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Of families who owned a home in 2007, the median value of the home was $68,600.

The Distributional Analysis of House Health Reform Income Tax Surcharge (October 30, 2009)
Tables analyzing the distributional impact of the 5.4 percent surtax proposal in The Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962).
The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Historical Data and Projections (October 5, 2009)
The latest estimates of AMT coverage, revenues, and distribution for 2009-19.
Fix health care. But fix the deficits, too (September 9, 2009)
Obama must spell out a plan for reducing health costs. But that only partly addresses the long-term fiscal gap. Taxes and broader cuts are needed.
Activist Fiscal Policy to Stabilize Economic Activity (August 24, 2009)
Facing the most severe recession since the 1930s, and probably the longest as well, the U.S. government has adopted an aggressive countercyclical fiscal policy stance, beginning with the "Economic Stimulus Act of 2008" in February of that year, shortly after the recession's designated starting date, and followed one year later by the much larger "American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009."

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2010 Budget - Revised

The Tax Policy Center has revised its resource guide to the tax provisions in President Obama's 2010 budget to reflect additional information from the Treasury Department. The guide describes the proposals, links to more detailed commentary on key provisions, and analyzes the distributional effects of the overall proposal and its major components.

Tax Cuts for New Hires: Not Yet Ready for Prime Time (November 5, 2009)
Real Tax Reform is Always Hard: Some Advice for the Task Force (November 5, 2009)
The Opacity of Marginal Tax Rates (October 21, 2009)
Credits and Exemptions for Children (October 14, 2009)
Age Rating Under Comprehensive Health Care Reform: : Implications for Coverage, Costs, and Household Financial Burdens (October 7, 2009)
The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Historical Data and Projections, Updated October 2009 (October 5, 2009)
Senator Ron Wyden on Tax Reform and Health Reform (October 1, 2009)
Are Families Prepared for Financial Emergencies? (September 17, 2009)

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Do We Need a Value-Added Tax to Solve Our Long-Run Budget Problems? (June 23, 2009)
Tax Stimulus Report Card: Conference Bill (February 13, 2009)
Age Rating Under Comprehensive Health Care Reform: : Implications for Coverage, Costs, and Household Financial Burdens (October 7, 2009)
Who Pays No Income Tax? (July 2, 2009)
The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Historical Data and Projections, Updated October 2009 (October 5, 2009)
Are Families Prepared for Financial Emergencies? (September 17, 2009)
Focus on the Tax 'Avoidance' Gap (September 10, 2009)
Credits and Exemptions for Children (October 14, 2009)

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