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Are Tax Extenders Worth The Cost?
As Congress appears to be closing in on a fiscally irresponsible tax extenders deal that's expected to cost $700 billion in the next decade and as...
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GOP Campaigns Discuss Tax Plans
The Conservative Reform Network and Americans for Tax Reform recently hosted a forum where representatives from the Republican presidential campaigns...
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Kent Conrad: Congress should pay for any extension of tax breaks
Kent Conrad, former Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, wrote a commentary in The Hill . It is reposted here. Just under three years ago – in my...
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Maya MacGuineas: To Keep Expiring Tax Cuts, Congress Considers Another Borrowing Bonanza
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...
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Washington Post Criticizes Senate Vote to Repeal the Cadillac Tax
There were many legislative developments in the past week, including the passage of a five-year highway bill and continued negotiations on a tax deal...
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Who Gets What in the Tax Extenders Deal?
Congress is still considering a potential fiscally irresponsible deal to extend the 50-some tax breaks that expired at the end of the year, known as...
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Tax Deal Goes Beyond Simple Extensions
Congress is in the process of negotiating a potential $ 700 billion deal that would extend several tax provisions that expired at the end of 2014...
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Emerging Tax Deal Could Add $2.3 Trillion in Debt by 2035
A fiscally irresponsible bipartisan deal is emerging to re-instate, make permanent, and in some cases expand many expired tax breaks known as tax...
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Seven Reasons to Pay for Tax Extenders
By the end of the year, lawmakers will likely to try to revive the “ tax extenders,” a set of more than 50 tax breaks that expired at the end of 2014...
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The PREP Plan: Paying for the Tax Extenders to Set Up Tax Reform
Before the end of the year, Congress will again consider renewal of the “tax extenders,” a collection of more than 50 expired tax breaks for...
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Senator Rand Paul Releases Flat Tax Plan
This blog is part of a series of " Policy Explainers" for the 2016 presidential election, where we explain some of the candidates' policy proposals...
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Bonus Depreciation Has Cost Over $200 Billion So Far and Could Cost $450 Billion
With Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) being elected as Speaker of the House, the Ways & Means (W&M) Committee Chair has gone to Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX). In an...