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.

Major Publications

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Preliminary Details and Analysis of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

December 18, 2017

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Preliminary Economic Analysis

December 18, 2017

Measuring Marginal Tax Rate on Capital Assets

December 12, 2017

Ranking the Growth-Producing Tax Provisions in the House and Senate Bills

December 11, 2017

Replacing the 20 Percent Corporate Rate with Rates of 21 or 22 Percent Has Real Economic Consequences

December 8, 2017

Measuring the Cost of Capital and Estate Tax in the Taxes and Growth Model

November 21, 2017

Preliminary Details and Analysis of the Senate’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

November 10, 2017

Response to Washington Center for Equitable Growth Tax Model Critique

November 9, 2017

Time to Shoulder Aside “Crowding Out” As an Excuse Not to Do Tax Reform

November 7, 2017

Updated Details and Analysis of the 2017 House Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

November 3, 2017

The Jobs and Wage Effects of a Corporate Rate Cut

October 25, 2017

An Open Letter to Chairman Peter Roskam on Full Expensing

July 18, 2017

How to Reduce the Up-front Cost of Full Expensing

June 19, 2017

Full Expensing Costs Less Than You’d Think

June 13, 2017

Why Full Expensing Encourages More Investment than A Corporate Rate Cut

May 3, 2017

How a Destination-Based Tax System Reduces Tax Avoidance

April 4, 2017

What is the Distributional Impact of a Destination-Based Cash-Flow Tax?

January 18, 2017

Comparing Congressional Tax Plans

November 9, 2016

How Would the Trump and Clinton Tax Plans Affect Your Taxes?

October 24, 2016

How do Clinton and Trump’s Tax Plans Compare?

October 18, 2016