View Federal Tax Policy Analyses: By Category By Date: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 - 1991 Temporary Provisions in the Corporate Tax Bill Mask Its Likely Long-Term Impact on the Deficit by Joel Friedman 10/7/04 24K-HTML, 30K-PDF, 3pp. The Anticipated Corporate Tax Package: Watch Out For Gimmicks and Giveaways Joel Friedman 10/4/04 22K-HTML, 28K-PDF, 4pp. Fact Sheet: Small Businesses Benefit Much Less Than Advertised From Administration Tax Cuts 9/29/04 11K-HTML, 29K-PDF, 2pp. Many Middle-Class Families Likely To Wind Up As Net Losers From The "Middle-Class" Tax-Cut Legislation Robert Greenstein and Isaac Shapiro Revised 9/28/04 110K-HTML, 45K-PDF, 6pp. Administration Tax-Cut Rhetoric And Small Businesses Joel Friedman 9/28/04 85K-HTML, 54K-PDF, 8pp. CBPP Statement: New "Middle-Class" Tax-Cut Bill Represents Cynical Policymaking Robert Greenstein Revised 9/27/04 20K-HTML, 31K-PDF, 5pp. Fact Sheet: Will Extending The "Middle-Class" Tax Cuts Benefit The Middle Class? Revised 9/27/04 19K-HTML, 27K-PDF, 2pp. Studies Shed New Light on Effects of Administration�s Tax Cuts David Kamin and Isaac Shapiro Revised 9/13/04 125K-HTML, 69K-PDF, 15pp. Fact Sheet: New Details Emerging On Effects Of Recent Tax Cuts Revised 9/13/04 39K-HTML, 24K-PDF, 2pp. New CBO Study Finds That Estate Tax Repeal Would Substantially Reduce Charitable Giving David Kamin 8/3/04 19K-HTML, 43K-PDF, 3pp. Proposed "Voice Over Internet Protocol Regulatory Freedom Act" Threatens To Strip States And Localities Of Billions Of Dollars In Annual Tax Revenues Michael Mazerov 7/20/04 16K-HTML, 27K-PDF, 3pp. A Sales Tax Deduction Would Largely Benefit High-income Taxpayers and Carry a High Cost Iris J. Lav Revised 7/19/04 50K-HTML, 34K-PDF, 5pp. New Gambit To Pass Tax Cut Extensions Without Paying For Them Represents Unsound Policy Robert Greenstein and Isaac Shapiro 7/14/04 26K-HTML, 31K-PDF, 4pp. Misplaced Priorities: The Flawed House and Senate Corporate Tax Bills Joel Friedman and David Kamin Revised 7/2/04 41K-HTML, 39K-PDF, 5pp. An Unwise Deal: Why Eliminating The Income Limit On Roth IRA's Is Too Steep A Price To Pay For A Refundable Saver's Credit William G. Gale and Peter R. Orszag 6/4/04 37K-HTML, 44K-PDF, 7pp. The Ultimate Burden of the Tax Cuts William G. Gale, Peter R. Orszag, and Isaac Shapiro Embargoed for Release, 6/2/04 Press Release: 29K-HTML, 25K-PDF, 3pp. Summary: 43K-HTML, 30K-PDF, 5pp. Full Report: 90K-PDF, 21pp. Who Would Pay For the House's "Free Lunch" Tax Cuts? Joel Friedman and Isaac Shapiro 5/18/04 58K-HTML, 47K-PDF, 8pp. House Bill Adds $69 Billion in Deficit-Financed Tax Cuts By Extending Child Tax Credit to Families With Incomes Up to About $300,000 Robert Greenstein 5/18/04 42K-HTML, 34K-PDF, 5pp. Alternative Minimum Tax Bill in the House Offers Another Large Dose of Budget Gimmickry Joel Friedman and David Kamin 5/4/04 30K-HTML, 54K-PDF, 5pp. Revised House Tax-Cut Bill Swells Deficit And Continues Less Favorable Treatment Of Lower-Income Couples Joel Friedman Revised 4/29/04 54K-HTML, 58K-PDF, 6pp. Tax Returns: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Bush Administration�s Record on Cutting Taxes Isaac Shapiro and Joel Friedman Revised 4/23/04 Executive Summary: 45K-HTML, 63K-PDF, 13pp. Press Release: 36K-HTML, 24K-PDF, 5pp. Full Report: 301K-PDF, 76pp. Transcript: Comments by Brookings economist William Gale (PDF), 3pp. Are Taxes Too High? Revised 4/19/04 40K-HTML, 42K-PDF, 3pp. New Retirement Medical Account Proposal Would Create Lucrative Tax Shelter And Swell Deficits, But Do Little To Help Low- And Moderate-Income Seniors With Health Care Costs Edwin Park and Robert Greenstein 4/19/04 49K-HTML, 52K-PDF, 9pp. Are Taxes Exceptionally Concentrated At The Top? Joel Friedman, Robert Greenstein, and Isaac Shapiro 4/15/04 63K-HTML, 44K-PDF, 7pp. Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Middle-Income Tax Burdens Joel Friedman, David Kamin, and Robert Greenstein Revised 4/8/04 29K-HTML, 29K-PDF, 4pp. Administration's Proposed Tax Credit For The Purchase Of Health Insurance Could Weaken Employer-Based Health Insurance Edwin Park Revised 4/6/04 26K-HTML, 100K-PDF, 22pp. Substantial Flaws in Trade Health Insurance Tax Credit Need To Be Addressed Before Consideration of an Expansion Edwin Park 3/22/04 51K-HTML, 53K-PDF, 10pp. Too Good To Be True: Tax Cuts Do Not Pay For Themselves Richard Kogan, David Kamin, and Joel Friedman Revised 3/22/04 17K-HTML, 43K-PDF, 2pp. President's Savings Proposals Likely To Swell Long-Term Deficits, Reduce National Saving, And Primarily Benefit Those With Substantial Wealth Robert Greenstein and Joel Friedman Revised 2/27/04 31K-HTML, 40K-PDF, 5pp. Budget Rule Change Would Make The Cost Of Extending The Tax Cuts Disappear Robert Greenstein and Joel Friedman 2/27/04 13K-HTML, 24K-PDF, 2pp. Applying Pay-As-You-Go Rules Only To Entitlement Programs Would Represent A Flawed Approach To Budget Discipline Joel Friedman and Robert Greenstein 2/27/04 21K-HTML, 29K-PDF, 4pp. Administration�s Proposed Deduction For Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums Likely To Be Ineffective and Costly, and Of Primary Benefit To Higher-Income Individuals Edwin Park 2/18/04 26K-HTML, 32K-PDF, 5pp. President Proposes to Make Tax Benefits of Health Savings Accounts More Lucrative for Higher-Income Individuals Edwin Park and Robert Greenstein Revised 2/9/04 37K-HTML, 40K-PDF, 7pp. The President's Proposal To Make Tax Cuts Permanent: $2.2 Trillion Cost Poses Danger To Economy In The Long Run Joel Friedman and Robert Greenstein Revised 1/30/04 46K-HTML, 50K-PDF, 7pp. CBO Figures Indicate Lower Revenues, Not Higher Spending, Account For The Large Deficit Isaac Shapiro and Joel Friedman 1/26/04 28K-HTML, 41K-PDF, 2pp. CBO Data Confirm That Extending Tax Cuts Would More Than Double The Size Of Its Own Official Deficit Projections Robert Greenstein 1/26/04 8K-HTML, 17K-PDF, 1pp. Large Tax Cuts But Little Else: Administration Proposes Tax Cuts that Cost Vastly More Than Other Domestic Initiatives Combined Richard Kogan and David Kamin 1/23/04 59K-HTML, 33K-PDF, 4pp. Fact Sheet: Making Tax Cuts Permanent Would Pose Long-Term Economic Dangers John Springer 1/23/04 12K-HTML, 31K-PDF, 2pp. Total Revenues From All Levels Of Government Drop To Lowest Share Of Economy Since 1968 Isaac Shapiro and Nicholas Johnson 1/15/04 200K-HTML, 54K-PDF, 10pp. Press Release: Revenues At All Levels Of Government Combined Drop To Lowest Share Of Economy Since 1968 � New Data Question Affordability Of More Tax Cuts John Springer 1/15/04 19K-HTML, 25K-PDF, 1pg.