Kyle Pomerleau

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Economist

Kyle Pomerleau is an Economist for the Tax Foundation’s Center for Federal Tax Policy.

Previously, he was a Koch Summer Fellow at the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation. He also interned at The Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom. Before coming to Washington, D.C., he was a research associate at the Maine Heritage Policy Center in Portland, Maine, where his research and writing on welfare policy became instrumental in the state’s recent welfare reforms.

He has written on a variety of topics such as state and federal taxation, government spending, employment, welfare policy, and education policy.

He holds an MPP from Georgetown Public Policy Institute and holds a BA in Political Science and History from the University of Southern Maine.

Contributions

Is the Tax Code the Proper Tool for Making Higher Education More Affordable? July 15, 2014
Bill to be Introduced that Seeks to Reduce EITC Payment Error July 10, 2014
Bonus Depreciation is a Bonus, but Full Expensing is Ideal July 08, 2014
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Goes Into Force Today July 01, 2014
A Comparison of the Tax Burden on Labor in the OECD June 19, 2014
A Basic Lesson on the U.S.’s Corporate Income Tax System June 11, 2014
Is a Deduction for State and Local Income and Sales Taxes Paid Good Tax Policy? June 10, 2014
CTJ and U.S. PIRG Mislead with New Report on Corporate Taxes June 05, 2014
CTJ’s Measurement Problem May 28, 2014
The Ideal Anti-Inversion Policy May 21, 2014
Interactive Map: Where do U.S. Multinational Corporations Report Foreign Taxable Income and Foreign Income Taxes Paid? May 20, 2014
How Much Do U.S. Multinational Corporations Pay in Foreign Income Taxes? May 19, 2014
Flawed Buffett Rule Reintroduced in Senate May 15, 2014
Earned Income Tax Credit Still Plagued with High Error Rate May 14, 2014
An Alternative Maximum Tax? May 06, 2014
It Takes 175 hours for a U.S. Business to Comply with U.S. Taxes May 01, 2014
Ways and Means Committee Approves Extenders Package April 30, 2014
A Letter to the Chicago Tribune April 24, 2014
Tiberi Bill on Permanent Extension of Small Business Expensing April 22, 2014
The Missing Business Tax Revenue in Corporate Tax Data April 17, 2014
Why Many People are Wrong about Executive Pay and the Corporate Tax Code April 16, 2014
Bill Introduced to Repeal Obamacare “Cadillac Tax” April 11, 2014
When is My State’s Tax Freedom Day? April 09, 2014
Americans Pay More in Taxes than on Food, Clothing, and Housing Combined April 07, 2014
Tax Freedom Day® 2014 is April 21, Three Days Later Than Last Year April 07, 2014
CBPP Calls for a Lower Corporate Income Tax Rate to Increase Employment April 03, 2014
United Kingdom Has Cut Taxes for Many with a Larger Personal Allowance April 02, 2014
Senator Patty Murray Would Pay for an EITC Expansion with a Worse Corporate Tax Code March 31, 2014
Treatment of S Corporations in Dave Camp’s Tax Reform Plan March 20, 2014
CBPP says Regressive Cigarette Taxes are Okay Because: The Benefit Principle March 20, 2014
How High are Personal Dividends Income Tax Rates in Your State? March 11, 2014
Two Pro-Growth Tax Reform Proposals from Senator Marco Rubio March 11, 2014
Are Capital Gains and Dividend Income Tax Rates Really Lower Under the Camp Tax Reform Plan? March 06, 2014
The United States’ High Tax Burden on Personal Dividend Income March 05, 2014
The Tax Changes in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget March 05, 2014
The Basics of Chairman Camp’s Tax Reform Plan February 26, 2014
Survey Says Obamacare’s Medical Device Tax has Reduced Industry Employment by 33,000 February 21, 2014
How High are Capital Gains Tax Rates in Your State? February 20, 2014
Share of U.S. Corporate Income and Taxes by Size February 18, 2014
Michael Jackson's Estate: the IRS Won't Stop Til It Gets Enough February 12, 2014
The High Burden of State and Federal Capital Gains Tax Rates February 11, 2014
Proposal to Exempt Olympians’ Prize Money from Taxation: Good Politics, Wrong Solution February 10, 2014
What is Cost Recovery? February 10, 2014
CBO: Slower Economic Growth, Smaller Workforce, a Larger Deficit, and Growing Mandatory Spending February 06, 2014
Percentage of Filers Claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit in the States January 31, 2014
Overview of the Earned Income Tax Credit on EITC Awareness Day January 31, 2014
A Few Contradictions in President Obama’s State of the Union Address January 29, 2014
Trading Longer Asset Lives for Lower Corporate Tax Rates in the United Kingdom January 29, 2014
The U.S. Has Stood Still While Other Nations Have Cut Their Corporate Tax Rate January 28, 2014
The U.S. Has the Highest Corporate Income Tax Rate in the OECD January 27, 2014
High-Income Taxpayers Could Face a Top Marginal Tax Rate over 50 percent this Tax Season January 23, 2014
Not All Tax Extenders Are Worth Extending January 22, 2014
IRS Data on Income Shifts Shows Progressivity of Federal Individual Income Tax January 14, 2014
Marco Rubio Proposes a Replacement for the Earned Income Tax Credit January 10, 2014
The 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty January 08, 2014
The American Opportunity Tax Credit Was One of the Fastest Growing Tax Credits between 2010 and 2011 January 07, 2014
Baucus’s Energy Discussion Draft Misses the Point of Fundamental Tax Reform December 19, 2013
Summary of Latest Federal Income Tax Data December 18, 2013
Inflation Can Cause an Infinite Effective Tax Rate on Capital Gains December 17, 2013
Senator Baucus’s Plan for Cost Recovery Heads in the Wrong Direction December 11, 2013
High Income Households Paid an Effective Tax Rate 16 times Higher than Low Income Households in 2010 December 10, 2013
CBO Report Confirms that the Federal Government Redistributes a Substantial Amount of Income December 09, 2013
New Report on Corporate Income Taxes and Employment Doesn’t Come Close December 05, 2013
Summary of Baucus’s Proposed Changes to Cost Recovery December 04, 2013
2014 Tax Brackets December 02, 2013
The 2014 Tax Brackets November 27, 2013
The U.S. Ranks Poorly on Cost Recovery November 20, 2013
Capital Cost Recovery across the OECD November 19, 2013
Obamacare’s Tax on Home Sales is Nothing New November 15, 2013
Don't Forget the Facts If You Want to Raise Taxes on the Rich November 14, 2013
New Data on Partnership Pass-Through Businesses November 12, 2013
How Fast Would the Economy Need to Grow in Order to Close the Deficit? November 11, 2013
The Use of Tax Credits to Reduce Tax Liabilities Has Exploded in Recent Years November 11, 2013
Cash for Clunkers: Not Much of a Stimulus October 31, 2013
Deficits Down, but not Permanently October 31, 2013
Budget Conference to Meet Today October 30, 2013
Low and Moderate Income Taxpayers Face High Marginal Tax Rates Too October 25, 2013
The Details of the Last Minute Deal to Raise the Debt Ceiling October 17, 2013
Obamacare's Shaky Funding Sources October 16, 2013
What is the Debt Ceiling and Why Does it Matter? October 15, 2013
China Flirts with an Estate Tax October 03, 2013
What Happens When There Is a Government Shutdown September 30, 2013
4 Reasons the Medical Device Tax is Bad Policy September 27, 2013
Maine Rain Tax a Drain September 26, 2013
UK Labour Party's Bank Tax Gimmick September 25, 2013
Monday Map: Top Marginal Tax Rates on Sole Proprietorships and S-corporations September 09, 2013
What’s up with Insurance Premiums under Obamacare? September 05, 2013
Individual Tax Rates Impact Business Activity Due to High Number of Pass-Throughs September 03, 2013
Update on "Higher Education and Skills Obtainment Act" August 22, 2013
Japan: “Never Mind” August 16, 2013
Japan Further Discusses Lowering Their Corporate Rate August 13, 2013
Cities, States, and Obamacare’s “Cadillac” Tax August 08, 2013
Why Stop There? August 05, 2013
More Trouble for Small Businesses in Tax Reform Talks August 02, 2013
Not a Grand Bargain for Everyone August 01, 2013
The Higher Education and Skills Obtainment Act: A Proposal to Reform Higher Education Tax Credits July 24, 2013
Another Understatement of the Corporate Tax Rate July 23, 2013
Japan to Lower its Corporate Rate Further? July 18, 2013
Another Reminder of the Poor Design of Obamacare's Medical Device Tax July 08, 2013
Obamacare Business Mandate Delay Shows Fundamental Problem with the Law July 03, 2013

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