#Tax Policy

Many elected officials in both parties have long called for tax reform, although they often differ on what tax-related issues need to be addressed. As President Trump and members of Congress consider tax proposals to pursue this year, a new national…

President Trump and many lawmakers in both parties have promised to attack waste and substantially improve government efficiency. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has just handed them a long list of opportunities to do so in its latest “High Risk…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made headlines this week when he suggested that the

Many millennials have high hopes for the future that include addressing climate change, pioneering improvements in health care, making college more affordable and keeping the country strong. But Chase Hagaman, New England regional director for The Concord Coalition, says millennials…

An estimated $458 billion a year in federal taxes went unpaid in 2008 through 2010, the Internal Revenue Service reported recently. That figure, called the “tax gap,” was up slightly from $450 billion in 2006, although the IRS attributed much…

Playing to the frustration Americans often feel around tax-return season, many lawmakers last week targeted the IRS with criticism and an array of proposals with little chance of becoming law. The House passed several measures during what some Republican lawmakers…

With yesterday’s deadline for filing most individual tax returns, many Americans are again wondering how the overly complex and inefficient federal tax code could be improved. “The place to begin is with a major effort to scale back or eliminate…

Amid widespread concern about rising tuition rates, top Republican tax-writers appear to be taking a hard look at the ways in which colleges and universities are using -- or perhaps not using -- their tax-exempt endowments. Senate Finance Chairman Orrin…