Taxes
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Weinstein: Simplification Should Be First Priority of Tax Reform
The tax reform debate is heating up and many groups are weighing in on what tax provisions should be kept and what the broad revenue and...
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Broadening Base-Broadening: "Beyond Tax Expenditures"
Readers of The Bottom Line know that we talk frequently on the subject of tax expenditures, the deductions, credits, and other tax preferences which...
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Making the Case for Fundamental Tax Reform
Today, the Campaign to Fix the Debt released a memo making the case for the “ blank slate” approach to tax reform proposed by Senate Finance Chairman...
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Op-Ed: "Blank Slate" Key to Tax Reform
POLITICO | July 22, 2013 In the quarter century since Congress last reformed the Tax Code, back in 1986, it seems Washington has worked overtime to...
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Retargeting Tax Expenditures
As Senator Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-MI) continue to work through tax reform using their "blank slate"...
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Thinking Broadly: TPC's Analysis of Limits on Tax Expenditures
There is a clear consensus across the political spectrum that reforming the tax system will require going after the many tax expenditures that litter...
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Tax Reform Can Be an Essential Part of Reducing the Debt
The recent announcement from Senators Baucus and Hatch to pursue tax reform via a "blank slate" approach is incredibly encouraging. As CRFB Board...
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Don't Take the Health Exclusion Off the Table
Recently, there has been some discussion of taking the employer-sponsored health exclusion off the table in tax reform. But for those interested in...
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MY VIEW: Tim Penny July 2013
Yesterday, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and Representative Dave Camp (R-MI) kicked off their summer tour of the country in order to bring the tax reform...
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Tax Reform and the Size of Government
As we begin to enter the dog days of summer, the weather is not the only thing that is heating up. The tax reform debate is beginning to escalate also...
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Gene Steuerle: The Baucus-Hatch “Blank Slate” Approach to Tax Reform Could Be Revolutionary
The lead up to July 4th brought an exciting development in fiscal policy discussions: a commitment from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus...