Macroeconomics of the Child Tax Credit Alex Brill | AEIdeas The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) recently provided lawmakers with a dynamic score and macroeconomic analysis of a policy to permanently extend the child tax credit (CTC) enacted in...
Tackle the Tax Gap Alex Brill | AEIdeas The Senate Finance Committee held an important subcommittee hearing this week, “Closing the Tax Gap: Lost Revenue from Noncompliance and the Role of Offshore Tax Evasion.” The “tax gap,” which is the difference between the...
Alex Brill Quoted in ‘The National Interest’ Article on Global Tax Hike Alex Brill was recently quoted in Rachel Bucchino’s article on nationalinterest.org, “Joe Biden Is Leading the Charge on a Big Global Tax Hike.” The article examines...
Progressivity, Redistribution, and Inequality Alex Brill and Scott Ganz | National Affairs Last October, a new controversy erupted over the progressivity of the American tax system. The brouhaha was prompted by a new book, The Triumph of Injustice, by economists...