by Dan Mitchell | Sep 4, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
I’m obviously fond of the video on tax complexity that the Center for Freedom and Prosperity released 15 years ago. Here’s a more-recent video from the Tax Foundation on the compliance burden. As stated in the video, complexity imposes real economic...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 8, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
When I write about tax reform, I emphasize that there are three equally important features of the flat tax. One low tax rate on productive behavior. No double taxation of saving and investment. No distorting and inefficient loopholes. Regarding the third...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
During his time in the White House, Donald Trump pursued very good tax policy and very bad spending policy. So if he wins a second term, one would hope he maintains his approach on taxes and changes his approach on spending. Unfortunately, he is doing...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2023 | Blogs, Taxation
Since governments have a terrible tendency to waste money, I’m a big fan of tax avoidance. For instance, even though I don’t like itemized deductions for things like charitable contributions and home mortgage interest, I am glad...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 13, 2023 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of the Internal Revenue Service, but our awful (and anti-growth) tax system is mostly the fault of politicians. Ever since that dark day in 1913 when the income tax was enacted, presidents and members of...
