![Treasury Department Proposes New Regulations for Opportunity Zones](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/treasury-300x239.png)
Alec Fornwalt was a Policy Analyst with the Center for Federal Tax Policy at the Tax Foundation. He previously interned at the Heritage Foundation.
Alec was born in southern Pennsylvania, but grew up in Cecil County, Maryland. He has a B.S. in Politics and Policy from Liberty University.
In his free time, Alec enjoys playing guitar, watching Philadelphia sports teams, and reading.
Latest Work
![Treasury Department Proposes New Regulations for Opportunity Zones](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/treasury-300x239.png)
![U.S. worker tax burden, payroll taxes, income taxes, after-tax income](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/FF613-12-300x241.png)
A Comparison of the Tax Burden on Labor in the OECD, 2018
Before accounting for state and local sales taxes, the tax burden that a single average wage earner faces in the U.S. is 31.7 percent of pretax earnings, amounting to $18,198 in taxes in 2017.
18 min read![Affordable Care Act Tax](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/healthcare2-300x200.jpg)
![PGA Tour Tax Exemption of Pro Sports Organizations, PGA, LPGA, NHL](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/golf-1284012_1920-300x200.jpg)
![medical center, Repeal the Medical Device Tax](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/medical-device-4-300x200.jpg)
![Tax Reform Phase Two](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/US-Capitol-Cropped1-300x210.png)
![Philadelphia Philly Soda Tax](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/AdobeStock_64131421-e1529353312377-300x200.jpeg)