Dilbert on Tax Policy

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Recent Television Appearances

Over the past week, I have made a couple of television appearances on both FOX News and the FOX Business Network. I uploaded all of the videos to my YouTube channel, and have embedded them below for you all to view.

The first two videos are part one and two of my segment that aired on FOX Business yesterday morning. I joined a handful of other tax experts to discuss the UN’s 64^th annual general assembly, and shared my views on the costs of cap and trade reform.

I also appeared on FOX News’s Fox and Friends over the weekend to discuss President Obamas tax changes, and reminisce on his tax policy campaign promises. Checkout the full video below.

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Tax Policy in the Obama Administration

As I am sure you are all aware, Tuesday night, Americans made history when they elected Sen. Barack Obama as the next president of the United States. We have a few weeks before President-Elect Obama takes office, but millions of people are already wondering what tax policy will be like under President Obama. Fortunately, one of my favorite blogs Tax Prof has collected a dozen or so blogs that have already written up answers to that question. Below are a few snippets, but you can see the full list of articles at Tax Prof Blog.

Tax policy under President Obama will be pragmatic and progressive, and gutsy. President Obama was the only candidate willing to go beyond the usual talking points of rates and base to the important question of how people pay taxes. He proposed a federal version of California’s Ready Return as early as the primary; he refused to pander by calling for a gas tax holiday and he was willing to tell voters a hard and unpopular truth: people at the top of the income distribution should pay more taxes than they are paying now. Although I don’t love his reliance on Clintonesque tax credits to achieve spending objectives, it is pragmatic. President Obama’s tax policy will not be a tax scholar’s dream, but his commitment to taxation based on ability to pay will change the tenor of tax policy debates in significant, and salutary, ways.

Tax Watch Spring 2007 Edition Available

Tax Foundation.org has posted the Spring 2007 edition of their quarterly tax policy newsletter, Tax Watch. The newsletter includes non-technical research and discussion of current tax issues including Gross Receipts Taxes, the Alternative Minimum Tax, and much more. Click here to see the full newsletter.