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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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If you’re in the middle class, Joe Biden wants to raise your taxes
By Ryan Ellis Presidential front-runner Joe Biden has made a startling promise if he’s elected president: repeal the entirety of the Tax...
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The Senate Tax Reform Bill Cuts Rates For Small Businesses And Flow Through Firms
By Ryan Ellis This week, the U.S. Senate will consider their version of fundamental tax reform. A key area of debate here has been the...
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Don’t listen to Kamala Harris about your tax refund
By Ryan Ellis 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., on Monday tweeted out that the middle class got their...
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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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Trump’s middle-class tax cut election surprise
By Ryan Ellis Tax nerds in the Beltway went wild this past weekend with President Trump’s announcement of a new middle-class tax cut....
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The Trump Administration Should Index Capital Gains To Inflation
By Adam Brandon In 2016, economists scoffed at the notion made by then-candidate Donald Trump that he wanted "to establish a national...
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Will the Trump Tax Bill Drive Down Ticket Sales?
By: David Waldstein Tyler Graffeo, the president of Interstate Truck Center, generated a lot of business while entertaining clients in...
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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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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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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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Individual Mandate Repeal Is a Middle Class Tax Cut
By Ryan Ellis The Senate Finance Committee announced today that it would add to the Senate tax reform bill a zeroing out of Obamacare’s...
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Top Five Ways the Senate Tax Reform Bill Cuts Taxes for Middle Class Families
By Ryan Ellis The Senate Finance Committee this week will report out a tax reform bill that cuts taxes for the middle class. The...
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House Tax Reform Bill Improves Education Policy
By Ryan Ellis H.R. 1, the the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” will be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives later this week. There’s...
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Virtually All Middle Class Taxpayers to See Tax Cut in Senate Tax Plan
By Ryan Ellis <$200k Fam. % Tax Cut to <$100Tax % Tax Hike Tax Hike Households Tax Hike Cut Fam. 2019 166,084,000 91.7% 152,300,000...
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