Sen. Warren’s Wealth Tax Is Problematic
Sen. Elizabeth Warren recently proposed a wealth tax on high-net-worth individuals, a type of tax that is poorly targeted, difficult to administer, and raises constitutional questions.
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Kyle Pomerleau
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Kyle Pomerleau is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he studies federal tax policy.
Before joining AEI, Mr. Pomerleau was chief economist and vice president of economic analysis at the Tax Foundation, where he led the macroeconomic and tax modeling team and wrote on various tax policy topics, including corporate taxation, international tax policy, carbon taxation, and tax reform.
The author of many studies, Mr. Pomerleau has been published in trade publications and policy journals including Tax Notes and the National Tax Journal. He is frequently quoted in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. He has also testified before Congress and state legislators.
Mr. Pomerleau has an MPP in economic and social policy from Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and a BA in history and political science from the University of Southern Maine.
Latest Work
How Much Revenue Would a 70% Top Tax Rate Raise? An Initial Analysis
Due to a narrow tax base and a decrease in capital gains realizations, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez’s plan to tax income above $10 million would not raise as much revenue as intended. See our 10-year revenue estimates.
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We Shouldn’t Scrap Dynamic Scoring
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2018 International Tax Competitiveness Index
The structure of a country’s tax code is an important determinant of its economic performance. Our 2018 international tax rankings provide a road map for each of the 35 OECD countries to improve the structure of their tax codes and achieve a more neutral, more competitive tax system.
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Responding to the NYT’s Stock Buybacks Analysis
The increase in stock buybacks isn’t surprising nor a sign that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act won’t increase domestic investment.
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Decomposing a Dynamic Revenue Estimate
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State-by-State Job Impacts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2018
Our updated analysis of the state-by-state impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act shows that the new federal tax law will create 215,000 full-time equivalent jobs in 2018. Here’s how each state will be affected.
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The Economics of 1986 Tax Reform, and Why It Didn’t Create Growth
In contrast, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act lowered the corporate tax rate and allows immediate and full expensing for the next five years.
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Making the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Individual Income Tax Provisions Permanent
If extended, the individual income tax provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would increase long-run GDP by 2.2 percent, long-run wages by 0.9 percent, and add 1.5 million new jobs.
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The Distributional Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act over the Next Decade
Taxpayers in every income level will receive a tax cut in 2018 and for most of the next decade. See how the size of that tax cut will vary for each income group over the next decade with our new, long-term distributional analysis.
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A Hybrid Approach: The Treatment of Foreign Profits under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act moved the U.S. toward more of a territorial corporate tax system used by most other OECD countries. However, the U.S. law contains key differences in the treatment of foreign profits.
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