View Federal Tax Policy Analyses: By Category By Date: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 - 1991 Health Savings Accounts In Final Medicare Conference Agreement Pose Threats Both To Long-Term Fiscal Policy And To The Employer-Based Health Insurance System Robert Greenstein and Edwin Park Revised 12/1/03 21K-HTML, 27K-PDF, 4pp. Congressional Leadership Pushes For Extending Expiring Tax Breaks, But Ignores Expiring Unemployment Benefits Joel Friedman, David Kamin, and Isaac Shapiro 11/25/03 27K-HTML, 37K-PDF, 6pp. The Energy Bill: More Tax Breaks in the Face of Rising Deficits  David Kamin, Joel Friedman, and Richard Kogan 11/19/03 22K-HTML, 27K-PDF, 3pp. Gimmicks Mask True Cost of Revised Thomas Corporate Tax-Cut Package Joel Friedman 10/27/03 21K-HTML, 32K-PDF, 4pp. The Decline of Corporate Income Tax Revenues Joel Friedman Revised 10/24/03 200K-HTML, 70K-PDF, 13pp. Fact Sheet: 14K-HTML, 26K-PDF, 2pp. Federal Income Taxes, as a Share of GDP, Drop to Lowest Level Since 1942, According to Final Budget Data Isaac Shapiro 10/21/03 67K-HTML, 39K-PDF, 7pp. More Fiscally Irresponsible Tax Cuts This Fall? Joel Friedman 9/30/03 53K-HTML, 42K-PDF, 6pp. Press Release: The New, Definitive CBO Data On Income And Tax Trends Robert Greenstein and Isaac Shapiro 9/23/03 36K-HTML, 176K-PDF, 3pp. The New, Definitive CBO Data On Income And Tax Trends Robert Greenstein and Isaac Shapiro 9/23/03 245K-HTML, 201K-PDF, 16pp. Are Policies That Assist Low-Income Workers Receiving Appropriate Priority? Edited by Isaac Shapiro and Sharon Parrott 8/29/03 79K-HTML, 90K-PDF, 14pp. Are Child Tax Credit Checks - Or Checks To Millionaires - The Appropriate Backdrop For A Speech On The 2003 Tax Cuts? Isaac Shapiro 7/31/03 32K-HTML, 27K-PDF, 3pp. OMB Figures Show Revenues - Due To Tax Cuts - At Exceptionally Low Levels, While Spending Levels Are Not Especially High Isaac Shapiro and Richard Kogan 7/23/03 86-HTML, 25K-PDF, 2pp. The New Senate Republican Offer On The Child Tax Credit Robert Greenstein 7/23/03 60K-HTML, 34K-PDF, 5pp. The Ways And Means Committee Pension Tax-Cut Legislation: Unsound Policy That Digs The Nation's Fiscal Hole Deeper Peter Orszag and Robert Greenstein Revised 7/22/03 54K-HTML, 71K-PDF, 9pp. New Treasury Tax Cut Examples Mislead More Than They Inform Robert Greenstein 7/21/03 39K-HTML, 40K-PDF, 4pp. Sanitizing The Grim News: The Administration's Efforts to Make Harmful Deficits Appear Benign Richard Kogan and Robert Greenstein 7/18/03 60K-HTML, 73K-PDF, 6pp. New Health Savings Security Accounts Could Reduce State Revenues By Up To $30 Billion Over The Next Ten Years Iris J. Lav and Andrew Lee 7/8/03 25K-HTML, 62K-PDF, 11pp. Health Savings Security Accounts: A Costly Tax Cut That Could Weaken Employer-Based Health Insurance Edwin Park, Joel Friedman and Andrew Lee Revised 7/8/03 115K-HTML, 97K-PDF, 22pp. What's In A Name? House Bill Would Change Name But Not The Substance Of A Proposed Expansion Of Medical Savings Accounts Edwin Park and Iris J. Lav Revised 7/8/03 64K-HTML, 62K-PDF, 12pp. War, Tax Cuts, And The Deficit Richard Kogan Revised 7/8/03 60K-HTML, 44K-PDF, 5pp. Press Release: "Health Savings Security Accounts" Proposal In House Could Weaken Employer-Based Health Coverage John Springer 6/26/03 18K-HTML, 27K-PDF, 2pp. The New Senate Child Credit Legislation - What It Does And Does Not Do Robert Greenstein Revised 6/25/03 40K-HTML, 29K-PDF, 33pp. House Child Credit Legislation Not Fiscally Responsible; Bill More Likely to Harm Children than to Assist Them Robert Greenstein Revised 6/23/03 41K-HTML, 27K-PDF, 3pp. Permanent Repeal Of The Estate Tax Would Be Costly, Yet Would Benefit Only A Few, Very Large Estates Joel Friedman and Andrew Lee 6/17/03 Summary: 13K-HTML, Full Report: 96K-PDF, 19pp. Fact Sheet: Estate Tax Should Be Reformed, Not Repealed John Springer 6/17/03 14K-HTML, 28K-PDF, 2pp. Fact Sheet: Estate Tax Affects Very Few Family Businesses John Springer 6/17/03 8K-HTML, 19K-PDF, 2pp. Fact Sheet: Repealing the Estate Tax Would Reduce Charitable Giving John Springer 6/17/03 8K-HTML, 19K-PDF, 1pp. House Child Credit Bill Gives Bigger Tax Break to Members of Congress than to Low-Income Working Families Robert Greenstein 6/12/03 9K-HTML, 17K-PDF, 1pp. Who Benefits If The Level At Which The Child Tax Credit Begins Phasing Out Is Raised To $150,000? Robert Greenstein 6/5/03 20K-HTML, 21K-PDF, 2pp. Federal Tax Changes Likely To Cost States Billions Of Dollars In Coming Years Nicholas Johnson Revised 6/5/03 90K-HTML, 38K-PDF, 7pp. Bush Tax Cuts To Send Revenues, As A Share Of GDP, To Lowest Level Since 1959 Isaac Shapiro 6/4/03 16K-HTML, 28K-PDF, 3pp. New Tax Cut Law Uses Gimmicks To Mask Costs; Ultimate Price Tag Likely To Be $800 Billion To $1 Trillion Robert Greenstein, Richard Kogan, and Joel Friedman Revised 6/1/03 51K-HTML, 48K-PDF, 9pp. Tax Cut Law Leaves Out 8 Million Filers Who Pay Income Taxes Robert Greenstein Revised 6/1/03 40K-HTML, , 3pp. Was There Enough Room In The Tax Bill For The Low-Income Child Tax Credit Provision? Isaac Shapiro and Robert Greenstein Revised 5/30/03 14K-HTML, 22K-PDF, 3pp. How The New Tax Law Alters The Child Tax Credit And How Low-Income Families Are Affected Andrew Lee and Robert Greenstein Revised 5/29/03 28K-HTML, 27K-PDF, 4pp. Administration Continues To Rely On Misleading Use Of "Averages" To Describe Tax-Cut Benefits Andrew Lee and Joel Friedman 5/28/03 12K-HTML, 22K-PDF, 2pp. Brookings Economists Find Magnitude Of Gimmicks In New Tax Law Represents Sharp Departure From The Past 5/28/03 10K-HTML, 18K-PDF, 1pp. Fact Sheet: True Cost Of New Tax Legislation May Reach $1 Trillion 5/28/03 26K-HTML, 25K-PDF, 2pp. Tax Policy Center And CBPP Analyses Show That House Tax Plan Would Be More Tilted Toward The Very Wealthy - And More Expensive - Than Bush Plan Robert Greenstein, Richard Kogan, and Andrew Lee Revised 5/21/03 43K-HTML, 35K-PDF, 5pp. Proposed Federal Tax Changes Likely To Cost States Billions Of Dollars In Coming Years Nicholas Johnson 5/20/03 108K-HTML, 42K-PDF, 8pp. Press Release: Senate Appears Poised To Approve Tax Cut With Actual Cost Of $660 Billion 5/15/03 15K-HTML, 31K-PDF, 2pp. Nickles Dividend Amendment Relies On Budget Gimmicks, Would Balloon Ultimate Cost Of Senate Package To About $660 Billion Joel Friedman and Robert Greenstein Revised 5/15/03 28K-HTML, 32K-PDF, 4pp. New Joint Committee On Taxation Study Finds Negative Long-Term Economic Effects From House Tax Bill Peter Orszag Revised 5/14/03 18K-HTML, 25K-PDF, 3pp. New CBO Data Show Deficit Will Be Higher Than Earlier Forecast As Revenues Fall To Their Lowest Level In Decades, As A Share Of GDP Isaac Shapiro 5/12/03 81K-HTML, 30K-PDF, 3pp. Press Release: Federal Revenues Below Expectations, Casting Doubt on Affordability of New Tax Cuts; Revenues at Lowest Point in Decades as Share of GDP John Springer 5/12/03 17K-HTML, 22K-PDF, 2pp. Despite Some Improvements Over Other Bills, Senate Finance Committee Tax-Cut Measure Remains Deeply Flawed Joel Friedman and Robert Greenstein 5/9/03 69K-HTML, 65K-PDF, 10pp. Millionaires and the Ways and Means Tax Plan Isaac Shapiro 5/7/03 32K-HTML, 26K-PDF, 3pp. Federal Revenues Appear To Be Drying Up More Than Expected; By Key Measure, Revenues May Hit Lowest Level in About Four Decades, Even Before New Tax Cuts Isaac Shapiro 5/5/03 72K-HTML, 30K-PDF, 4pp. Fact Sheet: Gimmicks Will Make Tax Package Even Poorer Stimulus But No Less Costly John Springer 5/5/03 14K-HTML, 22K-PDF, 2pp. Fact Sheet: Pension Proposal Will Boost Deficit, Probably Won't Boost Retirement Saving John Springer 5/5/03 19K-HTML, 24K-PDF, 2pp. Proposed Expansion Of Medical Savings Accounts Could Drive Up Insurance Costs And Increase The Number Of Uninsured Edwin Park and Iris J. Lav 4/30/03 55K-HTML, 61K-PDF, 12pp. Missing The Point: The Administration Offers Only Gimmicks To Trim Tax Cuts Joel Friedman 4/29/03 44K-HTML, 44K-PDF, 7pp. President Bush's Definition Of A "Fair" Tax Cut Could Be Accomplished At One-Fourth The Cost Of His Overall Plan And At Less Than Half The Cost Of The Smaller Senate Package Isaac Shapiro and Andrew Lee 4/29/03 15K-HTML, 22K-PDF, 2pp. Examining The New Portman-Cardin Legislation: Are Further Pension Tax Subsidies for High-Income Households Affordable or Sound as Pension Policy? Peter Orszag 4/21/03 59K-HTML, 77K-PDF, 11pp. Administration's Economic Growth Claims Disputed By Broad Range Of Economists 4/17/03 43K-HTML, 30K-PDF,6pp. The Administration's Tax Cut Blitz: Assessing The Message Robert Greenstein and Isaac Shapiro 4/17/03 40K-HTML, 26K-PDF, 5pp. Overview Of Final Budget Resolution Agreement: Large Tax Cuts In Budget Resolution Would Worsen Long-Term Fiscal Outlook Joel Friedman Revised 4/17/03 45K-HTML, 54K-PDF, 6pp. How Will Tax Cuts Be Handled Under The 2004 Budget Resolution? Richard Kogan, Robert Greenstein, and Joel Friedman 4/15/03 18K-HTML, 22K-PDF, 3pp. Overall Federal Tax Burden On Most Families At Lowest Levels Since At Least 1979 Joel Friedman, Andrew Lee, and Isaac Shapiro 4/10/03 40K-HTML, 28K-PDF, 5pp. Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Middle-Income Tax Burdens Joel Friedman, Andrew Lee, and Isaac Shapiro 4/9/03 22K-HTML, 17K-PDF, 3pp. Report Finds Most Administration "Growth" Proposals Would Be Ineffective Economic Stimulus Andrew Lee and Joel Friedman 4/8/03 34K-HTML, 32K-PDF, 4pp. Nickles Amendments To Budget Resolution Would Undo Tax-Cut Reductions Passed To Pay For War And Ease Effects On Deficits Isaac Shapiro, Robert Greenstein, and Joel Friedman 3/25/03 14K-HTML, 23K-PDF, 2pp. Beneficiaries Of Proposed Social Security-Related Tax Cut Have Significant Wealth; Their Average Net Worth Exceeds $1 Million, While Their Median Net Worth is $420,000 Robert Greenstein and Diane Whitmore 3/25/03 16K-HTML, 23K-PDF, 2pp. Deep Program Cuts In House Budget Proposal Would Be Exceeded By Size Of Tax Cuts For The Top 1% Isaac Shapiro Revised 3/21/03 11K-HTML, 15K-PDF, 2pp. House Budget Plan Calls For Cuts In Key Domestic Entitlement Programs: Cuts Average Four Percent Over Ten Years, Grow Deeper Each Year Richard Kogan 3/20/03 55K-HTML, 25K-PDF, 4pp. Fact Sheet: Broad Cuts in Entitlement Programs Under House Budget Plan John Springer Revised 3/21/03 45K-HTML, 17K-PDF, 1pp. Brief Overview of The Administration's Tax-Cut Agenda Joel Friedman, Richard Kogan, and John Springer Revised 3/20/03 24K-HTML, 69K-PDF, 2pp. Fact Sheet: House and Senate Budget Plans Would Add Trillions in Debt John Springer Revised 3/20/03 28K-HTM, 23K-PDF, 1pp. Fact Sheet: Cost of Administration Tax Cuts Exceeds the Combined Long-term Deficits Faced by Social Security and Medicare John Springer Revised 3/20/03 26K-HTML, 25K-PDF, 2pp. The Senate Budget Committee's Tax Cut Is Only 7 1/2 Percent Smaller Than The Administration's Richard Kogan 3/19/03 26K-HTM, 22K-PDF, 2pp. The Administration's Tax Cuts And The Long-term Budget Outlook Peter Orszag, Richard Kogan and Robert Greenstein Revised 3/19/03 32K-HTML, 33K-PDF, 6pp. The Extent To Which The House And Senate Budget Committees' Plans Would Increase Deficits And Debt Richard Kogan 3/17/03 83K-HTML, 34K-PDF, 4pp. Fact Sheet: Administration Tax Cuts Are Unlikely to Increase Economic Growth Substantially And Will Not Pay for Themselves John Springer Revised 3/13/03 27K-HTML, 26K-PDF, 2pp. Fact Sheet: Administration Tax Cut Proposals Would Cost $2.7 Trillion Through 2013 John Springer Revised 3/10/03 19K-HTML, 75K-PDF 1pp. Removing Only The "Dividend" Proposal Would Reduce Ultimate Cost Of President's Tax Agenda By One-Sixth Or Less Richard Kogan and Robert Greenstein 3/7/03 24K-HTML, 67K-PDF, 4pp. Administration's Tax Cutting Agenda Would Cost $2.7 Trillion Through 2013 Joel Friedman, Richard Kogan and Denis Kadochnikov Revised 3/7/03 23K-HTML, 48K-PDF, 6pp. Fact Sheet: Accelerating Rate Cuts a Poor Stimulus and Reduces Congressional Flexibility John Springer 3/6/03 17K-HTML, 25K-PDF, 2pp. Proposed "Savings Incentives" Would Cause Revenue Hemorrhage in Future Decades Robert Greenstein and Joel Friedman Revised 3/6/03 53K-HTML, 110K-PDF, 11pp. Accelerating Top Rate Reductions Is Ineffective Stimulus And Reduces Flexibility to Address Future Budget Challenges Joel Friedman Revised 3/6/03 25K-HTML, 48K-PDF, 4pp. Administration Proposes Long-Term Care Insurance Deduction and Other Health Tax Cuts That Are Likely To Be Ineffective and Primarily Benefit Higher Income Individuals Edwin Park Revised 3/5/03 30K-HTML, 87K-PDF, 6pp. Will The Tax Cuts Ultimately Pay For Themselves? Richard Kogan 3/3/03 70K-HTML, 191K-PDF, 8pp. Will The Administration's Tax Cuts Generate Substantial Economic Growth? Richard Kogan 3/3/03 45K-HTML, 168K-PDF, 9pp. Response To The Tax Foundation On "Average" Tax Cuts Under The Administration's "Growth Package" Andrew Lee and Joel Friedman 2/24/03 16K-HTML, 43K-PDF, 2pp. Administration Savings Plan Would Lead to Very Large Revenue Losses John Springer 2/11/03 14K-HTML, 48K-PDF, 2pp. Impact of Administration "Growth" Package on the Elderly Joel Friedman Revised 1/28/03 11K-HTML, 21K-PDF, 2pp. President's Own Example Shows Bulk of Tax Package Irrelevant to Middle-Income Americans Andrew Lee and Isaac Shapiro Revised 1/28/03 11K-HTML, 19K-PDF, 2pp. A "Reality Check" On Recent Arguments In Favor Of The Administration's New "Economic Growth" Plan Andrew Lee, Robert Greenstein, and Isaac Shapiro Revised 1/28/03 15K-HTML, 34K-PDF, 4pp. President's Radio Address and Other Administration Statements Exaggerate Tax Plan's Impact on Small Businesses Andrew Lee Revised 1/21/03 70K-HTML, 43K-PDF, 5pp. One-page Fact Sheet: 10K-HTML, 33K-PDF Who Belongs to The "Investor Class"? Robert Greenstein and Joel Friedman Revised 1/17/03 38K-HTML, 39K-PDF, 2pp. Dividend Tax Cut: Ineffective Stimulus Now, Bigger Deficits Later John Springer Revised 1/17/03 17K-HTML, 32K-PDF, 1pp. Exempting Corporate Dividends from Individual Income Taxes (PDF) Joel Friedman and Robert Greenstein Revised 1/17/03 120K-PDF, 19pp. Administration's Use of "Average" Tax Cut Figures Creates Misleading Impression about the Tax Cuts Most Households Would Receive Isaac Shapiro and Joel Friedman Revised 1/15/03 13K HTML, 20K PDF, 2pp. Greenstein Assesses President Bush's Plan for Economic Stimulus Robert Greenstein Revised 1/15/03 9K-HTML, 33K-PDF, 3pp. Principles for Economic Stimulus Andrew Lee 1/6/03 28K-HTML, 53K-PDF, 2pp.