Tag: tax policy
Trump’s plans to extend tax cuts and slash red tape will...
John W. Diamond, Rice University
The economy was one of their top issues as voters went to the polls...
Trump’s tax cuts led to a $20B reduction in charitable giving...
Daniel Hungerman, University of Notre Dame
Americans give about half a trillion dollars a year to charity. That money...
Child poverty estimates point to a record low in 2021 –...
Steven Pressman, The New School and Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University
The U.S. government will likely report in...
Tax or treat! State laws on candy taxation vary wildly
Hayes Holderness, University of Richmond
Halloween shoppers have many delicious decisions to make before trick-or-treaters show up at their...
‘Tax the rich’? Democrats’ plans to make the wealthy pay a...
Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley and Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley
Demanding tax increases on the rich...
What’s the charitable deduction? An economist explains
Patrick Rooney, IUPUI
The charitable deduction is a dollar-for-dollar reduction in taxable income that lowers what someone owes the...
People who win big prizes shouldn’t get taxed when they give...
Ellen P. Aprill, Loyola Law School Los Angeles
When former President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he didn’t keep the approximately...