Tax Expenditures
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Senator Sanders Proposes Revenue Increases to Address the Deficit
Updated : Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), formerly of the President's Fiscal Commission, has introduced similar legislation in the House. Sen...
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House Budget Committee Holds Hearing on “Lifting the Crushing Burden of Debt”
Today the House Budget Committee convened a hearing on the burden of mounting national debt on the country and how to address it. The committee heard...
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TPC Looks at the Mortgage Interest Deduction
In a recent analysis of the second largest tax expenditure in the tax code--the mortgage interest deduction--the Tax Policy Center finds that most...
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Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Tax Reform
Today, the Senate Finance Committee had its first in a series of hearings for the coming year about reforming our tax code. Senate Finance Committee...
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Senate Budget Committee Holds Hearing on Tax Reform
The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on tax reform this morning, featuring testimony from four witnesses who all unequivocally called for...
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State of the Union Recap
Last night in his State of the Union address, President Obama hailed a new era of bipartisan cooperation, focusing on America's competitiveness to...
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House Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing on Fundamental Tax Reform
Today, the House Ways and Means Committee held its first hearing on tax-reform of the 112th Congress. Several witnesses testified at the meeting...
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IRS Taxpayer Advocate to Congress: The Time for Tax Reform is Now
In its annual report to Congress Wednesday, the National Taxpayer Advocate stated unequivocally that "the most serious problem facing taxpayers - and...
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Feldstein on Tax Expenditures
Martin Feldstein has an interesting op-ed in today's Washington Post on tax expenditures. Tax expenditures -- the list of special tax credits...
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Jan's Plan
For about a week now, we've been telling critics of the Co-Chairs' Plan to throw ideas, not stones. So, good for Jan Schakowsky. Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL...
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The Tax Side of the Fiscal Commission's Draft Proposal
With the White House fiscal commission Co-Chair's proposal out in public, it's time to continue looking at the specifics of the plan. For this blog...
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Let's Get Specific: Tax Expenditures
Continuing with our Let’s Get Specific series, which lays out specific plans and policies to help reduce our national debt, today we have released our...