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Where is the Estate Tax Heading?
POLITICO reported earlier in the week that the estate tax debate is re-emerging as the expiration of the 2001/2003/2010 tax cuts looms. The estate tax...
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Governor Jeb Bush Supports Simpson-Bowles
Former Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) declared his support for Simpson-Bowles in a recent interview with the Tampa Bay Times, in order to begin taking on...
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Will We Get Another 1986 Soon?
Elaine Kamarck and James Pinkerton, co-chairs of The RATE Coalition, a bipartisan group dedicated to promote tax reform, write in today's The Hill...
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Goldman Sachs On the Fiscal Cliff
In a new investor note, Alec Philips of Goldman Sachs produced a useful new chart comparing three different scenarios for extending all the fiscal...
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Bipartisan Compromise Is What's Needed
As Congress heads toward another partisan showdown over the fiscal cliff, it is important to remember that there are plans that have received...
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Tax Extenders Spread the Budget Thin
The Senate Finance Committee will hold a mark-up of the Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act tomorrow at 10 am. The Act would retroactively...
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Lieberman and Collins Stand Up for Fiscal Responsibility
Yesterday the Senate voted on two highly polarized tax plans, with a Democratic version passing 51-48 while the Republican supported bill failing to...
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Comparing the Unpaid-For Tax Cut Extensions
The Senate is set to vote in the coming days on dueling one-year extensions of the 2001/2003/2010 tax cuts and Alternative Minimum Tax patch, with...
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Online Sales Tax Debate Heats Up
Last week, our "Spotlight on the States" blog post highlighted structural challenges for the states, one of them being an eroding sales tax base. The...
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The Course of Tax Policy Since 2009
In light of President Obama reigniting the tax debate yesterday, Dylan Matthews of Wonkblog has a very informative blog post showing the course of tax...
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The Tradeoffs of Tax Reform
Often when tax reform is discussed these days, policymakers are gleeful to detail the ways in which they will cut tax rates or otherwise lower tax...
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Administration May Get Even More Difficult for the IRS
It's no secret that Congress hasn't been making the IRS's life very easy. In a time of discretionary spending caps, they are looking to reduce the...