Tax Expenditure Estimation and Reporting: A Critical Review / Rosanne Altshuler, Robert D. Dietz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altshuler, Rosanne.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Dietz, Robert D.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w14263.

NBER working paper series no. w14263

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Tax Expenditure Estimation and Reporting

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2008.

Summary:

We examine the measurement of tax expenditures, as well as review issues concerning the classification of tax expenditures generally. We use calculations from NBER's TAXSIM to illustrate some of the problems with the current methodology for estimating tax expenditures. Unlike most previous work on the topic, we focus on how features of the current tax system including the alternative minimum tax and sunset rules complicate and compromise the value of information provided by the tax expenditure budget.

Notes:

Print version record

August 2008.