Taxes

Taxes on the Table

Update 523 — Taxes on the Table:Whether, How to Pay for New Plans This week, we will look at tax policy and proposals under discussion from the administration and in Congress. Today, we look at the fiscal side of the equation, how to finance spending going forward. On Friday, we will examine tax equity: what …

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Fixing a Trumped-Up Code

Update 479: Fixing a Trumped-Up Code:Biden’s Fiscally Fair, Re-Balanced Budget Vice President Pence and Senator Kamala Harris face off tonight in the one and only Vice Presidential Debate of the cycle. We cover that critical encounter on Friday. Today, as prospects for a next coronavirus package waffle via twitter, we examine the tax plans (or …

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Welcome to Tax Day 2020

Update 455 — Welcome to Tax Day 2020:The Cost of Fighting COVID via the Code The Trump administration’s reflexive economic policy response to COVID — and just about everything else — has been tax cuts, breaks, deferrals, deductions, and delays. The COVID tax relief measures have gone under the radar but represent a kind of …

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Amazon To Apple After All

Update 402 — Amazon To Apple After All; A Bird in Manhattan Worth Two in da Bronx? This February, we wrote up Amazon’s decision to renege on plans to build a new second headquarters in Long Island City, after a furor over the $3 billion in public money at stake.  Fast forward to this past weekend …

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Tax Priorities and Possibilities

Update 393 — Tax Priorities and Possibilities:Congress’ 2019 Tax Dash; Warren’s 2020 Plan  Today, Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a $20.5 trillion proposal consisting of revenue raisers to pay for her Medicare for All plan.  The comprehensive proposal would make substantial changes to an array of tax titles, ruling out a direct tax increase on the …

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Midsummer’s Budget Stunner

Update 368 — Midsummer’s Budget Stunner;Niche of Living Dead/Tax Extenders Near You A deal to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling is in sight. The Pelosi/Mnuchin agreement will raise fiscal year 2020 spending caps for defense and non defense discretionary, about $320 billion total. From here, appropriators have until September 30 to draft, …

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2020 Pres. Candidates Propose Bevy of Tax Credits

Update 361 — 2020 Pres. Candidates Propose Bevy of Tax Credits, But Are They Progressive? The 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are advancing a smorgasbord of tax credit proposals, mainly focused on augmenting existing tax credit programs, such as the earned income tax credit (EITC) and the child tax credit (CTC).  Tomorrow, House Ways & Means …

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O-Zone Program’s Protections Paltry

Update 348 — O-Zone Protections Paltry;Road for Investors, Public Still Perilous The Trump Administration’s putatively anti-poverty program known as the Opportunity Zone initiative seeks to promote economic investment in 8,700 distressed areas throughout the country.  It was passed into law as part of the Trump tax cut. Taxpayer money is put to use here as …

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