Taxation

A man finishes his beer at a mostly empty Sloppy Joe's bar.

Measuring the loss of life from the Senate’s tax cuts for alcohol producers

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn introduce the Republican tax reform plan at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S.,

Bipartisanship makes for better tax reform

William A. Galston

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Kevin Brady and Paul Ryan at podium.

Where the GOP tax bill goes from here

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, November 17, 2017

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) arrives for a markup on the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC1A475051C0

Hoping speed trumps bipartisanship, Republicans go it alone on tax reform

Clara Hendrickson and William A. Galston

Thursday, November 16, 2017

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 - RTX1EU9N

Required reading to understand the tax policy fight

Vanessa Williamson

Monday, November 13, 2017

The U.S. Commerce Department?s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) new laboratory designed to demonstrate that a typical-looking suburban home for a family of four can generate as much energy as it uses in a year is seen in this undated photo taken in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The U.S. Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility -- also known as the net-zero lab -- is built to fit into an ordinary residential neighborhood without the high environmental footprint. REUTERS/Deborah Zabarenko (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) - TM3E89E19FQ02

Are affluent Americans willing to pay a little for a fairer society? A test case in Chicago

Alaina J. Harkness and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, November 9, 2017

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) listens to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during the opening session of the new Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC146CC1AA20

Republicans will need to work with Democrats to pass tax reform

Stuart M. Butler

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

People listen as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform.

Tax-cut proponents ignore that there’s no free lunch

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) and unveil legislation to overhaul the tax code on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC152123A080

It’s time to gut the mortgage interest deduction

William G. Gale

Monday, November 6, 2017

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan arrives to speak about the Republican tax plan in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1C286A54B0

How tax reform can support rural broadband

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, November 6, 2017