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Tax cuts
Did the 2017 tax cuts really pay for themselves?
Feb 11, 2025
Supporters of an extension to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act point to revenue collection numbers to say that they did. But those numbers may not tell the whole story.
How blue state Republicans could shape Congressional legislation this year
Feb 11, 2025
Republicans have a slim majority in the House of Representatives — and those from liberal states could throw their weight around.
A look at the economic impact of the 2017 tax cuts
Feb 5, 2025
The Trump administration said the tax cuts would pay for themselves, but according to a study “that's just not true at all."
A top agenda item for 119th Congress will be the 2017 Trump tax cuts
Jan 3, 2025
Many provisions of that tax law expire at the end of this year — including the individual tax cuts for most Americans.
Some analysts see inflation lurking in Trump's plans
by
Justin Ho
Dec 17, 2024
Tax cuts, tariffs and mass deportations could put upward pressure on prices — and interest rates.
Kamala Harris outlines economic priorities on the last night of the DNC
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
, Nova Safo
and Meredith Garretson
Aug 23, 2024
Among economic themes, Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the need to protect Social Security and Medicare, and a tax cut for middle-income households.
Fact-checking the economic claims in Donald Trump’s convention speech
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
, Ariana Rosas
, Nic Perez
and Meredith Garretson
Jul 19, 2024
Alan Rappeport, economic policy reporter at The New York Times, examines the former president's assertions about inflation, taxes and energy.
For public good, not for profit.
Tax breaks are popular. They also cost the federal government more than $1 trillion a year.
May 24, 2024
In the debate over the debt and deficit, experts say tax breaks that skew toward the wealthy deserve as close a look as government spending.
How corporate lobbying changed the 2017 tax overhaul
by
Andie Corban
and Kimberly Adams
Jan 3, 2020
Corporate lobbyists won big under the Treasury Department's rules and regulations to implement the bill.
The budget deficit last topped $1 trillion in 2012, a very different time
by
Scott Tong
Sep 13, 2019
Back then, the economy was struggling its way out of recession. Now? Not so much.