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Research
October 11th, 2016

An Analysis of Donald Trump’s Revised Tax Plan

Tax Policy Center
October 11th, 2016

This paper analyzes presidential candidate Donald Trump’s revised tax proposal. His proposal would cut taxes at all income levels, although the largest benefits, in dollar and percentage terms, would go to the highest-income households. Federal revenues would fall by $6.2 trillion over the first decade before accounting for added interest costs. Including interest costs, the federal debt would rise by $7.2 trillion over the first decade and by $20.9 trillion by 2036.

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Research
October 11th, 2016

Updated Analysis of Hillary Clinton’s Tax Proposals

Tax Policy Center
October 11th, 2016

This paper updates an analysis of Hillary Clinton’s tax proposals, which would raise taxes on high-income taxpayers, increase the child tax credit, modify taxation of multinational corporations, reform capital gains taxes, and increase estate and gift taxes. Her proposals would increase revenue by $1.4 trillion over the next decade.

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Analysis
March 3rd, 2016

An Analysis of Hillary Clinton’s Tax Plan

Tax Policy Center
March 3rd, 2016

Hillary Clinton proposes raising taxes on high-income taxpayers, modifying taxation of multinational corporations, repealing fossil fuel tax incentives, and increasing estate and gift taxes. Her proposals would increase revenue by $1.1 trillion over the next decade. Nearly all of the tax increases would fall on the top 1 percent; the bottom 95 percent of taxpayers would see little or no change in their taxes. Marginal tax rates would increase, reducing incentives to work, save, and invest, and the tax code would become more complex. The analysis does not address a forthcoming proposal to cut taxes for low- and middle-income families.

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Analysis
December 22nd, 2015

An Analysis of Donald Trump’s Tax Plan

Tax Policy Center
December 22nd, 2015

This paper analyzes presidential candidate Donald Trump’s tax proposal. His plan would significantly reduce marginal tax rates on individuals and businesses, increase standard deduction amounts to nearly four times current levels & curtail many tax expenditures. His proposal would cut taxes at all income levels, although the largest benefits, in dollar & percentage terms, would go to the highest-income households.

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Visualization
March 25th, 2016

Vox’s new presidential tax calculator

Tax Policy Center
March 25th, 2016

Tax Policy Center partnered with Vox, providing presidential tax plan analysis and estimates, to create a calculator that will estimate how each presidential candidate’s tax plan would affect you.

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Research
May 9th, 2016

An Analysis of Senator Bernie Sanders’s Tax and Transfer Proposals

Tax Policy Center
May 9th, 2016

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders proposes significant tax increases that would raise $15.3 trillion over the next decade. All income groups would pay more tax, but most would come from high-income households, particularly those with very high incomes.

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Analysis
March 4th, 2016

An Analysis of Bernie Sanders’s Tax Plan

Tax Policy Center
March 4th, 2016

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders proposes significant increases in federal income, payroll, business, and estate taxes, and new excise taxes on financial transactions and carbon. New revenues would pay for universal health care, education, family leave, rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure, and more. TPC estimates the tax proposals would raise $15.3 trillion over the next decade. All income groups would pay some additional tax, but most would come from high-income households, particularly those with the very highest income. His proposals would raise taxes on work, saving, and investment, in some cases to rates well beyond recent historical experience in the US.

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Analysis
February 16th, 2016

An Analysis of Ted Cruz’s Tax Plan

Tax Policy Center
February 16th, 2016

Presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s tax proposal would (1) repeal the corporate income tax, payroll taxes for Social Security and Medicare, and estate and gift taxes; (2) collapse the seven individual income tax rates to a single 10 percent rate, increase the standard deduction, and eliminate most other deductions and credits; and (3) introduce a new 16 percent broad-based consumption tax. The plan would cut taxes at most income levels, although the highest-income households would benefit the most and the poor the least. Federal tax revenues would decline by $8.6 trillion (3.6 percent of gross domestic product) over a decade.

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Analysis
February 11th, 2016

An Analysis of Marco Rubio’s Tax Plan

Tax Policy Center
February 11th, 2016

Marco Rubio’s tax proposal would convert the federal income tax into a consumption tax by not taxing investment income of individuals and by converting the corporate income tax into a cash-flow consumption tax. It would replace most deductions and exemptions with a universal credit; eliminate estate taxes, the AMT, and all ACA taxes; and move the US to a territorial tax system. A new $2,500 child credit would aid families with children. Taxes would fall at all income levels, with high-income households benefiting the most. Revenues would decline by $6.8 trillion over a decade (assuming no change in economic growth).

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