Baucus Heads Wrong Way on Important Part of Tax Reform — Again
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus (D–MT) continues to release draft proposals on important parts of tax reform. His latest draft proposal is… Read More
Baucus Joins International Tax Reform Debate, but His Plan Falls Short
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus (D–MT) released his draft proposal for reforming the tax treatment of multinational businesses. It is a positive… Read More
Congress Should Do These 3 Things in the Next 31 Days
In the next 31 days—starting today—the budget conference committee will try to accomplish something Congress has failed to do for the past four years… Agree… Read More
3 Trillion Reasons Not to Raise Taxes Again
Do you know how much President Obama has raised taxes? Oh, by about $3 trillion. In a new paper, Heritage expert Curtis Dubay reminds us:… Read More
A Constructive First Step to Reform Social Security
Dave Camp (R–MI), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has announced a series of hearings on bipartisan entitlement reform proposals, the first of… Read More
Internet Sales Tax: Wishful Thinking Can’t Make It Pro-Growth
A new study argues that the misnamed Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA), better known as the Internet sales tax, would be good for economic growth. But… Read More
Gandolfini’s Death and the Need to Repeal the Death Tax
James Gandolfini died of a heart attack last month while traveling in Rome. The Sopranos star was estimated to be worth nearly $70 million, leaving… Read More
Deficient GAO Report Hurts Tax Reform Efforts
There is broad consensus that corporate tax reform is necessary to unleash business investment that the currently uncompetitive system prevents. Regrettably, some will use a… Read More
Baucus–Hatch “Blank Slate” Tax Reform a Positive Step but Too Narrowly Focused
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus (D–MT) and Ranking Member Senator Orrin Hatch (R–UT) recently proposed a “blank-slate” approach to tax reform. This… Read More
Heritage Briefing: Internet Sales Tax
With talk heating up for Congress to create an Internet sales tax, Heritage pulled in leading telecommunication and tax experts yesterday for a Capitol Hill… Read More
