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Event recap—Taking on tax: The future of corporate taxation
On June 16, The Hamilton Project, the Tax Law Center at NYU Law, and the Tax Policy Center hosted an event on business tax reform.
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Toward a uniform business tax system: Examining proposals to tax large pass-through entities as corporations
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The future of US international corporate tax reform
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Taking on tax: Toward progressive revenue-raising business tax reform
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Just how progressive is the US tax code?
As tax time approaches, one focus of debate has been the progressivity of the U.S. tax code. Evidence shows that the current U.S. tax system is less progressiv…
The truth about taxes: Just about everyone pays them
A popular tax myth is that a large segment of Americans do not pay taxes and instead free ride off of our society. The Hamilton Project explores this myth and …
Lowering borrowing costs for states and municipalities through CommonMuni
Andrew Ang and Richard Green propose the establishment of CommonMuni, a not-for-profit advisory firm designed to reduce borrowing costs for municipalities by o…
Investing in the future: An economic strategy for state and local governments in a period of tight budgets
Confronting near-term budget challenges, state and local governments are under tremendous pressure to focus on immediate needs at the expense of long-term inve…
A modern corporate tax
The U.S. corporate tax system introduced more than 100 years ago has not kept pace with changes to the economy. The growing role of financial innovation and th…
Stabilizing state and local budgets: A proposal for tax-base insurance
Akash Deep and Robert Z. Lawrence propose an affordable federal instrument that could mitigate the adverse impact of tax-revenue shocks on communities by allow…
Employment-based tax credits for low-skilled workers
This paper proposes increasing the return to work for low-income families through the expansion the earned income tax credit for low-income childless taxpayers…
An equitable tax reform to address global climate change
This paper describes a carbon tax swap that is revenue and distributionally neutral. The tax swap levies a tax on greenhouse gas emissions with revenue being u…
