Inflation Reduction Act, Congress boosted the Internal Revenue Service’s funding by nearly $80 billion over a ten-year span ...

Tax expenditures make up a substantial part of the federal budget. Some of them are larger than the entire budgets of the programs or departments that spend money for the same or related purposes. For ...

The standard deduction reduces a taxpayer’s taxable income. It ensures that only households with income above certain thresholds will owe any income tax. Taxpayers can claim a standard deduction when ...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act nearly doubled the standard deduction and eliminated or restricted many itemized deductions in 2018 through 2025. It also eliminated the “Pease” limitation on itemized ...

The federal government collected revenues of $4.9 trillion in 2022—equal to 19.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) (figure 2). Over the past 50 years, federal revenue has averaged 17.4 percent ...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made significant changes to individual income taxes and the estate tax. Almost all these provisions expire after 2025. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) made substantial ...

The United States imposes a tax on the profits of US resident corporations at a rate of 21 percent (reduced from 35 percent by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act). The corporate income tax raised $424.7 ...

Yes – immigrants of all legal statuses in the US pay federal, state, and local taxes. Like all other residents, immigrants of all legal statuses are required to pay income, payroll, property, sales, ...

Taxpayers who itemize deductions on their federal income tax returns can deduct state and local taxes--specifically property taxes plus either income taxes or general sales taxes. However, the Tax ...

Before the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) primarily affected well-off households, but not those with the very highest incomes. It was also more likely ...

The federal government distributes grants to states and localities for many purposes. Some grants are delivered directly to these governments, but others are “pass-through” grants that first go to ...

A "soda tax" is generally imposed as a per ounce excise tax on drinks sweetened with sugar. No state currently levies taxes on soda alone, but a few localities do. While often called soda taxes, these ...