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In 2007, state and local per capita tax revenue in Alabama was only two-thirds of the national average.

Extending Tax Credits for Low-Income Families (July 19, 2010)
Elaine Maag discusses why policymakers should be thinking hard about low-income families with children and the tax code.
The Impact of the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010 (July 14, 2010)
The Wyden-Gregg tax reform proposal would represent a broad reform of the federal income tax system. This paper examines the plan's impact on individuals' effective marginal tax rates (EMTR), the incremental amount of tax owed on an additional dollar of income.
The Future of Individual Tax Rates: Effects on Growth and Distribution. Donald Marron's Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Finance (July 14, 2010)
Donald Marron's testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance on the individual tax system.
The Future of Individual Tax Rates: Effects on Growth and Distribution. Leonard Burman's Testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance (July 14, 2010)
Leonard Burman's testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance on whether and how to extend the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.

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Expiration of the 2001-2003 Tax Cuts

If the 2001-2003 tax cuts expire at the end of 2010 as scheduled, the average tax rate for all taxpayers will jump by 2.7 percentage points. Extending specific provisions would differentially benefit households at different points in the income distribution. See further detail.

A Value-Added Tax for the United States: Part of the Solution (July 22, 2010)
Extending Tax Credits for Low-Income Families (July 19, 2010)
The Fight Over Fiscal Rectitude: Politics or Economics? (July 15, 2010)
Kids' Share 2010: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2009 (July 14, 2010)
The Future of Individual Tax Rates: Effects on Growth and Distribution: Donald Marron's Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Finance (July 14, 2010)
The Future of Individual Tax Rates: Effects of Economic Growth and Distribution: Leonard Burman's Testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance (July 14, 2010)
The Impact of the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010 ("Wyden-Gregg") on Effective Marginal Tax Rates (July 14, 2010)
How Social Security Can Costlessly Offset Declines in Private Pension Protection (June 30, 2010)

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Effects of Imposing a Value-Added Tax To Replace Payroll Taxes or Corporate Taxes (April 7, 2010)
How Middle-Age Retirement Adds to Recession Woes (June 2, 2010)
Preliminary Revenue Estimates and Distributional Analysis of the Tax Provisions in the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010 (May 24, 2010)
5 Myths about your taxes (April 5, 2010)
The Impact of the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010 ("Wyden-Gregg") on Effective Marginal Tax Rates (July 14, 2010)
The Future of Individual Tax Rates: Effects on Growth and Distribution: Donald Marron's Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Finance (July 14, 2010)
Why Nearly Half of Americans Pay No Federal Income Tax (June 9, 2010)
The Future of Individual Tax Rates: Effects of Economic Growth and Distribution: Leonard Burman's Testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance (July 14, 2010)

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