Why Dump the Cadillac Tax?
Economists love the Affordable Care Act’s Cadillac tax, the excise tax on high-cost employer sponsored health insurance plans. Well, maybe not love. But they do like it a lot.In contrast, unions,...
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The Debt Limit: Here We Go Again
In less than a month—and in perhaps as little as 18 days-- the federal government will be unable to pay its bills. Realistically, there is only one way to avoid such a fiscal mess: Congress must raise...
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Would Speaker Ryan Boost the Chances for Tax Reform? Not Until 2018
Paul Ryan has been an enthusiastic supporter of tax reform for years. Will his elevation to House Speaker make reform more likely? Perhaps, but not any time soon.Reform efforts got two big boosts this...
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Back at the Tax Extender Trough
For years, Congress has struggled with what to do with scores of temporary tax breaks that have come to be known as the “tax extenders.” The usual resolution: Lawmakers fiddle for months. Then,...
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What Can Congress and President Obama Accomplish in 2016?
Can Congress and President Obama, who have battled over policy for seven years, reach consensus over key tax and other issues in the months leading up to the 2016 election? To ask the question is...
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If Banning Negligent Low-Income Households From Taking Tax Credits Is Such a...
Congress has banned more low-income families who file erroneous tax returns from receiving refundable credits. If lawmakers think this is such a terrific idea, why stop at low-income households? For...
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The International Spitting Match Over the Google Tax Intensifies
Call it the perils of one-off corporate tax settlements. While the developed world is trying—with limited success-- to figure out how to tax multinational corporations, individual countries are making...
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The White House Quietly Rolls Out Its Last Tax and Budget Plan
If the White House wanted to attract attention to its final budget, it could not have picked a worse day to make it public. With official Washington obsessed with today’s New Hampshire primary, the...
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About TSA, IRS, and Being a Washington Scapegoat
It is a familiar--and sad—Washington story. Start with an agency that deals extensively with the public. The agency stumbles. Congress cuts its budget. The resource-constrained agency does an...
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Should Drugmakers Be Allowed To Avoid Taxes on Their Profits From An...
In one of the most misguided ideas I’ve heard in a long time, two congressmen have introduced a bill to make profits from the sale of certain anti-Alzheimer’s drugs tax free for seven years. The...
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