Alan Cole is a Senior Economist with Tax Foundation’s Center for Federal Tax Policy. His areas of focus include business taxes, cross-border taxes, and macroeconomics.
In addition to work at Tax Foundation, Alan Cole has served on the Joint Economic Committee and with The Conference Board, and published on a variety of economic topics. Alan has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University and an MBA majoring in finance and public policy from the Wharton School. Alan lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and daughter.
Latest Work
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The Top Ten Sources of Personal Income
2 min readSources of Personal Income, Tax Year 2012
12 min read![IRS State and Local Tax Deduction SALT Workaround, Federal income data, AGI](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IRS-300x157.jpg)
The IRS Has Too Many Responsibilities
3 min read![financial transactions tax](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/AdobeStock_64352337-e1558538840892-300x200.jpeg)