Center for Economic Analysis

The Tax Foundation’s Center for Economic Analysis takes a quantitative approach to analyzing federal tax policies and proposals using our Taxes and Growth (TAG) macroeconomic model.

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Expensing of Machinery and Equipment Should Be Made Permanent

May 30, 2023

Testimony: The Costs and Complexity of the Federal Tax Code Demand Reform

April 18, 2023

America’s Progressive Tax and Transfer System: Federal, State, and Local Tax and Transfer Distributions

March 30, 2023

Details and Analysis of President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Proposal

March 23, 2023

Details and Analysis of a Tax Reform Plan for Growth and Opportunity

February 14, 2023

Return to R&D Expensing Crucial for Manufacturing and Technology Investment

December 7, 2022

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Expensing of Machinery and Equipment Should Be Made Permanent

May 30, 2023

Testimony: The Costs and Complexity of the Federal Tax Code Demand Reform

April 18, 2023

America’s Progressive Tax and Transfer System: Federal, State, and Local Tax and Transfer Distributions

March 30, 2023

Details and Analysis of President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Proposal

March 23, 2023

Deteriorating Federal Budget to Run $1.4 Trillion Deficit in 2023, CBO Projects

February 16, 2023

Details and Analysis of a Tax Reform Plan for Growth and Opportunity

February 14, 2023

Three Reasons Why Dynamic Scoring Still Matters

January 12, 2023

Bonus Depreciation and New Corporate Investment in 2018

December 21, 2022

Return to R&D Expensing Crucial for Manufacturing and Technology Investment

December 7, 2022

Difficult Trade-Offs Make Policy Consensus on Child Tax Credit Elusive

November 10, 2022

Details and Analysis of Canceling the Scheduled Business Tax Increases in Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

November 1, 2022

Permanent 100 Percent Bonus Depreciation Even More Important When Inflation Is Elevated

October 27, 2022

2023 Tax Brackets

October 18, 2022

Tax Hike Proposals Live on Despite Being Dropped in the Inflation Reduction Act

October 10, 2022

How the Section 232 Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Harmed the Economy

September 20, 2022

Ensuring Tax Rates Don’t Rise with Inflation

September 12, 2022

The Economic, Revenue, and Distributional Effects of Permanent 100 Percent Bonus Depreciation

August 30, 2022

Who Gets Hit by the Inflation Reduction Act Book Minimum Tax?

August 10, 2022

Details & Analysis of the Inflation Reduction Act Tax Provisions

August 10, 2022

Minimum Book Tax: Flawed Revenue Source, Penalizes Pro-Growth Cost Recovery

August 5, 2022