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 amount of tax rightfully owed by US taxpayers and the amount of tax actually paid, is not small.
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 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s work on a global minimum tax for multinational corporations.
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 Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman. In it, the authors claim that the highest-earning Americans’ tax rate has fallen below everyone else’s.