Maya MacGuineas: Tax Break Talks Stall
Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...
Tax Extenders
Budget Busting Deal on Tax Provisions
Congressional negotiators are reportedly nearing a deal to address the year-end tax extenders while adding $500 billion to the debt. By reinstating,...
House Bill Would Double the Cost of the Research Credit
Recent press articles report that policymakers are negotiating a deal to accompany a temporary restoration of most of the 55 expired tax extenders...
The Worst Lame Duck Ideas That Can Add $1.5 Trillion to the Debt
Policymakers are considering using the lame duck session to substantially worsen the nation's budget. A commonly discussed package would add...
CRFB's Plan to Offset Upcoming Policies
Congress and the President need to prep for some important upcoming fiscal moments, and CRFB has a plan to help them do just that. The Paying for...
Are Accelerated Write-Off Provisions Effective?
Two of the biggest items among the tax extenders that Congress may consider before the end of the year are two provisions that allow accelerated...
Lame Duck To-Do (and Don't) List
With the 2014 midterm elections mostly in the books, the current Congress will return from weeks of campaigning to finish some remaining items before...
A Bad Deal on Extenders
As soon as the election is over, the lame duck Congress will be pressed to deal with several pieces of must-pass legislation before the end of the...
Changing the Baseline Could Mean an Extra Trillion in Debt
Republicans and Democrats do not agree on much, but both parties are talking about business tax reform that is "revenue-neutral," raising...
Delayed Action on Extenders Might Add to FY 2015 Deficit
While explaining why deficits have fallen from their historically large peak in 2009, we noted the main source of this tumble is a 43 percent rise in...