Scoring Untaxed Social Security Benefits
What would happen if Social Security benefits were no longer taxed?
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Trump’s Social Security Benefit Tax Repeal Would Lower Taxes, Accelerate Program Insolvency
Former president Donald Trump’s plan to repeal the tax on Social Security benefits would lower taxes for US households by an average of $550, according…
How Charitable Are Nonprofit Hospitals? How Better Reporting Can Help
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (full disclosure: I am on its board) and the American Hospital Association recently debated whether nonprofit hospitals provided…
Senate Tax Impasse Makes 2025 More Consequential
Senate Republicans block vote on child tax credit expansion and business tax deductions.
Kamala Harris Favored Taxes To Raise Revenue and Change Policy
If Vice President Kamala Harris’s past record is any indication, a President Harris would be a strong proponent for using the tax code to achieve her policy goals.
Tax Breaks For Child Care Costs
A bipartisan tax bill for child
Families With Children Often Pay Less In Taxes Than Their Childless Peers, But Policymakers Could do More
In a 2021 interview , Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance indicated that families with children should pay less in taxes than childless taxpayers at…
Congress Can Maintain IRS Rulemaking Authority
In Loper Bright , a case about the environmental regulation of fishing boats, the Supreme Court overruled the Chevron doctrine , which required courts to…
Pennsylvania Joins IRS Direct File
IRS Direct File to be available in Pennsylvania.
A Senate Vote, Governors’ Tax Policy Records
Senate to hold procedural vote on Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act.