What the United States does not have is a massive welfare state to match those of many European nations, to which so many U.S ...

There is a clear consensus among historians on these points. No, the income tax was not a mistake. But it was something ...

Trump has no plans to get rid of payroll taxes, and he has no plans to make big cuts to spending. This virtually guarantees ...

Bracket creep means the average tax rate will increase by about 4% over the next decade. But a low wage earner on $45,000 will see a jump of almost 7%.

Though all received income tax reductions, working-class Americans received substantially higher tax rate cuts than the ...

There's been a lot of talk lately about taxing the wealthiest Americans more to bring more equity to the tax system in the U.S. and to raise additional revenue. The current administration ...

Students are calling on lawmakers to fulfill their promise to keep students safe by investing in public schools, writes ...

Senate Republicans are hoping to ice Democrats out from deciding the fate of President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, a move that ...

Vigdor is a professor at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance with a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. He said ...

It is a phrase that almost everyone has heard: the only two constants in life are death and taxes. However, while paying a ...

As the leader of a statewide organization that advocates for a fair state tax code, I’m thrilled that state lawmakers have taken the bold step of proposing new forms of progressive revenue to address ...

Airbnb wants a tax refund. Wiener wants sales taxes. Oakland sales tax isn't polling well. But taxing the rich seems like a ...