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Baucus Releases Tax Administration Draft
This week, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) is moving forward with tax reform, releasing three discussion drafts. Yesterday, he released a...
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Baucus Releases International Tax Reform Draft
This week, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) is moving ahead with tax reform, starting with the release of discussion drafts on...
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Tax Extenders: PAYGO or No Go
The year is rapidly coming to a close, with only 11 days left that the House plans to be in session. Before the year's end, Congress is supposed to...
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CEPR Proposes a Financial Transaction Fee for Sequester Offset
What to do about sequestration remains one of the most important questions before the budget conference, and while replacing at least part of the...
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Citizens for Tax Justice Releases Tax Reform Plan
Citizens for Tax Justice has released a new tax reform plan which eliminates some tax breaks and uses some of the revenue to cut the top rate and...
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The 1986 Tax Reform Act Turns 27
On this day 27 years ago, President Ronald Reagan signed into the law the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which stands as the last major overhaul of the US...
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On Income Tax's 100th Birthday, Time for Another Look
Today marks the centennial anniversary of the federal income tax, signed into law on October 3, 1913 by President Woodrow Wilson. Though this date...
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House CR Would Worsen the Deficit by Repealing the Medical Device Tax
As we explained this morning, the House of Representatives recently passed a continuing resolution funding the government at FY 2013 levels through...
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Senator Levin Presents Ideas for Sequester Replacement
Last week, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) introduced legislation that would increase taxes on multinational companies, and suggested that the revenue...
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Senator Mike Lee Introduces Tax Reform Plan
On Tuesday, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) presented his Family Fairness and Opportunity Tax Reform Act, which will be introduced in the coming days. Senator...
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The Tax Break-Down: Section 199, the Domestic Production Activities Deduction
This is the fifth post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform. Last...
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Tax Policy Center: Fewer Americans Pay No Federal Income Tax
One area of controversy in the last election was the percentage of American households that pay no federal income tax, often cited as 47 percent. The...