TPC Examines Options to Change Retirement Savings Incentives
The Tax Policy Center and Urban Institute have issued a new report entitled "Flattening Tax Incentives for Retirement Saving." Authors...
Tax Expenditures
Options for Reforming the Mortgage Interest Deduction
The mortgage interest deduction has long been targeted as a tax expenditure by advocates of tax reform.
Tax Day 2014: Ten Charts to Explain our Federal Tax System
In honor of tax day, CRFB released its Tax Day 2014 chartbook yesterday,
EITC Attracts Bipartisan Praise and Proposals
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which provides low-income taxpayers with a refundable tax credit that increases up to a certain point along wi
Camp Proposes Draft to Cut Rates and Trim Deductions
In a widely anticipated move in the tax world, House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) has released a comprehensive tax reform
Unfinished Business for the New Year
The passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act was a positive move away from governing by crisis, and a de
The Tax Break-Down: Charitable Deduction
This is the fifteenth post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down
The King Plan: A Window Into a "Go Medium" Deal
In addition to CBO director Doug Elmendorf's testimony
The Senate Democrats' List of Tax Breaks to Axe
It has been one week since the budget conference committee's first meeti
The Tax Break-Down: The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
This is the fourteenth post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down, whic