Reforming the Pass-Through Deduction
Here’s how the new pass-through deduction works and how it can be reformed to be less complex, less prone to abuse, more neutral, and more economically efficient.
49 min readScott Greenberg was a Senior Analyst with the Center for Federal Tax Policy at the Tax Foundation. His research has been cited by the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Politico, and several other publications, and he has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business News, NPR, and BBC.
Scott grew up in central New Jersey and attended Yale University, where he earned a B.A. in Economics. He enjoys board games, classical music, and happy hours.
Here’s how the new pass-through deduction works and how it can be reformed to be less complex, less prone to abuse, more neutral, and more economically efficient.
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