This week at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes, the federal budget, Social Security, poverty and inequality, and state budgets and taxes.On federal taxes, Chuck Marr, ...

Proposals that Congress could enact this year, including through fast-track “reconciliation” legislation, would take away ...

Mississippi policymakers have taken one of the most extreme steps in state tax policy in recent years: enacting a law that will gradually phase out the state’s personal income tax. Signed by ...

President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which will put the tax rate on imported goods at its highest level since at least the ...

Proposals that Congress could enact this year, including through fast-track “reconciliation” legislation, would reduce assistance that helps children in families with low incomes get enough to eat, ...

Proposals that Congress could enact this year, including through fast-track “reconciliation” legislation, would take away medical coverage, food assistance, and other aid from veterans, significantly ...

Immigrants are a critical part of the U.S. workforce and play a key role in strengthening Social Security’s finances. Like ...

In an unprecedented break from long-standing IRS practices related to taxpayer privacy, the Treasury Department and the ...