Earlier this week, the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways & Means and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee – Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), respectively – co-authored an op-ed on tax reform. Much of the piece provided good and necessary information, include reiteration of basic principles of tax…

Every year, the Tax Foundation calculates when Tax Freedom Day arrives. This year, it’s April 18, five days later than in 2012: Tax Freedom Day is the day when the nation as a whole has earned enough money to pay its total tax bill for the year. A vivid, calendar based illustration of the cost…

For years, many brick-and-mortar businesses, as well as many governors, have pushed for the imposition of sales taxes on Internet-based companies. Last week, they got help from the Senate, including 26 Republicans: An Internet sales tax is inching its way closer to being the law of the land: The U.S. Senate supported a non-binding vote…

On Monday, the Christian Science Monitor took a hard look at the issue of taxation and provided important context for future budget and tax debates: But here’s the big issue: There’s no level of tax revenue or federal spending that’s automatically the “right” level. Yesterday’s averages don’t tell us what tomorrow’s should be. And most…

One clear takeaway from the Democratic Convention: President Obama and the Democrats really want to raise taxes on high-income earners. And while Republicans have repeatedly refused to go along with the president’s proposed tax hikes, a solid Obama re-election victory might shake that determination. Now France could be providing a preview of what might happen…

Georgians called it like they saw it, when both senators came to town. The North Georgia town of Ellijay, known widely for its fall apple festival, drew a summer crowd of 300 or more on August 20, 2011. They came for a town hall meeting hosted by the Tea Party of Gilmer County. Both of…