Taxation

The Trump tax agenda: A gift to the super-rich

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, May 4, 2017

REUTERS/Carlos Barria - White House spokesman Sean Spicer, U.S. National Economic Director Gary Cohn and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin unveil the Trump administration's tax reform proposal in the White House briefing room.

Trump’s tax plan: Amateur hour at the Treasury Department

Monday, May 1, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order

On Trump’s tax proposal

William A. Galston

Thursday, April 27, 2017

A tax sign is pictured on an H&R Block tax office.

Donald Trump has a tax plan fit for 140 characters

William G. Gale, Hilary Gelfond, and Aaron Krupkin

Thursday, April 27, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump waits for the arrival of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX33W7D

4 reasons Trump’s tax plan is a tougher sell than Trumpcare

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Reflecting on Trump’s first 100 days

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks at 2017 Institute of International Finance (IIF) policy summit in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTS136H0

Memo to Secretary Mnuchin: The people don’t want big tax cuts for corporations and wealthy individuals

William A. Galston

Friday, April 21, 2017

A Ford Motor production worker assembles batteries for Ford electric and hybrid vehicles at the Ford Rawsonville Assembly Plant in Ypsilanti Twsp, Michigan November 7, 2012. Ford Motor Co marked on Thursday the production launch of its latest plug-in hybrid at a former SUV factory that now serves as a model for the second-largest U.S. automaker's global manufacturing strategy. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS) - RTR3A5AC

The Earned Income Tax Credit and the white working class

Cecile Murray and Elizabeth Kneebone

Tuesday, April 18, 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

It’s Tax Day and Americans are mad as heck. Right? Wrong!

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

U.S. 1040A Individual Income Tax forms are seen at a U.S. Post office in New York

Polling Spotlight: America’s shifting attitudes on taxes

William A. Galston

Friday, April 14, 2017