William G. Gale

Graduate students and others rally against the proposed GOP tax reform bill at Union Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RC1BAA1EABA0

What are tax expenditures and loopholes?

William G. Gale

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

House Republicans including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan await the start of a news conference announcing the passage of the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

A fixable mistake: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

William G. Gale

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sits for an onstage interview about the U.S. budget with CNN reporter Manu Raju at the Peterson Foundation's annual Fiscal Summit in Washington, U.S. June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC19F3443080

The big budget deal is no big deal

William G. Gale and Aaron Krupkin

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

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Estimating the impact of Fiscal Therapy proposals

William G. Gale

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Photo of tax paperwork. By Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

The income tax makes life simpler, really

William G. Gale

Friday, April 12, 2019

Dan Demeglio, race and sports book supervisor, cashes a 200-to-1 future bet for Doug O'Neill, trainer of Kentucky Derby winner "I'll Have Another", at the Primm Valley Casino in Primm, Nevada June 25, 2012. O'Neill won $20,000 for his $100 bet, which he made in February, that the horse would win the Kentucky Derby. REUTERS/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT HORSE RACING) - GM1E86Q09TL01

How big is the problem of tax evasion?

William G. Gale and Aaron Krupkin

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

A woman crosses a nearly empty street at rush hour, near the U.S. Treasury Building during a snow storm in Washington March 5, 2015. A large winter storm reaching from Texas to southern New England, which prompted school closings and led to almost 2,300 flight cancellations, had dumped over a foot (30 cm) of snow on parts of the eastern United States by early Thursday morning. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) - GM1EB351UKX01

The US budget imbalance needs fiscal therapy

William G. Gale

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Women eat watermelons at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 10, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - GF10000055583

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - GF10000109446

Did the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Pay for Itself in 2018?

William G. Gale and Aaron Krupkin

Friday, March 15, 2019

FEBRUARY 5, 2019 - WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address, with Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, at the Capitol in Washington, DC on February 5, 2019. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS - RC111FD41E00

Brookings experts react to Trump’s second State of the Union

Scott R. Anderson, Jessica Brandt, Daniel L. Byman, Giovanna De Maio, Vanda Felbab-Brown, William G. Gale, Aaron Klein, Aaron Krupkin, Jung H. Pak, Jonathan Rauch, Richard V. Reeves, Adie Tomer, Nicol Turner Lee, Jon Valant, and Darrell M. West

Wednesday, February 6, 2019