The Lame-Duck Congress and the 116th Congress Have Some Key Fiscal Issues on their Agenda
There are a number of key fiscal issues not only facing the current Congress in coming weeks, but also awaiting the new Congress.
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There are a number of key fiscal issues not only facing the current Congress in coming weeks, but also awaiting the new Congress.
Most working Americans are subject to payroll taxes, which are usually deducted automatically from an employee’s paycheck. Employers are also often subject to these types of taxes.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-payroll-taxes
One issue that most lawmakers and voters agree on is that our tax system needs reform.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/how-the-us-tax-system-works
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
Washington is debating tax reform. There’s talk of substantial tax cuts that would give trillions of dollars back to American taxpayers. That might sound great to some. But if Congress doesn’t find a way to pay for those tax cuts, future generations will be stuck with the bill.
“This is an example of how our leaders can pay for their priorities, whatever they may be, while helping to improve America’s fiscal and economic future at the same time," said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
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