Taxes

A popular suggestion is that raising taxes only on high earners (for example, the top one percent – households that make above roughly $435,000...

Some advocates of tax cuts have suggested such cuts will not lose revenue since they will spur economic growth and thus produce enough additional tax...

Lawmakers have so far been reluctant to pay for the group of temporary tax cuts known as the " tax extenders," instead generally just adding the cost...

One common argument against increasing tax revenue is that it requires raising marginal tax rates, which could severely damage economic growth by...

The Senate Finance Committee today approved a package of 50-plus tax breaks that expired last year known as "tax extenders." Unfortunately, they chose...

The House Budget Committee Democrats jumped into the transportation debate last week with a proposed surface transportation reauthorization that...

As we move past the midpoint of 2015, several fiscal deadlines are fast approaching. Congress is preparing to act on two important Fiscal Speed Bumps...

The Senate Finance Committee has been working all year in five bipartisan working groups on tax reform, and today they have reports to show for it. Of...

The Tax Policy Center (TPC) recently released a primer on carbon taxes. The report outlines how the construction of a carbon tax matters for its...

Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) have introduced a bill to close a well-known tax loophole that...

The House is considering trade legislation (H.R. 1314, H.R. 1295, and H.R. 644) this week that would fast-track authority for a few major trade deals...