Taxation

Community historian Morris “Dino” Robinson, who helped shape the Evanston’s reparations initiative, points to the borders of the Fifth Ward, which was the area of Evanston the city’s Black citizens were forced to move to due to redlining between 1919 and 1969, in Evanston, Illinois, U.S March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Eileen T. Meslar

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.

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

How could expanded tax credits reduce child poverty?

Robert Greenstein and Adrianna Pita

Friday, July 16, 2021

Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg exits after his arraignment hearing in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

How serious are the Trump Organization tax fraud charges?

Norman Eisen and Adrianna Pita

Friday, July 2, 2021

Isle of Man, "tax haven"

Dirty money in offshore banks

Matthew Collin and Fred Dews

Friday, July 2, 2021

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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

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

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

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

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France is not alone in its plan to tax tech giants

Lilian Faulhaber and David Dollar

Monday, August 19, 2019

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sits under a display of the U.S. national debt as he testifies to the House Financial Services Committee on "The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC131089F510

How to cure America’s debt addiction (and invest in the future)

William G. Gale and David Wessel

Friday, April 5, 2019