A Roundup of Recent Brookings Research on Income Taxes and other Taxes

April 15 is “tax day” in the United States, the date on which personal income tax returns are due to the Internal Revenue Service. Below is a collection of recent research and commentary from Brookings experts on various tax and fiscal policy issues. Also see the work of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center for more.

Tax Distribution and Social Mobility

— New Tax Legislation Would Increase the Return to Work for Low- and Middle-Income Working Families
— 3 Things We Can Learn about Income Tax Burdens from a Map

Earned Income Tax Credit

— Interactive: New IRS data for tax year 2012
— Raising the Minimum Wage and Redesigning the EITC
— EITC Expansion Would Strengthen Credit for Childless Workers
— Interactive Map: County-level EITC data

Itemized Deductions

— New Perspectives on Homeownership Tax Incentives
— Stark Variation in Taxpayer Use of Itemized Deductions, County by County

Property Taxes

— Residential Property Taxes in the United States
— 3 Things We Can Learn about Property Taxes from a Map

Corporate Taxes

— A Better Path to Corporate Tax Reform
— Corporate Tax Reform Part I – The Urgent Problem of “Locked Out” Foreign Profits
— Corporate Tax Reform Part 2: A Middle-Ground Proposal for Taxing Foreign Earnings

Energy Taxes

— Comments on Senate Finance Committee Proposal for Energy Tax
— Why EPA Should Offer a Price-Based Standard for Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants
— The Tax Favored By Most Economists

Tax Reform

— Hidden in Plain Sight: The Mysterious Case of Tax Expenditures
— Tax Expenditures for Asset-Building: Costly, Regressive and Ineffective
— Dave Camp’s Pitch to Overhaul U.S. Taxes: An Impossible Dream?
— Supporting Broad-Based Economic Growth and Fiscal Responsibility through Tax Reform

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