Taxes

Politics

Tax Reform: Dueling Plans from the GOP

Fair tax or flat tax?

Ira Stoll | 4.7.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

Bitcoin and Taxes

The IRS's announcement about taxing Bitcoin won't kill the libertarian Bitcoin dream

Brian Doherty | 4.3.2014 4:30 PM

Economics

The French Implosion

Tax-and-spend politics has driven Paris to the brink.

Veronique de Rugy | 3.31.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

Study: Soda Tax Support Low Overall; Higher Among Millennials, College Grads, Democrats

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.31.2014 9:50 AM

Politics

Study: Upper Class Entitlement Helps Upper Class Most

Matt Welch | 3.24.2014 7:29 AM

Policy

Illinois Lawmakers to Millionaires: Get Out!

J.D. Tuccille | 3.21.2014 12:25 PM

Policy

The United States of Cigarette Smuggling

Peter Suderman | 3.20.2014 3:28 PM

Policy

Los Angeles Cannot Find Funds in Its $7-Plus Billion Budget to Care for Roads

Scott Shackford | 3.19.2014 6:50 PM

Policy

New York and California Suck For Taxpayers, and For Freedom

J.D. Tuccille | 3.18.2014 12:48 PM

Politics

Weaponizing the IRS

New IRS rules will restrict free speech.

A. Barton Hinkle | 3.17.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Taxing Phantom Marijuana Transactions in Colorado

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2014 6:58 PM

Politics

New Medical Marijuana Restrictions Look Dead for Now in Washington

Jacob Sullum | 3.13.2014 12:17 PM

Policy

Anti-Pot Group Complains That Coloradans Are Not Buying Enough Pot

Jacob Sullum | 3.12.2014 2:15 PM

Politics

Republicans Craft Tax Hike for Harvard and Yale

The GOP should be thinking up ways to cut taxes, not raise them.

Ira Stoll | 3.10.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Sampling the Obama Budget's Revenue Raisers

Peter Suderman | 3.5.2014 1:02 PM

Policy

Maryland Plans on Big Boost For Black Market Cigarettes

J.D. Tuccille | 2.28.2014 1:47 PM

Policy

'70s Rock Style Make You Shudder? Blame Swedish Tax Laws.

J.D. Tuccille | 2.27.2014 8:56 AM

Economics

Christian Marijuana Dispensary Battling the IRS

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.26.2014 12:00 PM

Economics

It All Belongs to Us

Charles Oliver | 2.24.2014 6:00 AM

Economics

Brickbat: It All Belongs to Us

Charles Oliver | 2.24.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

These States Have the Highest and Lowest Alcohol Taxes

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.20.2014 5:30 PM

Policy

Even Poor Families May Pay Thousands in Obamacare Taxes

Nearly $7,000 over a decade

Reason Staff | 2.20.2014 4:45 PM

Policy

The Poor Don't Pay Taxes? They Sure Do—For Obamacare!

J.D. Tuccille | 2.20.2014 3:27 PM

Policy

Illinois Lawmakers Propose Soda Tax

Anything to keep from having to live within their means

Reason Staff | 2.18.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

Laboratories for Prosperity

A comprehensive study confirms that free-market principles work outside Washington.

John Hood | 2.17.2014 10:00 AM

Culture

Prosecutors Appeal Sentence, Seek Prison for Beanie Babies Founder

For hiding millions to avoid taxes

Reason Staff | 2.13.2014 7:15 PM

Policy

Court to IRS: Sit Down, Shut Up, and Leave Mom-and-Pop Tax Prep Firms Alone

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.11.2014 1:58 PM

Taxes

Renouncement of US Citizenship Up 221 Percent

Thanks to FATCA

Reason Staff | 2.10.2014 12:25 PM

Politics

British Labour Party Supporters Want To Tax the Rich More, Even if Doing So Won't Raise Revenue

Matthew Feeney | 2.6.2014 4:06 PM

Policy

Charles Schwab Planning to Move Jobs from San Francisco to Texas

Those high taxes

Reason Staff | 2.4.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

Obama's Great Conflation and What it Means for You

Why does the president insist on confusing income inequality and economic mobility?

Nick Gillespie | 2.2.2014 5:30 PM

Politics

Overestimating 'Inequality'

Paul Krugman is wrong.

David Harsanyi | 1.31.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Obama's 'Opportunity' Makes Everybody Less Well Off

It's easier to climb a ladder that's been cut-off by politicians.

Ronald Bailey | 1.31.2014 1:30 PM

State of the Union

Ronald Bailey Says Obama's 'Opportunity' Makes Everybody Less Well Off

Reason Staff | 1.31.2014 1:30 PM

Economics

Peyton Manning Could Pay New Jersey More in Taxes for the Super Bowl Than He Earns For Playing It

The state always takes its cut

Ed Krayewski | 1.29.2014 12:03 PM

Policy

Detroit to Slash Property Tax Assessments

Some will go down as much as 20 percent

Reason Staff | 1.27.2014 4:45 PM

Policy

Washington Legislators Mull Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Competition for State-Licensed Pot Shops

Jacob Sullum | 1.16.2014 5:56 PM

World

French Central Bank Governor Backs Socialist President's Tax Proposal

Francois Hollande's proposal to cut the charges companies pay for family benefits could save those companies $41 billion by 2017

Reason Staff | 1.16.2014 2:40 PM

Politics

'Promise Zones' Don't Fix What Truly Ails Poor Communities

Fostering economic recovery requires easing up on regulations

Scott Shackford | 1.14.2014 4:30 PM

Culture

Beanie Babies Creator Gets Probation for Tax Evasion

No prison time

Reason Staff | 1.14.2014 2:40 PM

Civil Liberties

Creator of Beanie Babies Facing Up to Five Years in Jail for Tax Evasion

$25 million

Reason Staff | 1.14.2014 12:30 PM

Politics

Obama Pitches 'Promise Zone' Incentive Program

Rand Paul, who suggested something similar for Detroit, approves

Reason Staff | 1.9.2014 7:00 PM

Politics

Taxpayer's Advocate Report: Need a Bill of Rights for Taxpayers

What can't the IRS do?

Reason Staff | 1.9.2014 1:20 PM

Politics

San Francisco to Tax Tech Company Shuttles

Call it a "resentment fee"

Reason Staff | 1.8.2014 6:30 PM

Politics

Obama to Name 'Promise Zones' in 5 Troubled Neighborhoods

More location-based tax break programs

Reason Staff | 1.8.2014 2:30 PM

Policy

No, Hiking Taxes Isn't the Magic Solution to Smoking

J.D. Tuccille | 1.6.2014 3:55 PM

Policy

J.D. Tuccille Talks Cigarette Taxes on the Thom Hartmann Radio Show

J.D. Tuccille | 1.6.2014 2:35 PM