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Carbon Tax: Potential for a New Fiscal Solution
A panel of experts discussed the potential for a well-designed carbon tax to play a role in putting our nation on a more sustainable fiscal path.
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Voters' Fiscal Guide 2020
With the national debt at $23 trillion and counting, the nation’s fiscal health is a key issue for the 2020 campaign.
Charts
Oct 15, 2019
Top One Percent Individual Income Tax Revenue
The top 1 percent of taxpayers generate 26 percent of individual income tax revenues.
Charts
Aug 23, 2019
Taxes Can Help Reduce Disparities
Federal taxes and transfers can help reduce disparities in income.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0233_taxes-reduce-disparities
Explainers
Aug 19, 2019
Payroll Taxes: What Are They And What Do They Fund?
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
Multimedia
Jul 9, 2019
Quiz: How Much Do You Know about the Federal Budget?
Take our quiz to see how much you really know about how revenues are collected and federal funds are spent.
https://www.pgpf.org/quiz/how-much-do-you-know-about-the-federal-budget
Explainers
Jun 14, 2019
Budget Basics: Tax Expenditures
Tax expenditures can come in the form of exclusions, exemptions, deductions, and credits.
Infographics
Apr 15, 2019
Infographic: How the U.S. Tax System Works
One issue that most lawmakers and voters agree on is that our tax system needs reform.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/infographic-how-the-us-tax-system-works
Blog Posts
Apr 15, 2019
Six of the Largest Tax Breaks Explained
Tax breaks totaled nearly $1.5 trillion in 2018. To put that in perspective, that’s more than the government spends on Social Security, Medicare, or defense.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/04/Six-of-the-Largest-Tax-Breaks-Explained
Explainers
Apr 12, 2019
Budget Basics: Who Pays Taxes?
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.