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On tax day, what are the experts saying?

U.S. 1040 Individual Income Tax forms are seen in New York

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.

Also in this episode, Andre Perry discusses how racism continues to impact racial disparities in a new edition of our regular Metro Lens segment.

 

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Thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo with assistance from Mark Hoelscher, and to producers Brennan Hoban and Chris McKenna. Additional support comes from Jessica Pavone, Eric Abalahin, Rebecca Viser, our intern Steven Lee, Camilo Ramirez, and David Nassar.

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