This week Tax Foundation economist David S. Logan discusses President Obama's proposed American Jobs Act and his new study analyzing its likely impact.

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Tax Policy Blog: "It's Not Math, It's Data" by Scott Hodge (9/21/11)

Maine State Rep. Gary Knight, Chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation, discusses plans for major tax reform in the Pine Tree State. Chairman Knight is one of three members of a special subcommittee tasked with soliciting expert opinion and presenting reform proposals to the Joint Committee and, eventually, to the rest of Maine's legislature.

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Tax Foundation economist Will McBride discusses the myth of corporate tax-dodging and his new analysis of corporate tax data from the Internal Revenue Service.

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Tax Foundation Special Report No. 194, "Beyond the Headlines: What Do Corporations Pay in Income Tax?" by Will McBride (9/7/11)

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Kansas Policy Institute President Dave Trabert discusses the prospects for substantive tax reform in the Sunflower State, including the possibility of both phasing out the individual income tax and cutting (or even abolishing) the corporate income tax.

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Economist David Henderson discusses the U.S. debt crisis and what we can learn from how Canada handled its own looming fiscal catastrophe in the mid-1990s.

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Mercatus Center Working Paper No. 11-25, "Canada's Reversed Fiscal Crisis" by...

Tax Foundation economist David S. Logan discusses taxes on high-earners and what constitutes a "fair share" of income taxes for wealthy individuals.

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"Warren Buffett’s Proposed Tax Hikes Would Provide Insignificant Revenue" by David S. Logan (8/18/11)

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Timothy Mathews of the law firm Chimicles and Tikellis discusses the case of Ardon v. City of Los Angeles, in which the plaintiff is challenging an illegally collected telephone tax in the California courts.

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"California Supreme Court OKs Class-Action Tax Refund Claims, Siding with Tax Foundation Brief" by...

Josh Barro, the Walter B. Wriston fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses the federal debt ceiling and the budget compromise recently passed by Congress and the White House.

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"Debt Ceiling Deal—Less Than Meets the Eye" in National Review Online by Josh...

Mark Robyn, Tax Foundation economist, discusses his recent study (with Joseph Henchman and Micah Cohen) on sales tax holidays. Mark debunks some of the myths used to justifiy such tax breaks and makes the case for year-round tax reform rather than short-term gimmicks.

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Tax Foundation Special Report No. 193, "Sales Tax Holidays: Politically...

Anthony Randazzo, Director of Economic Research at the Reason Foundation, explains the effects of the mortgage interest deduction on home buyers, the housing industry and the wider U.S. economy.

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"How Would Getting Rid of the Mortgage Interest Deduction Impact Housing Prices" by Anthony Randazzo (7/12/11)

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