• The 8 Most Significant Tax Hikes in Biden's Budget

    The 8 Most Significant Tax Hikes in Biden's Budget

    President Biden just proposed $4.7 trillion in tax increases on businesses and individuals, raising U.S. tax rates to some of the highest in the developed world.
  • How the government pays for (and doesn't pay for) spending: The State of Taxes

    How the government pays for (and doesn't pay for) spending: The State of Taxes

    Big government means higher taxes and slower economic growth for all Americans.
  • 'Billionaire Tax' by Biden

    'Billionaire Tax' by Biden

    As for billionaires paying lower tax rates than schoolteachers and firefighters, data from President Biden’s own Treasury refutes the idea.
  • Money From Social Security Taxes Is Not 'Yours'

    Money From Social Security Taxes Is Not 'Yours'

    The government can't return the SS money it stole in the past. It's impossible. That money's gone. Taxing today's workers to 'pay back' pensioners is just creating a new group of tax victims.
  • IRS and Tax Return Season

    IRS and Tax Return Season

    IRS management has tended to view its role as chasing tax cheats, not helping people navigate the confusing tax code.
  • IRS suspends $600 Monitoring

    IRS suspends $600 Monitoring

    (Temporary) victory! The IRS has paused its intrusive demand that all payments amounting to $600 be reported to the government.
  • IRS Report Shows Stable Tax Gap

    IRS Report Shows Stable Tax Gap

    The IRS report suggests that the tax gap—which is the amount of federal taxes owed but not paid—is not a major problem.
  • Money's Political History

    Money's Political History

    Government currency monopolies…can thus be understood as part of the tax system [and reflect] the preference of the fiscal authorities.
  • 11 Secret Tax Avoidance Strategies of the Wealthy

    11 Secret Tax Avoidance Strategies of the Wealthy

    It's not a secret that people who make a lot of money try to hide it from the IRS. How and where they do it, though, is often a secret.
  • Inflation is on the rise, and so are federal tax receipts

    Inflation is on the rise, and so are federal tax receipts

    Federal tax revenues are approaching the highest levels in U.S. history, which were reached during World War II and again during the dot-com boom of 2000. In FY 2022, federal spending hit 25% of GDP, a level only surpassed during the height of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021 and World War II.