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TaxVox
January 15th, 2016

Ted Cruz’s Business Flat Tax is a VAT

Len Burman
January 15th, 2016

At last night’s GOP debate, Senator Marco Rubio accused Ted Cruz of sneaking a value-added tax (VAT) into his tax reform plan. RUBIO: Here is the one thing I’m not going to do. I’m not going to have something that Ted described in his tax plan. It’s called the value-added tax. And it’s a tax […]

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TaxVox
December 15th, 2015

Why you should pay attention to the presidential candidates’ tax proposals

Harvey Galper
December 15th, 2015

The presidential election is nearly a year away, but many candidates have already rolled out detailed tax reform plans. On the GOP side, we’ve seen proposals from Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Donald Trump, among others.

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TaxVox
November 12th, 2015

Could we get the tax code down to three pages? Why would we want to?

Howard Gleckman
November 12th, 2015

Republican presidential candidates say they want to slash the tax code. It is too big, too complicated, and too laden with provisions to help special interests. They are right.

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TaxVox
November 11th, 2015

GOP Debate: Squabbles over refundable credits, deductions, and conservatism

Howard Gleckman
November 11th, 2015

The GOP presidential debates highlighted some important tax policy contrasts among the candidates. One thought refundable credits are conservative economic policy while another did not.

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