Taxation

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Up Front

How much economic income shows up on tax forms?

William G. Gale, Swati Joshi, Christopher Pulliam, and John Sabelhaus

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Up Front

Estimating income tax liabilities with data from the Survey of Consumer Finances

William G. Gale, Swati Joshi, Christopher Pulliam, and John Sabelhaus

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

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FixGov

Did legislative sausage-making hurt President Biden?

John Hudak, Elaine Kamarck, and Selene Swanson

Monday, December 13, 2021

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Experts

William G. Gale

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

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Podcast Episode

When is a public policy racist?

William G. Gale and Fred Dews

Friday, November 26, 2021

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in Washington, D.C., on November 20, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. As confirmed COVID-19 case counts soar with the country experiencing exponential growth, President Donald Trump continues to deny the Biden Transition team access to government funding and data. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

Ending the state and local taxes (SALT) deduction

Richard V. Reeves and Fred Dews

Friday, October 22, 2021

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer peers out from behind a mock U.S. Treasury check as he holds a press conference on the expanded Child Tax Credit payments at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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How could expanded tax credits reduce child poverty?

Robert Greenstein and Adrianna Pita

Friday, July 16, 2021

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More on Taxation

The House Democrats’ state and local tax proposal: Bad policy and bad politics

William A. Galston

Monday, November 29, 2021

Opportunity Zones: David Wessel’s testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight, House Ways & Means

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Elon Musk, billionaires, and the United Nations: The 1% solution to global development

Homi Kharas

Friday, November 5, 2021

Black Lives Matter protesters in front of the White House.

It’s long overdue for public finance scholars to study racism in the tax code

William G. Gale

Thursday, November 4, 2021

How a tech mogul pushed through a tax break

David Wessel

Saturday, October 16, 2021

Six reasons why an expanded Child Tax Credit or child allowance should be part of the US safety net

Melissa S. Kearney

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

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Taxation

Taxing business incomes: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances

Simulating income tax liabilities in the Survey of Consumer Finances

Hutchins Center Fiscal Impact Measure

Revenue and distributional effects of untaxed business income

Reports

Low-cost and shrinking: Hamilton County, Ohio

Expensive and growing: Loudoun County, Va.

Public finance and racism

Property tax compliance in Tanzania: Can nudges help?

Low interest rates have implications for tax policy

Blog Posts

How much economic income shows up on tax forms?

Estimating income tax liabilities with data from the Survey of Consumer Finances

Did legislative sausage-making hurt President Biden?

Events

Taxing business income: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances

US energy tax policy and climate change

Opportunity Zones: The early evidence

Related Books

Implementing a US Carbon Tax: Challenges and Debates

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Experts

William G. Gale

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

Multimedia

When is a public policy racist?

Ending the state and local taxes (SALT) deduction

How could expanded tax credits reduce child poverty?

More on Taxation

The House Democrats’ state and local tax proposal: Bad policy and bad politics

Opportunity Zones: David Wessel’s testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight, House Ways & Means

Elon Musk, billionaires, and the United Nations: The 1% solution to global development

It’s long overdue for public finance scholars to study racism in the tax code

How a tech mogul pushed through a tax break

Six reasons why an expanded Child Tax Credit or child allowance should be part of the US safety net