Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Tax Day 2014: 10 Charts About Taxes
An annotated version of this chartbook is available at Tax Day 2014: Ten Charts to Explain Our Federal Tax System
Chartbook: The President's FY 2015 Budget
A blog post containing more detailed descriptions of many of these charts is available at Everything You Need to Know About the President's Budget, In...
Report: Analysis of the Tax Reform Act of 2014
More resources and blog posts about the Tax Reform Act of 2014 are available on our tax reform resource page.
Op-Ed: Tax Reform: A Real Possibility and Necessary
Pioneer Press | July 8, 2013 July may be the most important month for tax reform since 1986 -- the last time the tax code was considerably altered. A...
Chartbook: Avoiding Budget Gimmicks
For more explanation of each of these charts, see the blog Everything You Need to Know About Budget Gimmicks, in 8 Charts Note: This document was...
Updated Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling
Note: We have updated this Q&A. A new version is available here. Attention is turning towards raising the federal debt ceiling, which will be...
Report: Analysis of CBO’s 2014 Budget and Economic Outlook
Note: The paper's mention of the change in deficits from 2015 to 2024 has been corrected.
Op-Ed: Helping the Budget $150 Billion at a Time
The Hill | January 14, 2014 By all accounts, 2014 is unlikely to be the year of the grand bargain…or anything close. Neither the President nor any of...
Op-Ed: Five Facts You Should Know About Social Security
Huffington Post | January 9, 2014 The recent column by Jane White on Social Security reform mischaracterized the position of the Committee for a...