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The marginal tax rate is crucial in making various personal economic decisions, Williams writes.

The presidential debate showed almost nothing new about how either Romney or Obama would govern over the next four years, Gleckman writes.

Gleckman asks: Will it take the fear of a financial market collapse and a cliff-driven recession to change the karma on Capitol Hill? Or, can Congress find an easier route to fiscal sanity by ducking the coming showdown?

Americans could face an average tax hike of almost $3,500 in 2013 if Congress goes over the fiscal cliff, Gleckman writes. The looming fiscal cliff poses a major threat for the US economy.

Gleckman offers five suggestions for reducing the portion of Americans who do not pay federal income tax.

Romney has promised a 20 percent across-the-board tax rate cut, and some say he'll pay for it with higher taxes on low- and middle-income households. Gleckman's not convinced.

Gleckman profiles a single mom who likely owes no income tax thanks largely to the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit.

The 46 percent of Americans who don't pay federal income tax can be divided into those who have no taxable income and those who have enough tax breaks to wipe out their tax liability.

There are so many things the former Massachusetts governor could learn from the former California governor’s presidential campaigns. But I have in mind only one lesson not learned by Mitt Romney — how Reagan ran on tax reform in 1984.

Revisions in the definition of the corporate income tax may assume that workers bear some of the corporate tax burden.

A new Urban Institute study finds that households with annual income under $35,000 may benefit from having their tax refunds paid directly to a prepaid card account.

Convention speeches are not supposed to be State of the Union laundry lists. They are intended to frame a candidate’s vision. But for that vision to mean anything, it needs to be buttressed by real policy. And that went missing at both conventions, though in very different ways.

Tax subsidies and mandatory savings systems are both policies designed to promote saving and investing, but which is more effective?

In last night’s acceptance speech, Mitt Romney sketched out his personal biography and delivered an effective brief on why we shouldn’t reelect President Obama. But, oddly, when it came to taxes he was nearly silent.

Romney economic adviser Martin Feldstein tries to contradict the Tax Policy Center's findings that Mitt Romney's tax plan would raise taxes on the middle class. But he actually confirmed it to be true.

Limiting the tax exemption for municipal bonds is becoming a popular idea among conservatives looking for ways to slash the budget and finance tax rate cuts. But will it work?

CBO's 'gloom' scenario means pushing the economy off the 'fiscal cliff' into recession. But deficits would plunge. 'Doom' means no recession but dangerous levels of debt.

The Tax Policy Center's new marriage bonus and penalty calculator can tell you whether you will pay more or less income tax as a married couple.

In a question and answer format, a new paper analyzes some of the recent issues raised by the Tax Policy Center's review of the Republican presidential candidate's tax plan. Mainly, the authors reemphasize their conclusion that the plan cannot meet all of Romney's stated criteria.

The District of Columbia Tax Reform Commission sat down recently to tackle one of the biggest issues of our time. Such reform is hard, in large part because the characteristics of a good tax system are inconsistent.