Should the U.S. Offer Tax Credits to Promote Renewable Energy?

Should the U.S. Offer Tax Credits to Promote Renewable Energy?

The new administration is making a big push to support green energy and lower carbon emissions. But are they doing it the right way?
Debating the issue are Christy Goldfuss, senior vice president for energy and environment at the Center for American Progress, and Alex Brill, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

How Will the American Rescue Plan Impact Your 2021 Tax Liability?

How Will the American Rescue Plan Impact Your 2021 Tax Liability?

Last week, President Biden signed into law the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP). The plan provides economic relief to households through the tax code, making several credits fully refundable and advanceable and providing stimulus checks that already started arriving in bank accounts this past weekend. We have created a web application to help users explore how the American Rescue Plan will impact their 2021 federal tax liability.

Pick Your Child Tax Credit

Pick Your Child Tax Credit

The Child Tax Credit (CTC) is all the rage these days. Democrats and Republicans both are advancing proposals to increase the maximum value of the CTC and make it available to more families. We have developed a web application to accompany our recent report. Design Your Own Child Tax Credit Reform allows any user to compare popular current proposals or choose the parameters of their own preferred custom CTC reform.

Toward a Better Employee Retention Tax Credit

Toward a Better Employee Retention Tax Credit

Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have staked out positions on expanding the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC), a refundable tax credit that provides temporary wage support to help employers retain or rehire workers.