Taxation

Blog Posts

U.S. President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan, a package of economic relief measures to respond to the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Up Front

New child tax credit could slash poverty now and boost social mobility later

Christopher Pulliam and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, March 11, 2021

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Up Front

Class Notes: Paid maternity leave health benefits, addressing family poverty, and more

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Up Front

The Hamilton Project in 2020 – A year in figures

Alexandra Contreras, Elizabeth Lee, and Stephanie Lu

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

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Events

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Experts

Isabel V. Sawhill

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

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William G. Gale

The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy

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Vanessa Williamson

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

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Multimedia

Global Trade

A progressive case for free trade, immigration, and global capital

Kimberly Clausing and David Dollar

Monday, July 27, 2020

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building, with the partial quote "taxes are what we pay," 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. The entire quote chiseled on the building, from Oliver Wendell Holmes, reads, "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society''. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Podcast Episode

Larry Summers on progressive tax reform

Jay Shambaugh and Lawrence H. Summers

Friday, January 31, 2020

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

Policy 2020

Who are the rich and how might we tax them more?

David Wessel

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

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More on Taxation

Memo to Dems: Don’t lift SALT cap to help the rich, help states directly instead

Richard V. Reeves and Christopher Pulliam

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Class Notes: Parenthood and the gender pay gap, incarceration’s wealth effect, and more

Ember Smith and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Class Notes: Parents are worried about their sons, falling college enrollment, and more

Ember Smith and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, October 22, 2020

Hands holding Nigerian naira notes and leather wallet

Figures of the week: Taxation in Africa over the last century

Payce Madden

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Can developing countries rein in offshore wealth?

Matthew Collin

Friday, October 9, 2020

Man looking at a letter on a table with a calculator and money

How should governments communicate with taxpayers during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Delina Ibrahimaj, Christoph Ungerer, Jonathan Karver, and Hilda Shijaku

Monday, September 14, 2020

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Reports

Opportunity Zones: The early evidence

Tackling the tax code: Efficient and equitable ways to raise revenue

Taxing capital income: Mark-to-market and other approaches

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Retirement Security Project

Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Senior Fellow - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center