Tax Reform
Tax reform done right would promote economic growth, make our fiscal outlook more sustainable, reduce the complexity and burden of compliance, and increase the system’s transparency and fairness.
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Tax reform done right would promote economic growth, make our fiscal outlook more sustainable, reduce the complexity and burden of compliance, and increase the system’s transparency and fairness.
The fairness of our federal tax system is a hotly debated issue. Too often, however, those debates confuse or misrepresent important facts because they focus on one type of tax in isolation rather than the various taxes that people face in aggregate.
The top 20 percent of income earners receive over half the value of major tax expenditures.
https://www.pgpf.org/Chart-Archive/0199_distribution_tax_expenditures
The Financial Times and the Peterson Foundation have wrapped up a year-long initiative to track voter sentiment on economic and fiscal issues.
“After adding trillions to our national debt in last year’s irresponsible tax bill, our leaders are now adding another $300 billion in deficits over just the next two years," said Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2018/02/peterson-foundation-statement-on-budget-deal
As a share of GDP, the U.S. corporate income tax revenue is the lowest among G7 countries.
Following the 2017 tax reform, the federal statutory corporate tax rate in the United States is now more in line with many other OECD countries.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0273_statutory_corporate_income_tax_rates
Eight popular tax provisions accounted for a large majority of annual tax expenditures.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0009_largest-tax-expenditures
The top 1 percent of taxpayers generate 30 percent of individual income tax revenues.