Taxes
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Ted Cruz's Tax Plan is a VAT
Senator Ted Cruz has repeatedly denied the claim that his 16 percent business flat tax as actually a value-added tax (VAT). Although there is...
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Event: Scoring the 2016 Presidential Tax Plans
Update: The event is now over, and a recording of the video will be available soon. As a part of our Fiscal FactCheck project, CRFB is hosting an...
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Adding Up Senator Cruz's Campaign Proposals So Far
Update, 3/8/16: Since this analysis was posted, the Tax Policy Center added an additional policy of Sen. Cruz’s tax plan to their analysis that...
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Additional Offsets for Senator Sanders's Health Plan
The Sanders campaign has listed additional offsets on their website to pay for the "Medicare-for-all" health plan – most significantly taxation of...
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Senator Ted Cruz's Tax Reform Plan
Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has a “Simple Flat Tax Plan” that would dramatically overhaul and simplify the current tax...
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Adding Up Donald Trump's Campaign Proposals So Far
NOTE: This is an archive version of this analysis and contains out-of-date estimates. The most up-to-date analysis can be found here: https:/...
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CBO's Analysis of the Distribution of Taxes
In an appearance on C-SPAN this morning, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas referenced a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis that shows that high...
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What's New in the President's FY 2017 Budget
The final budget of the Obama Presidency continues a mix of long-standing policies (including a few that have been in all eight budgets) and policies...
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Clinton's Taxes on the Wealthy, Explained
Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has proposed several new taxes that would raise taxes on the wealthy...
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Analysis of the Sanders Single-Payer Offsets
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released the outline of a plan to move to a single-payer health care system in the U.S...
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2015’s Fiscal Follies and Reasons for Hope
It’s the end of the year and like so many organizations, CRFB wanted to share with you our top 10 list: a look back at Congress’s 10 top fiscal...
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The Fiscal Irresponsibility of the Tax Deal in 6 Charts
It's no surprise that a deficit-financed tax cut deal costing $830 billion after interest would be bad for the budget. We've been describing the...