TaxBytes

Philly soda tax expanded at the last minute to also cover diet drinks and to also pay for union contracts and pensions.

The American people are blaming other countries and other people for a slow-growth wound that is self-inflicted.

Yet again, the Obama administration has operated outside of the rule-of-law, which makes the US a less certain place for investment.

Donald Trump is the only Republican presidential candidate gleefully promising to raise taxes.

Conservative legislators should not defy rule-of-law in their greed for more tax revenue.

Most of the major presidential candidates have released tax reform plans with enough specifics to run them through an economic model. On tax policy, Republicans tend to focus on economic growth, while Democrats tend to focus on distributional effects.

The corporate tax is actually a hidden tax on employees, shareholders and consumers. When we raise taxes on corporations, they simply pass the tax along in the form of lower wages, lower dividends, and higher prices.

Speaker Ryan has an opportunity to make his mark by moving pieces of legislation that are relatively non-controversial and have broad support. The most obvious candidate is the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA), set to expire Dec. 11, which bans taxes on Internet access and bans taxes that discriminate against ecommerce.

To introduce a hidden tax as part of a tax plan is a sure path to failure of transparency, and a failure to serve the citizens.

For tax reform, new Ways & Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady's priorities matter more than those of any presidential candidate.