Trump Alone Can Cut Taxes
By Kimberley A. Strassel What if President Trump had the authority—on his own—to enact a second powerful tax reform? He does. The...
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FISCAL POLICY
Getting fiscal policy right is the heart of getting government economic policies right. That means a pro-growth tax code which raises enough money for modest and well-designed government spending programs. Essential to fiscal policy is health care policy, which today dominates both tax and spending outlooks.
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Treasury Chief Calls Changing Capital-GainsRule a Job for Congress First
WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, urged by conservatives to use his department’s regulatory power to adjust capital-gains...
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House Democratic Tax Plan Foreshadowed in Sixth District of Illinois
By Ryan Ellis House Democrats may be running on a tax platform consisting of uncapping the SALT deduction for wealthy households,...
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Marco Rubio and Supply Siders Need to Work Together to Successfully Pass Tax Laws
By Ryan Ellis It’s fair to say that comments made by Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) about the corporate tax reform in the Tax Cuts and Jobs...
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Tax Reform Simplifies the Code for Middle Class but Future Reforms Should Kill Crony Capitalism
By: Ryan Ellis The Senate Finance Committee this week held a hearing on the initial impacts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017....
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Top Ten IRS Reforms the U.S. House of Representatives Will Consider During Tax Week
By Ryan Ellis This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a series of bipartisan IRS structural reform bills. While many of...
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CBO Confirms That Mandatory Spending Drives The Budget Deficit
By Ryan Ellis The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released their new “Budget and Economic Outlook” for 2018. As usual, it has...
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Tax Reform’s Phase Two Should Make Middle Class Tax Cuts Permanent
By Ryan Ellis There’s been a lot of talk lately about a “phase two” of tax reform to be considered later this year in the U.S. House of...
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Congress Should Make Middle Class Tax Extenders Permanent
By Ryan Ellis The House Ways and Means Committee today will conduct a hearing on tax provisions which expired at the end of 2017. Because...
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Democrats Release Tax Hike Plan
By: Ryan Ellis This week, Congressional Democrats released a detailed tax hike plan that they promised to implement if given majority...
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Getting “Real” by Indexing Capital Gains for Inflation
By Stephen J. Entin Key Findings Inflation-related gains on the sale of assets are not a real increase in wealth. Indexing the purchase...
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Stock Buybacks Make Your 401(k) Bigger
By Ryan Ellis In recent weeks, Americans have begun to realize that Congress and President Trump have cut their taxes. According to a...
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European Tax Bureaucrats Are Raising Taxes on U.S. Companies and Undermining Tax Reform
By: Ryan Ellis In the wake of recent tax reform in the United States, one might be tempted to think that a relatively quiet time of...
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New Tax Withholding Tables Are a Down Payment on Big Middle Class Tax Cuts
By Ryan Ellis The new IRS payroll withholding tables are out, and they are predictably being downplayed by the same mainstream media that...
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There Is No Last Minute Real Estate Perk in Tax Reform
By Ryan Ellis In the last couple of days, a rumor has swirled around the tax world that a special eleventh hour windfall was given to...
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There Is No “California Problem” To Fix in Tax Reform
By Ryan Ellis In recent weeks, some House Republicans have said there is a “California problem” in tax reform. They are mistaken. The...
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Ted Cruz’s 529 Education Savings Amendment to Tax Reform Is A Big Win for Families
By Ryan Ellis On Friday night, the United States Senate passed their version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, better known as tax reform....
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Marco Rubio’s Criminally Negligent Child Credit Amendment to Tax Reform
By Ryan Ellis This evening, the U.S. Senate voted along party lines to proceed to consideration of fundamental tax reform. This kicked...
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Nine In Ten Will Claim The Standard Deduction Under Tax Reform According To New White House Study
By Ryan Ellis One quick side dish for Thanksgiving Week: the percentage of Americans who itemize their deductions will go way down under...
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Senate Tax Reform Bill Results in a More Progressive Tax Code Than Today
By Ryan Ellis The most important tax reform metric for liberals and Democrats, besides perhaps the total level of federal taxation, is...
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