The Tax Code Should Not Be a Game of Hide-and-Seek

Lawmakers should push against efforts to lift the SALT cap, and they should keep an eye toward bringing additional transparency to the taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. system.

Children love playing hide and seek. As it turns out, lawmakers do too—particularly when it comes to our tax code.

Tax burdens are cleverly hidden in layers and layers of rules. And with taxes at the center of Congress’s attention this year, it’s time for such childish games to be left behind.

There is no benefit to hidden tax burdens, except, perhaps, to lawmakers who chose to make it difficult for average people to understand how a piece of legislation is responsible for increasing tax bills.