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We study the optimal taxation of expenditures that generate income while also serving a consumption function. We … deduction rate or a fixed income tax schedule. Our results provide a rationale for non-uniform commodity taxation, distinct from …
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Tax benefits tied to children form a central component of the social safety net in the United States. To participate in these programs, taxpayers must claim a child on their tax return. We study the claiming of children on tax returns by drawing on health insurance information returns to...
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Budget set kinks are much studied in economics, including in the context of "bunching" estimators that assume individuals react to the true marginal tax rate. We document that individuals disproportionately "left-bunch" below kinks in the context of the Social Security Earnings Test where...
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Although it is generally blind with respect to race, the federal individual income tax can create racial disparities when factors that affect tax liability are associated with race. We provide new evidence on racial differences in marriage penalties and bonuses in the income tax, using data from...
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This article explores subjects in optimal income taxation characterized by recent research interest, practical … savings, savings policies, and labor supply; optimal income transfers; the relationship between optimal income taxation and … nonwelfarist objectives, welfare weights, heterogeneous preferences, and taxation of the family …
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-untaxed internet, but has brought traditional cross-border shopping, which is often subject to origin taxation, back to prominence … destination taxation has influenced the location of (a) consumer purchases and (b) business locations using two different …
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lower than the average American. Is this due to a lack of public support for taxation? Is it due to misperceptions about … treatments would positively affect the demand for taxation, most treatments have a null or negative effect. Providing information … about the lavish lifestyles of billionaires does have a robust positive effect on the demand for taxation …
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In recent years, important and headline-grabbing findings have emerged from research using individual income tax data for statistical purposes. Demand for these microdata, accessible under the tax administration authority of the Internal Revenue Code and through the IRS Statistics of Income...
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In 2021, the U.S. Congress temporarily expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit for workers without a qualifying child (childless EITC), to help counteract the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lower-wage working adults. This expansion roughly tripled the maximum benefits for qualifying filers and...
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Household consumption and welfare are more strongly associated with lifetime income, but most countries base income taxes on current income and use progressive taxes to reduce inequality and provide social insurance. Is lifetime income a better tax base for a government seeking to provide social...
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