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A Broken Tax Code
The IRS's Spring 2012 Bulletin has a report, as required by law, by Justin Bryan reporting that 20,752 tax returns for people with adjusted gross...
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Should Tax Reform 'Go Long'?
Go long or go prudent? These are the competing views of tax reform, according to Howard Gleckman in a Tax Policy Center blog post. He sums up the...
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A Response to Holtz-Eakin's Four Steps for Tax Reform
Last week, we wrote about American Action Forum president and former CBO director Doug Holtz-Eakin's four steps for tax reform. These involved: Agree...
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Good News for a Deal?
A Washington Post article late last week detailed a number of current Republican members of Congress or Congressional candidates who are foregoing the...
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The Wrong Fight on Taxes
The Hill has an article today detailing infighting within the Democrats over what to do with the 2001/2003 tax cuts. The position expressed by...
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How to Make a Deal, Tax Reform Edition
In a blog post cross-posted at Tax Policy Center and Forbes, Howard Gleckman summarizes a talk that American Action Forum president and former CBO...
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Tax Policy Center Event Discusses Taxes on the Financial Sector
When discussing new types of revenue or tax structures for the federal government to consider the other month, we touched on financial sector taxes as...
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House GOP Floats 2-Stage Process for Tax Reform
Via the Washington Post, it seems that the House majority is looking at creating a fast track procedure for passing tax reform in 2013. This will...
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Both Sides of "Taxmaggedon"
Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) weighs in on the impact of "taxmaggedon" in The Hill today.
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SequesterWatch: Dueling Replacement Alternatives Emerge in the House
Update: The House has passed the reconciliation and replacement bills by a 218-199 vote. We have already talked about the House reconciliation bills...
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The Temporary Budget
Over at Wonkblog, Sarah Kliff points out that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may contain a new "doc fix" -- only this time in Medicaid. The current...
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How Might the Fiscal Cliff Play Out?
This week’s The Economist offers another analysis of the end-of-year fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts that the United States faces...