The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act discouraged charitable giving by reducing the number of taxpayers claiming a deduction for charitable giving and by reducing the tax saving for each dollar donated. The ...

The federal government spent nearly $1.5 trillion on health care in fiscal year 2022. In addition, income tax expenditures for health care totaled $300 billion. The federal government spent nearly ...

For 2021, the child tax credit provided a credit of up to $3,600 per child under age 6 and $3,000 per child from ages 6 to 17. If the credit exceeded taxes owed, families could receive the excess ...

Weekly Unemployment Insurance initial claims (not seasonally adjusted) by state, and comparisons to the total claims from prior three recessions. You can find interactive graphics here, highlighting ...

The 2008 and 2009 tax acts provided large temporary tax cuts to most households, with the goal of helping the economy recover from the Great Recession. The 2010 tax act extended specific provisions of ...

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and G-20 countries started the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative in 2013 to combat aggressive tax avoidance by ...

The Affordable Care Act made several changes to the tax code intended to increase health insurance coverage, reduce health care costs, and finance health care reform. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

Mandatory spending covers outlays controlled by laws other than appropriations acts. Almost all such spending is for “entitlements,” for which expenditures depend on individual eligibility and ...

The onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic in early 2020 prompted a sharp and severe global recession, as health authorities urged individuals to isolate as much as possible to slow the spread of the ...

Nonprofit organizations that do not distribute profits can be exempt from federal income tax if organized expressly for public purposes. Tax-exempt organizations (including charities) include many ...

The Fair Tax Act of 2023 (HR 25) would replace the federal individual income tax, corporate income tax, payroll taxes, and the estate and gift tax with a national retail sales tax. The Fair Tax is not ...

A revenue-neutral national retail sales tax would be more regressive than the income tax it replaces. A national retail sales tax would create a wedge between the prices consumers pay and the amount ...