention Tax Credit Repeal Act
In response to concerns over fraudulent claims over the past few years, Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV), Mitt Romney (R-UT), and Thom Tillis (R-NC)...
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Plans to Address TCJA Expirations
UPDATE (October 2024): This piece has been updated for several plans in Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s Solutions Initiative 2024 . With large parts of...
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Bipartisan Group Urges Congress to Pay for Tax Cut Extension
In a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee, Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, joins 10 other budget...
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Donald Trump’s Proposal to End Taxes on Overtime
Former President Donald Trump recently proposed eliminating taxes on overtime pay. On a static basis, we estimate ending taxes on all overtime pay...
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House to Vote on Emissions Rule Repeal
The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a joint resolution to disapprove a rule finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency...
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IRS Cuts Would Cause $66 Billion of Revenue Loss
The continuing resolution recently introduced in the House of Representatives would extend the $20.2 billion in rescissions to the Internal Revenue...
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How Big is the Tax Gap?
The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on September 12 on tax avoidance and how it relates to the upcoming debate on extending the expiring...
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Donald Trump’s Proposal to Lower the Corporate Tax Rate to 15%
President Trump recently proposed lowering the corporate tax rate from 21 to 15 percent for corporations that make their products in America. Under...
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SALT Cap Expiration Could Be Costly Mistake
Some policymakers have suggested allowing the $10,000 cap on the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction to expire as scheduled at the end of 2025. We...
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Maya MacGuineas Discusses Tax Policy on Bloomberg TV
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently joined Bloomberg TV's "Balance of Power" with host Joe Mathieu...
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TCJA Extension Could Add $4 to $5 Trillion to Deficits
Our newly-released Build Your Own Tax Extensions tool is now updated to reflect the most recent estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on...