Brookings experts discuss some of the biggest issues in the current tax policy debate including American’s sense of patriotic duty to pay taxes and why filing can be so complicated.
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Authors
Commentary
PodcastOn tax day, what are the experts saying?
William G. Gale,
William G. Gale
The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy,
Senior Fellow
- Economic Studies,
Co-Director
- Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
@WilliamGale2
Vanessa Williamson,
Vanessa Williamson
Senior Fellow
- Governance Studies,
Senior Fellow
- Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
@v_williamson
Henry J. Aaron, and
Henry J. Aaron
The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair,
Senior Fellow Emeritus
- Economic Studies
Fred Dews
Fred Dews
Managing Editor, New Digital Products
- Office of Communications
@publichistory
April 13, 2018