‘Small business’ and top marginal rates
This new Issue Brief finds that tax filers affected by the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts at the end of this year are not necessarily small, or businesses, or job creators.
On the Blog
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June 14, 2013 | How much can tax policy curb income inequality growth? Maybe a lot
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June 10, 2013 | CAP’s rethinking of the grand bargain path is good. Now CAP should rethink their role in putting us on that path.
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June 7, 2013 | Recent impacts on grant funding to state-level programs
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June 7, 2013 | More thoughts on the value of cutting corporate tax rates
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June 5, 2013 | Sheesh, Everyone’s a Chart Critic
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May 29, 2013 | Economic policy is largely being driven by obstructionism, not economic advisers
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May 29, 2013 | Ongoing joblessness: A national catastrophe for African American and Latino workers
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May 24, 2013 | Why we should tax overseas corporate income
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May 24, 2013 | Differences between House Republicans’ and Senate Democrats’ proposed funding allocations reveal their priorities
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May 21, 2013 | Apple’s advice on corporate tax reform: more tax breaks, please!
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May 17, 2013 | Sequestration, detailed
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May 10, 2013 | Looking ahead on the FY2014 budget
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May 2, 2013 | Winning the intellectual debate on austerity while losing the policy debate
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May 1, 2013 | Building a Tax Code for Today
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April 30, 2013 | Reinhart and Rogoff couldn’t justify austerity before it was debunked
Recent work on Budget, Taxes and Public Investment
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Rising Income Inequality and the Role of Shifting Market-Income Distribution, Tax Burdens, and Tax Rates
June 14, 2013 | | Report -
Why the Bipartisan Commitment to Public Investment Should Go Beyond Mere Rhetoric
June 13, 2013 | | Report -
Europe’s Self-Defeating Austerity
June 5, 2013 | | Commentary -
Corporate tax rates and economic growth since 1947
June 4, 2013 | | Report -
What do current federal funding levels in the wake of sequestration mean for state budgets?
May 29, 2013 | | Report -
Broadening the tax base and raising top rates are complements, not substitutes: 1986-style tax reform is a flawed template
May 15, 2013 | | Report -
Dangerous targets: Why setting a specific deficit reduction target would worsen the economic and fiscal situation
April 30, 2013 | | Report -
Taxes are rising – but let’s remember which ones
April 18, 2013 | | Economic snapshot -
Many options exist for raising revenue in a smart and progressive manner
April 18, 2013 | | Report -
Where’s the Change?
April 11, 2013 | | Commentary -
Deficit reduction lost and found in the President’s 2014 budget
April 11, 2013 | | Economic snapshot -
How High Should Top Income Tax Rates Be? (Hint, Much Higher)
April 11, 2013 | | Commentary -
A review of the economic research on the effects of raising ordinary income tax rates: Higher revenue, unchanged growth, and uncertain but potentially large reductions in the growth of inequality
April 2, 2013 | | Report -
Back to Work—sooner rather than later
March 21, 2013 | | Economic snapshot -
Infrastructure investments and Latino and African American job creation
March 14, 2013 | | Report -
The ‘Back to Work’ budget: Analysis of the Congressional Progressive Caucus budget for fiscal year 2014
March 13, 2013 | | Report -
Forget Spending Cuts, the U.S. Economy Really Needs a $2 Trillion Stimulus
March 7, 2013 | | Commentary -
Sequester would push domestic discretionary budget to record lows
February 28, 2013 | | Economic snapshot -
From free-fall to stagnation: Five years after the start of the Great Recession, extraordinary policy measures are still needed, but are not forthcoming
February 14, 2013 | | Report -
Increases of middle-class tax rates equal or exceed increases on households earning between $200K and $1M
January 11, 2013 | | Economic snapshot -
Restore full employment with a massive infrastructure program
December 14, 2012 | | Commentary -
‘Small business’ and top marginal rates: Tax filers affected by proposed rate increases are not necessarily small, or businesses, or job creators
December 13, 2012 | | Report -
Green ‘sequester’ is already costing U.S. jobs: Job losses from ongoing clean-tech cuts will rival those from defense cuts
December 6, 2012 | | Report -
Don’t call it a fiscal cliff
November 27, 2012 | | Commentary -
The employment impact of coupling the Buffett Rule with job creating investments
November 26, 2012 | | Report -
Investing in America’s economy: A budget blueprint for economic recovery
November 16, 2012 | | Report -
The ‘fiscal cliff’ and beyond: Principles for upcoming budget debates
November 15, 2012 | | Report -
Navigating the fiscal obstacle course: Supporting job creation with savings from ending the upper-income Bush-era tax cuts
November 14, 2012 | | Report -
More extraordinary returns: Public investments outside of “core” infrastructure
November 1, 2012 | | Report -
Massachusetts voters have the chance to vote on budget priorities
October 24, 2012 | | Commentary
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