The Evolution of the Tax Justice Debate: From Buffett to Zuckerberg
“Tax justice” is a powerful rallying cry that has the potential to generate a seemingly limitless number of bad tax policy ideas. The latest is a “mark-to-market” capital gains tax proposed in the New...
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Getting Internet Sales Tax Right
Click here for a printer-friendly version of this article.While Amazon has somewhat softened its stance against state-level efforts to collect sales tax on internet sales, the fight over how internet...
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If Taxes Must be Raised, Raise Average Tax Rates
In the debate on how best to resolve the so-called “fiscal cliff” of $600 billion of pending tax increases and spending cuts scheduled for January 1, 2013, President Obama is not only insisting on more...
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Time to Fix the Charitable Deduction
Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus and ranking minority member Orrin Hatch have issued a bracing and unusual challenge to their colleagues: make the essential case for any and all tax breaks...
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On the Road to a Vehicle Mileage Tax
America needs to replace its motor fuel taxes with a fee for miles driven.Cars are becoming more fuel-efficient and miles driven are steadily declining. Electric cars use no gasoline at all, so their...
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Age of the Customer Heralds Potential Economic Boom
The power dynamic between buyers and sellers has changed and the market is rapidly adapting to a new paradigm shift. Thanks to the disruption caused by the Internet, consumers have more power than ever...
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On Tax Day, Tax-Cutting Candidates Take Center Stage
By Tax Day, April 15, Americans have spent an average of 27 hours filling out their tax returns. Tax collections are at a record high. The government's numerous encounters with the debt ceiling and a...
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Another Indictment of U.S. Corporate Taxes
Teaser: In their new release, the "2014 International Tax Competitiveness Index," Kyle Pomerleau and Andrew Lundeen of the Tax Foundation provide a holistic view of the 34 OECD countries' business tax...
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World Leaders, Ignore Obama and Do These Five Things Instead
Teaser: World leaders, beware: President Obama’s political loss last week is not preventing him from proffering economic advice on his travels to China and Australia this week. Rather than following...
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Why Breaking Up (the Tax Code) Is So Hard to Do
Teaser: Everyone wants tax reform. At least we pays lip service to the idea that the U.S. economy would be better off with lower rates, a simpler code, and fewer loopholes. Yet something everyone...
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Rubio Already Spearheading Tax Reform
Teaser: But a president's past experience does not determine the extent of issues he can address as president. To achieve as president, what is needed is governing experience, vision, and first-rate...
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Busting the Flat Tax Fallacy
Teaser: Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul recently unveiled his flat tax proposal. While Paul claims such a simple plan will help expand the American economy, implementing this system will...
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A Better Reason for a Flat Tax
Teaser: As long as regional price disparities exist and the U.S. maintains a progressive federal tax system, the principle of horizontal equity will be violated.Newly-released data from the Bureau of...
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Distinguishing Policy From Politics in the Cadillac Plan Tax
Teaser: The Affordable Care Act’s “Cadillac plan tax” has been much in the news of late.The Affordable Care Act’s “Cadillac plan tax” has been much in the news of late. A motley collection of health...
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Politicians Who Support Ex-Im Should Embrace Corporate Tax Reform
Teaser: Bipartisanship is unusual these days, yet Washington can agree on supporting a program that leaves ordinary Americans as the losers.On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted—with the...
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