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What Can Congress and President Obama Accomplish in 2016?
Can Congress and President Obama, who have battled over policy for seven years, reach consensus over key tax and other issues in the months leading up to the 2016 election? To ask the question is...
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Paul Ryan and The “Ridiculous Notion” of Tax Distribution
Last week, House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a CNBC interview that the distributional analysis of tax plans done by the Tax Policy Center, the Joint Committee on Taxation, and others is based on the...
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EITC Expansion Backed By Obama and Ryan Could Penalize Marriage For Many...
President Barack Obama and Speaker Paul Ryan have proposed similar expansions of the earned income tax credit (EITC) for low-income workers without children. Their goal is laudable: to provide some...
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Top Ways & Means Staffer Janice Mays Surveys The Future of Tax Reform
Top Ways & Means Staffer Janice Mays Surveys The Future of Tax ReformLast week, Politico’s Brian Faler did a great interview (paywall) with Janice Mays, the long-time Democratic staff director for...
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Ryan Proposes Big Tax Cuts for Business and Investors, Moves Towards a Cash...
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled his long-promised rewrite of the tax code today. The plan, which he says represents the consensus view of his Republican caucus, contemplates a substantial tax...
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Ryan’s Deceptively Simple Promise of Postcard Tax Filing
Paul Ryan and the House Republicans rolled out a new tax plan last week that promises to lower rates, eliminate tax preferences, and simplify the federal tax system. One attractive promise: “Simple,...
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The Striking Contrast Between the Trump and House Republican Tax Plans
I’ve never seen anything quite like it: A presumptive presidential candidate proposes a major policy initiative and a month before he is due to be formally anointed at his convention, his own party’s...
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We Are Learning Less About Trump’s Tax Plan, Not More
As presidential campaigns grind on, we often learn more details about each candidate’s policy agenda. But when it comes to Donald Trump’s tax plan, we know far less today than we did 10 months ago.Last...
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How Dead Citrus Trees Beat Tax Reform Every Time
Here is why tax reform is so hard: In June, House Republicans released their “Better Way” tax plan that would reduce tax rates and eliminate many special interest tax breaks. Tomorrow, the...
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TPC and Wharton partner to score major tax plans
The Tax Policy Center and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania are collaborating to analyze the economic effects of major tax proposals. This partnership will allow TPC to better...
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