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Eight principles for the 2025 tax policy debate (that Republicans and Democrats should be able to agree on)

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  • Kimberly A. Clausing

    (Peterson Institute for International Economics)

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which Congress passed in 2017, came with a built-in policy time bomb--several of the more popular provisions are set to expire on the last day of 2025. These tax cut expirations limited the cost of the law to meet the requirements of the budget reconciliation process and thereby avoid being blocked by a Senate filibuster. The bill's architects deliberately made the less popular provisions (corporate tax cuts) permanent, but they wagered that the more popular individual tax cuts could be extended when the time came. That time has arrived. Yet Congress faces daunting challenges in extending the expiring tax cuts this year, including their high costs, competing fiscal priorities, a fractious Republican caucus with narrow House and Senate majorities, and President Trump's mercurial demands. As the 2025 tax policy debate moves forward, Clausing offers eight principles that both parties should be able to agree on. Of course, actual agreement on these principles is far from likely in today's political environment. Still, she suggests "middle of the road" positions for those who would resuscitate bipartisan tax policy cooperation.

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  • Kimberly A. Clausing, 2025. "Eight principles for the 2025 tax policy debate (that Republicans and Democrats should be able to agree on)," Policy Briefs PB25-1, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:iie:pbrief:pb25-1
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