by Dan Mitchell | Oct 18, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation
Biden’s tax-and-spend budget plan is based on dishonesty, and I’m just talking about his preposterous claim that a massive expansion of government has “zero cost.” On the outlay side of the fiscal ledger, he’s actually proposing to increase the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 18, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation
The IRS played partisan politics during the Obama years by targeting taxpayer organizations such “Tea Party” groups. Now the IRS is at it again, this time leaking the tax returns of selected rich people to advance Biden’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 21, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation
Whenever I’m asked about the “tax gap,” I point to the academic evidence, from multiple sources, and explain that lower tax rates and tax reform are the best way to get higher levels of tax compliance. Indeed, even the pro-tax International...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 15, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation
Just like last year, April 15 isn’t the official deadline this year for filing your annual tax return. But we’re still going to “celebrate” with some memes about the income tax and the IRS. We’ll start with something that has always bothered me, which...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 23, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I recently appeared on CNBC to talk about everyone’s favorite government agency, those warm and cuddly folks at the IRS. Our tax system is a dysfunctional mess, but you’ll notice that I mostly blamed politicians. After all, they are the ones who have unceasingly made...