Despite whining from politicians and activists that the rich don’t pay their “fair share,” the United States federal income tax is extremely progressive.

What would a truly equitable tax code look like? Dēmos breaks down the congressional proposals that could shift resources ...

As lawmakers in Congress debate whether to renew the personal income tax cuts established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a familiar criticism has resurfaced: that President Trump’s signature ...

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick recently announced on CBS News that the Trump administration wants to eliminate income taxes for those making $150,000 a year or less. Were that to happen, only ...

If you’ve just filed your income taxes, it might interest you that the U.S. tax code is incredibly progressive. That’s meant in a mathematical sense. It’s progressive because it collects far more ...

President Donald Trump's tariffs are bad. But even if one were opposed to the tariffs on principle, they might be seduced by the revenue they generate and the potential of that revenue to make some ...

We could rescue Social Security and Medicare and balance the federal budget by scrapping the entire federal tax code and ...