William McBride Vice President of Federal Tax and Economic Policy Contact William McBride Follow William McBride on Twitter Dr. William McBride is the Vice President of Federal Tax and Economic Policy at the Tax Foundation, where he leads our efforts to research, model, and reform the U.S. tax code. Dr. McBride has more than ten years of experience analyzing a variety of economic and policy issues. Most recently, he served as a manager in the National Economic and Statistics (NES) group at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he worked on numerous projects, including economic impact analyses, industry surveys, U.S. federal and state tax revenue estimates, and general quantitative analyses. He also has experience researching and modeling the economics of taxation and issues related to tax reform at the state, federal, and international levels. Dr. McBride is no stranger to the Tax Foundation. From 2011 to 2014 he served as chief economist, where he wrote extensively on the economics of taxation, particularly regarding business investment, and guided the development of the Tax Foundation dynamic scoring model. Dr. McBride holds a PhD in economics from George Mason University, where he specialized in macroeconomics and agent-based modeling. His research has been cited by policymakers and major media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Written Works Corporate Tax Revenue Hit an All-Time High in 2021 October 12, 2021 Testimony: Joint Economic Committee Hearing on the Revenue Provisions of the Build Back Better Act October 6, 2021 Latest White House Report Tells Incomplete Story on Average Tax Rates for Wealthy September 24, 2021 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Ways and Means Plan September 20, 2021 Top Tax Rate on Pass-through Business Income Would Exceed 50 Percent in Most States Under House Dems’ Plan September 17, 2021 Build Back Better Act: Details & Analysis of the $3.5 Trillion Budget Reconciliation Bill September 16, 2021 Wyden’s Financial Services Tax Proposals Would Put “Mark-to-Market” to the Test September 7, 2021 Tax Foundation Comments on the Wyden, Warner, Brown Discussion Draft September 7, 2021 A Guide to the Fossil Fuel Provisions of the Biden Budget September 2, 2021 Corporate Tax Revenue Forecasted as Robust following the 2017 Tax Reform August 2, 2021 See Full List Back to Staff Page
