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Required Reading: Fix the Tax System

The U.S. tax code is far too complex and inefficient. Brookings experts have offered tax policy ideas for the new administration to bring greater equity and simplicity to the tax system.

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Save to My PortfolioIndividual Taxpayers and Federal Tax Reform

William G. Gale, Senate Finance Committee, May 13, 2008

Save to My PortfolioThe Tax System: Too Complex, Unfair and Outdated

William G. Gale, The Sacramento Bee, May 15, 2008

Save to My PortfolioMetro Raise: Boosting the Earned Income Tax Credit to Help Metropolitan Workers and Families

Alan Berube, David Park and Elizabeth Kneebone, The Brookings Institution, June 05, 2008

Save to My PortfolioFacing the Music: The Fiscal Outlook at the End of the Bush Administration

Alan J. Auerbach, Jason Furman and William G. Gale, The Brookings Institution, May 08, 2008

Save to My PortfolioFixing the Tax System: Support Fairer, Simpler, and More Adequate Taxation

William G. Gale, Opportunity 08, February 28, 2007

Back from the Grave: Revenue and Distributional Effects of Reforming the Federal Estate Tax

Leonard E. Burman, Katherine Lim and Jeff Rohaly, Tax Policy Center, October 20, 2008

An Updated Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Tax Plans: Revised August 15, 2008

Leonard E. Burman and others, Tax Policy Center, September 12, 2008

The Expanding Reach of the Individual Alternative Minimum Tax

Leonard E. Burman, William G. Gale and Jeffrey Rohaly, Tax Policy Center, May 2005

Save to My PortfolioAchieving Progressive Tax Reform in an Increasingly Global Economy

Jason Bordoff, Jason Furman and Lawrence H. Summers, Hamilton Project Strategy Paper, The Brookings Institution, June 01, 2007

Save to My PortfolioAn Economic Strategy to Address Climate Change and Promote Energy Security

Jason Furman, Jason E. Bordoff , Manasi A. Deshpande and Pascal Noel , Hamilton Project Strategy Paper, October 30, 2007

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