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Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:12 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Off the Charts Blog Post: Kansas' Big and Damaging Tax Cut http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 22 May 2012 11:09:18 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: After Welfare Reform, the Poorest Families Had More Trouble Paying Bills http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 22 May 2012 14:41:14 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Key Tax System Concepts, Explained http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 18 May 2012 15:03:30 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Greenstein's Take on Boehner's Statement http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 17 May 2012 14:34:28 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Statement by Robert Greenstein, President, on Speaker Boehner's Recent Remarks Concerning the Debt Limit No one should underestimate the significance of House Speaker John Boehner's declaration yesterday that he will block an increase in the debt limit next winter unless policymakers match each dollar of debt limit increase with at least a dollar in budget cuts, with no revenue increases. This standard, which key Republican leaders have said they will insist on for all future debt limit increases, would both produce extreme policies and repeat these lawmakers' hostage-taking strategy of last … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/r9n6ZQAkaVE/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3779 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:21:26 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3779 Off the Charts Blog Post: Senator Lee's Budget Would Sharply Cut Social Security, Medicare, Other Programs While Making Tax System Less Progressive http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:51:51 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Lower Drug Costs Don't Support Ryan Medicare Proposal http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 15 May 2012 17:11:42 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: A “Small Improvement” Worth Making http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:00:56 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Toomey Budget Similar to House-Passed Ryan Budget The Senate may take up, as early as this week, a budget proposal from Senator Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)[1] that is similar in most important respects to the budget resolution from House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), which the House passed on March 29. [2] Like the Ryan budget, the Toomey plan (S. Con. Res. 37) would protect and extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit higher-income Americans, while reducing deficits through steep cuts in programs that benefit … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/pQRvOtwtO6g/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3771 Wed, 09 May 2012 13:06:59 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3771 Off the Charts Blog Post: Video: Jared Bernstein and Chye-Ching Huang Discuss Tax Rates and the Economy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 08 May 2012 16:40:57 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Video: Jared Bernstein and Chye-Ching Huang Discuss Tax Rates and the Economy Jared Bernstein and Chye-Ching Huang discuss the Center's new, comprehensive analysis of recent findings on the economic effects of raising federal income taxes on upper-income taxpayers as part of a balanced effort to reduce budget deficits. Duration 8:25 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/f9R1rLQVz9Q/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3769 Tue, 08 May 2012 15:07:47 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3769 Off the Charts Blog Post: The Reality of Raising Taxes at the Top, Part 6: How to Raise Taxes at the Top Consistent with Economic Growth? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 02 May 2012 10:58:39 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: The Reality of Raising Taxes at the Top, Part 5: Can Tax Increases Help Economic Growth? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 01 May 2012 09:45:00 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: An Easy Call on How to Pay for Student Loan Plan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:33:44 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: The Reality of Raising Taxes at the Top, Part 4: Would Tax Increases Affect Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:38:07 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Policy Basics: Tax Exemptions, Deductions, and Credits Tax exemptions, deductions, and credits all can reduce a filer’s tax liability — that is, the amount of taxes that the filer owes. Some of these tax benefits are intended to reflect a taxpayer’s ability to pay tax; the Child Tax Credit, for example, recognizes the costs of raising children. Other tax benefits, such as the deductions for charitable donations and home mortgage interest payments, are incentives intended to advance specific social policy goals.… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/tGxIxYye2MI/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3763 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:31:31 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3763 Policy Basics: Marginal and Average Tax Rates Misunderstandings about two different types of tax rates often create confusion in discussions about taxes. A taxpayer's average tax rate (or effective tax rate) is the share of income that he or she pays in taxes. By contrast, a taxpayer's marginal tax rate is the tax rate imposed on his or her last dollar of income. Taxpayers' average tax rates are lower — usually much lower — than their marginal rates. People who confuse the two can end up thinking that taxes … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/6ANWfriTdY0/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3764 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:47:32 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3764 Off the Charts Blog Post: The Reality of Raising Taxes at the Top, Part 3: Would Tax Increases Affect Savings and Investment? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:04:13 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: The Reality of Raising Taxes at the Top, Part 2: Would Tax Increases Affect Work Effort? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:16:56 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: The Reality of Raising Taxes at the Top, Part 1: Would Tax Hikes Shrink Taxable Income? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:30:48 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Media Briefing: The Effect on the Economy of Raising Tax Rates on High-Income Households as Part of a Balanced Effort to Reduce Deficits - What the Evidence Shows The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities held a conference call briefing on Wednesday, April 25 to discuss the Center’s new, comprehensive analysis of recent findings on the economic effects of raising federal income taxes on upper-income taxpayers. The panel featured leading authorities on tax policy, Leonard E. Burman, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Professor of Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and William G. Gale, Co-Director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, and Chye-Ching … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/VFGc2kFJZ-Q/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3759 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:10:16 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3759 Recent Studies Find Raising Taxes on High-Income Households Would Not Harm the Economy Many policymakers and pundits assume that raising federal income taxes on high-income households would have serious adverse consequences for the economy. Yet this belief, which has been subject to extensive research and analysis, does not fare well under scrutiny. As three leading tax economists recently concluded in a comprehensive review of the empirical evidence, “there is no compelling evidence to date of real responses of upper income taxpayers to changes in tax rates.”[1] … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/OCtmFyC78xA/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3756 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:09:10 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3756 Media Briefing: Understanding the Annual Reports of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities held a conference call briefing on Monday, April 23 at 4:00 pm (ET) to discuss the 2012 reports of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees. Paul Van de Water, Senior Fellow at the Center and one of Washington’s leading experts on both Social Security and Medicare, and Robert Greenstein, President of CBPP discussed what the reports say about the long-term financial status of Social Security and Medicare. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/JO_tHiYB0Kk/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3755 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:54:11 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3755 Statement of Robert Greenstein on the 2012 Social Security Trustees' Report The trustees’ report, with its projection that, in the absence of policy changes, Social Security will be able to pay full benefits only until 2033 — and about 75 percent of scheduled benefits after that — indicates Congress should act soon to address the program’s long-term financing shortfall. The projected 2033 date is three years earlier than the date in last year’s trustees’ report, although it is consistent with various earlier trustees’ … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/AE08qxch-_Q/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3753 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:43:15 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3753 The False Choice of National Defense Versus Helping the Poor House committees this week approved sharp cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), the elimination of the Social Services Block Grant, and other cuts that would harm large numbers of low- and moderate-income Americans.[1] Proponents claim the cuts are needed to generate enough savings to avert an automatic cut in defense spending of nearly $55 billion scheduled for next January, which they say would harm national security. (Last … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-TaxFederal/~3/3hfbMX06AQM/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3752 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:31:30 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3752