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T25-0036 – Extend Certain Major Provisions in the 2017 Tax Act, Tax Units with a Tax Increase or Tax Cut, by ECI Level, 2026 ...
What is the TPC model's primary data source? The TPC microsimulation model’s primary data source is the 2006 public-use file (PUF) produced by the Statistics of Income (SOI) Division of the Internal ...
The tax expenditure budget displays the estimated revenue losses from special exclusions, exemptions, deductions, credits, deferrals, and preferential tax rates in federal income tax law. Every year, ...
Total US tax revenue equaled 27 percent of gross domestic product, well below the 34 percent weighted average for the other 37 OECD countries. US taxes are low relative to those in other high-income ...
Fines, fees, and forfeitures are financial penalties imposed for violations of the law. State and local governments collected a combined $13 billion in revenue from fines, fees, and forfeitures in ...
A "soda tax" is generally imposed as a per ounce excise tax on drinks sweetened with sugar. No state currently levies taxes on soda alone, but a few localities do. While often called soda taxes, these ...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act nearly doubled the standard deduction and eliminated or restricted many itemized deductions in 2018 through 2025. It also eliminated the “Pease” limitation on itemized ...
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act discouraged charitable giving by reducing the number of taxpayers claiming a deduction for charitable giving and by reducing the tax saving for each dollar donated. The ...
The Trump administration has called for wide-ranging tariffs on potentially trillions of dollars of imported goods both to raise revenue and promote more domestic manufacturing. However, these will ...
Taxpayers who itemize deductions on their federal income tax returns can deduct state and local taxes--specifically property taxes plus either income taxes or general sales taxes. However, the Tax ...
Before the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) primarily affected well-off households, but not those with the very highest incomes. It was also more likely ...
Yes – immigrants of all legal statuses in the US pay federal, state, and local taxes. Like all other residents, immigrants of all legal statuses are required to pay income, payroll, property, sales, ...