Hatch Calls for Tax Reform in the 114th Congress
If tax reform is going to happen in the 114th Congress, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) will be a central figure as the incoming Chairman of the Finance...
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Senator Cardin Proposes Reform With a Consumption Tax
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the Progressive Consumption Tax Act last week that would reform the tax code and change the way that tax revenue...
Delaney Combines Tax Reform and Infrastructure...With a Twist
Tax reform has been an increasingly common way to pay for infrastructure spending in recent years. Both President Obama and outgoing House Ways and...
Senator Coburn Publishes the Tax Decoder
Senator Coburn's office yesterday published the "Tax Decoder", a 300+ page guide describing more than 165 tax expenditures. The report...
Changing the Baseline Could Mean an Extra Trillion in Debt
Republicans and Democrats do not agree on much, but both parties are talking about business tax reform that is "revenue-neutral," raising...
Finding Consensus on Tax Reform
Despite partisan differences in Washington, there's actually considerable bipartisan consensus around many elements of tax reform. That's the...
Lew Takes On Inversions
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew proposed administrative rules this week that would limit the benefits of tax inversions, where companies move their...
Deficit-Financed Tax Cuts May be Counterproductive
A new paper suggests that tax cuts that add to the deficit provide little boost to economic growth and may actually hinder it. Last week, the Tax...
More Interesting Charts from CBO Director Elmendorf's Presentation
Earlier in the week, we highlighted a portion of CBO Director Doug Elmendorf's presentation at Cornell University highlighting the increased...
House Jobs Plan Doesn't Work for the Deficit
House Republicans plan to vote this week on a jobs package combining bills that would "build a robust economy and foster job creation."...