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Revenue Provisions in the President's Budget
Read moreFor the first time in a few days, Tax Day did actually fall on April 15, so hopefully the tax procrastinators out there were able to get their filing...
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MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas April 15 2013
Read moreIt's Tax Day, meaning that those who procrastinated spent their weekends trying to work through our overly-complex tax code. The federal code contains...
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Op-Ed: Tax Reform Can Be the Key to a Debt Deal
Read moreThe Hill | April 11, 2013 The Senate and House of Representatives both have passed budgets that represent the preferences of the majority party in...
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Camp and Baucus: Tax Reform is Alive and Well
Read moreGetting Congress to take on tax reform will be difficult, but the two lawmakers in charge of the tax-writing committees seem to be committed to...
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Op-Ed: The Tax Code Is A Hopeless, Complex, Economy-Suffocating Mess
Read moreBrookings | April 4, 2013 Throughout our population, experts and non-experts alike, the verdict is nearly unanimous. The U.S. tax code is a hopelessly...
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Op-Ed: Why 'Chained CPI' Works for Social Security
Read moreLos Angeles Times | April 2, 2013 In his March 22 blog post criticizing proposals to switch from the consumer price index to "chained CPI" to...
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RATE Coalition Urges a More Competitive Tax Code
Read moreToday, the RATE Coalition sent a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees, urging them to...
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A "Dynamic" Amendment to the Senate Budget
Read moreAmong the many amendments that were voted on to the Senate budget resolution, one caught the eye of POLITICO: Sen. Rob Portman's (R-OH) amendment to...
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Examining the Domestic Production Activities Deduction
Read moreIt is well known that the corporate tax code is littered with tax provisions that cost the government revenue. Today, the U.S. has the highest top...
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Chairman Camp Eyes State and Local Tax Deduction
Read moreYesterday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) took a hard look at the deduction for state and local income taxes at a hearing on...