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Tax Reform in the United States. by Jon Forman Alfred P. Murrah Professor of Law University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma & ATAX Fellow, UNSW Tax-Work-in-Progress Seminar University of Sydney August 2, 2011. Overview. The Budget Outlook Short-term Long-term Taxes
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Tax Reform in the United States by Jon Forman Alfred P. Murrah Professor of Law University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma & ATAX Fellow, UNSW Tax-Work-in-Progress Seminar University of Sydney August 2, 2011
Overview • The Budget Outlook • Short-term • Long-term • Taxes • The Current Tax System • Recent Tax Reform Proposals
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service, A Citizen’s Guide to the Financial Report of the United States Government (2010), at 2, http://fms.treas.gov/fr/10frusg/10frusg.pdf.
Congressional Budget Office, The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2011 to 2021 (January 2011), at xv, http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12039/01-26_FY2011Outlook.pdf.
Congressional Budget Office, Four Observations about the Federal Budget (March 7, 2011), at 6 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12087/CBO_Presentation_to_NABE_3-7-11.pdf.
Getting back in the black Australian Government, Budget Overview (2011), at 8, http://cache.treasury.gov.au/budget/2011-12/content/download/Overview.pdf.
Australian Government, Budget Overview, Budget Statement 1, at 1-13 (2011), http://cache.treasury.gov.au/budget/2011-12/content/download/bp1.pdf.
Short-Term:Projected Budget Totals Congressional Budget Office, The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2011 to 2021 (January 2011), at xii, http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12039/01-26_FY2011Outlook.pdf.
Congressional Budget Office, Four Observations about the Federal Budget (March 7, 2011), at 7, http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12087/CBO_Presentation_to_NABE_3-7-11.pdf.
Congressional Budget Office, The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2011 to 2021 (January 2011), at 86, http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12039/01-26_FY2011Outlook.pdf.
Congressional Budget Office, Four Observations about the Federal Budget (March 7, 2011), at 8, http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12087/CBO_Presentation_to_NABE_3-7-11.pdf.
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service, A Citizen’s Guide to the Financial Report of the United States Government (2009).
Congressional Budget Office, The Long-Term Budget Outlook (June 2011), at xi, http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12212.
Sources of Growth in Federal Spending onMajor Mandatory Health Care Programs & Social Security, 2011 to 2035 (% GDP) Congressional Budget Office, The Long-Term Budget Outlook (June 2011), at 11, http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12212.
Congressional Budget Office, The Long-Term Budget Outlook (June 2011), at 62, http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12212.
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service, A Citizen’s Guide to the Financial Report of the United States Government (2010), at iii, http://fms.treas.gov/fr/10frusg/10frusg.pdf.
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service, A Citizen’s Guide to the Financial Report of the United States Government (2010), at viii, http://fms.treas.gov/fr/10frusg/10frusg.pdf.
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service, A Citizen’s Guide to the Financial Report of the United States Government (2010), at 12, http://fms.treas.gov/fr/10frusg/10frusg.pdf.
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service, A Citizen’s Guide to the Financial Report of the United States Government (2010), at 18, http://fms.treas.gov/fr/10frusg/10frusg.pdf.
Congressional Budget Office, The Long-Term Budget Outlook (June 2011), at 80, http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12212.
Congressional Budget Office, The Long-Term Budget Outlook (June 2011), at 80, http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12212.
Taxes • Overview of the federal tax system • Recent tax reform proposals
Joint Committee on Taxation, Present Law and Historical Overview of the Federal Tax System (JCX-1-11), January 18, 2011, www.jct.gov. Joint Committee on Taxation, Present Law and Historical Overview of the Federal Tax System (JCX-1-11), January 18, 2011, at 70,www.jct.gov.
Congressional Budget Office, The Long-Term Budget Outlook (June 2011), at 64, http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12212.
Tax-to-GDP ratio, 2008 OECD Tax Database, http://www.oecd.org.
Edward D. Kleinbard, Muddling Through the Budget Crisis (January 6, 2011); OECD Tax Database, http://www.oecd.org.
Joint Committee on Taxation, Present Law and Historical Overview of the Federal Tax System (JCX-1-11), January 18, 2011, at 72,www.jct.gov.
Congressional Budget Office, Trends in Federal Tax Revenues and Rates (December 2, 2010), at 10, http://finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/120210DEtest.pdf.
U.S. Standard Deductions, Personal Exemptions, and Simple Income Tax Thresholds, 2011 Rev. Proc. 2011-12, 2011-2 IRB 297, http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb11-02.pdf.
Joint Committee on Taxation, Present Law and Historical Overview of the Federal Tax System (JCX-1-11), January 18, 2011, at 71, www.jct.gov.
Proposed Budget Receipts Congressional Budget Office, The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2011 to 2021 (January 2011), at 87, http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12039/01-26_FY2011Outlook.pdf.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Top Ten Tax Charts (April 14, 2011), http://www.offthechartsblog.org/top-ten-tax-charts/.
U.S. Payroll Tax Rates: Selected Years 20 18 16 14 12 Percent paid jointly by employee and employer Medicare 10 Social Security 8 6 4 2 0 1940 1960 1980 2010 Year
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Top Ten Tax Charts (April 14, 2011), http://www.offthechartsblog.org/top-ten-tax-charts/.
Joint Committee on Taxation, Present Law and Historical Overview of the Federal Tax System (JCX-1-11), January 18, 2011, at 66, www.jct.gov.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Top Ten Tax Charts (April 14, 2011), http://www.offthechartsblog.org/top-ten-tax-charts/.
Top 10 Income Tax Expenditures, 2012 (Billions) 44 2012 Federal Budget, Analytical Perspectives, Chapter 17, Tax Expenditures, Table 17-3, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Analytical_Perspectives.
Congressional Budget Office, The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2011 to 2021 (January 2011), at 97. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12039/01-26_FY2011Outlook.pdf.
46 • Office of Management and the Budget, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2010 (2009), at 11, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy10/pdf/fy10-newera.pdf.
Productivity and Real Income 20 Facts About U.S. Inequality that Everyone Should Know, http://stanford.edu/group/scspi/cgi-bin/facts.php.
Rising Poverty U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009, at 14, (Current Population Report No. P60-238, September 2010), http://www.census.gov.
Congressional Budget Office, Trends in Federal Tax Revenues and Rates (December 2, 2010), at 24, http://finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/120210DEtest.pdf.