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House-Passed Buffett Rule Doesn’t Merit the Name
“Taxes,” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. famously said, “are what we pay for a civilized society.” His reflection comes to mind in light of legislation, which the House passed last week, that would make it...
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Bob Rubin on Taxes: Essential Reading With a Record Behind It
As Washington focuses on critical budget decisions, former Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin has a perfectly timed op-ed in the New York Times that makes a convincing case for returning to the Clinton-era...
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Top 10 Federal Tax Charts
In recognition of Tax Day, we’ve collected our top ten charts related to federal taxes. Together, they provide useful context for ongoing debates about how to reduce deficits and reform the tax code....
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Tax Day Roundup
Here are the analyses and blog posts we’ve issued in the past few days on tax issues. Top 10 Federal Tax Charts Federal Income Taxes on Middle-Income Families Remain Near Historic Lows Where Do...
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Starbucks’ UK Tax Dodge Highlights Flaws of Territorial Taxation
U.S.-based multinational corporations that are lobbying Congress to adopt a “territorial” tax system, which would cut their taxes on foreign profits to zero or a very low rate, often note that many...
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Hearing Highlights Problems Posed By Tax Havens
Today’s House Ways and Means hearing examined multinational companies’ use of tax havens and profit shifting — among other strategies — to minimize the corporate income taxes that they pay to the...
View ArticleThe Trickle-Down Economics of Tax Cuts for Multinationals’ Foreign Profits
Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA) asked a witness at a Ways and Means hearing last week how the United States would benefit if policymakers cut taxes on U.S. multinational corporations’ overseas...
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Tax Holiday Would Be Bad Addition to Budget Agreement
As part of ongoing budget talks, Senate Republicans have reportedly floated the idea of “paying for” repealing at least part of sequestration with a repatriation tax holiday — that is, allowing...
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Repatriation Tax Holiday Can’t “Pay for” Canceling Sequestration — Or...
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), a member of the conference committee negotiating a 2014 budget framework, said recently that policymakers could raise additional revenue to help pay for canceling the...
View ArticleA First Look at the Baucus Draft on International Corporate Tax Reform
Yesterday’s staff discussion draft on international corporate tax reform from Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus recognizes the importance of tax reform’s budgetary impact over the long term,...
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