Tax Policy Center

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Individual Taxes: TaxVox
The Tax Policy Center has updated its baseline distribution tables to reflect the changes of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) as well...
August 23, 2018Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox
The idea of indexing capital gains for inflation is getting a lot of attention these days. Larry Kudlow, who heads the White House National Economic...
August 22, 2018C. Eugene Steuerle
Business Taxes: TaxVox
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s (TCJA) special 20 percent individual income tax deduction for pass-through businesses such as partnerships and sole proprietorships was misguided—and...
August 15, 2018Howard Gleckman
: TaxVox
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) created a new tax-advantaged Opportunity Zone program to encourage investments in economically-distressed communities that are nominated by governors...
August 2, 2018Steven M. Rosenthal
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
Tax Vox is continuing to track a set of economic indicators to see whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has, in President Trump’s words,...
July 31, 2018Howard GleckmanAravind Boddupalli
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
What is the difference between Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson, and President Trump and Congress? Wilson, you may recall, spent last Sunday handing out an estimated...
July 26, 2018Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
For the second time in a week, House Republicans are pushing policy changes that seem to conflict with key elements of last year’s Tax Cuts...
July 24, 2018Howard Gleckman
State and Local Issues: TaxVox
Four blue states filed a lawsuit yesterda y, claiming that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s limitation on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction...
July 17, 2018Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
The Trump Administration and some congressional Republicans, including Ways & Means Committee Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX), are promising Tax Bill 2.0 later this year—perhaps in...
June 7, 2018Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is plagued by a recurrent problem: Many parts of the law tax similar income or assets at different...
June 5, 2018Howard Gleckman