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Finding Solutions: Taxes
Tax reform done right would promote economic growth, make our fiscal outlook more sustainable, reduce the complexity and burden of compliance, and increase the system's transparency and fairness.
https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/tax-reform
The Tax Reform Opportunity
Simplifying the tax code to enhance fairness and promote economic growth
https://www.pgpf.org/multimedia/the-tax-reform-opportunity
Quiz: How Much Do You Know about the U.S. Tax System?
The lengthy and complex United States tax code can be difficult for Americans to understand.
https://www.pgpf.org/quiz/how-much-do-you-know-about-the-us-tax-system
Understanding the Budget: Revenue
The federal government finances its operations with taxes, fees, and other receipts collected from many different sectors of the economy.
https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/understanding-the-budget/revenue
Payroll Taxes: What Are They And What Do They Fund?
Most working Americans are subject to payroll taxes, which are usually deducted automatically from an employee's paycheck. Employers are also often subject to these types of taxes.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-payroll-taxes
Quiz: How Much Do You Know about the Federal Budget?
Take our quiz to see how much you really know about how revenues are collected and federal funds are spent.
https://www.pgpf.org/quiz/how-much-do-you-know-about-the-federal-budget
Budget Basics: Tax Expenditures
Tax expenditures can come in the form of exclusions, exemptions, deductions, and credits.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/tax-expenditures
Budget Basics: Who Pays Taxes?
The fairness of our federal tax system is a hotly debated issue. Too often, however, those debates confuse or misrepresent important facts because they focus on one type of tax in isolation rather than the various taxes that people face in aggregate.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/who-pays-taxes
The Highway Trust Fund Explained
Although the need for serious, long-term changes to the funding structure of the Highway Trust Fund is clear, there is disagreement over the approach to do so.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-highway-trust-fund