The economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic poses a triple challenge for tax policy in the United States. Lawmakers are tasked with crafting a policy response that will accelerate the economic recovery, reduce the mounting deficit, and protect the most vulnerable.
To assist lawmakers in navigating the challenge, and to help the American public understand the tax changes being proposed, the Tax Foundation’s Center for Federal Tax Policy modeled how 70 potential changes to the tax code would affect the U.S. economy, distribution of the tax burden, and federal revenue.
In tax policy there is an ever-present trade-off among how much revenue a tax will raise, who bears the burden of a tax, and what impact a tax will have on economic growth. Armed with the information in our new book, Options for Reforming America’s Tax Code 2.0, policymakers can debate the relative merits and trade-offs of each option to improve the tax code in a post-pandemic world.
International Provisions in the Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
The Senate’s version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) includes several important changes to the taxation of multinational corporations.
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Here’s how the individual income tax provisions of the amended Senate’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would impact individuals and families across the income spectrum.
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The National Conference of State Legislatures may revisit a decision to reject tax reform that repeals the state and local tax deduction.
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New Jersey has the worst state business tax climate of the 50 states and the third highest state and local tax burden. If federal tax reform prompts New Jersey to overhaul its tax code, it’s long overdue.
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A more careful look shows that the Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act doesn’t put pass-through businesses at a disadvantage compared to C corporations.
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Much attention is being paid to distributional tables released by JCT on the Senate’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but their results don’t quite seem to show what some are suggesting. While the results appears to show a tax increase for some lower-income filers, this is due to the unique nature of the individual mandate and the premium tax credits available under the Affordable Care Act.
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