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Tax Policy Center

American think tank

American think tank

FieldValue
nameTax Policy Center
imageTPC Square Only Color.png
abbreviationTPC
formation
typePublic policy think tank
headquartersWashington, D.C., U.S.
leader_titleRobert C. Pozen Director
leader_nameTracy Gordon
website

The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, typically shortened to the Tax Policy Center (TPC), is a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington D.C., United States. A joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, it aims to provide independent analyses of current and longer-term tax issues, and to communicate its analyses to the public and to policymakers. TPC combines national specialists in tax, expenditure, budget policy, and microsimulation modeling to concentrate on five overarching areas of tax policy: fair, simple and efficient taxation, social policy in the tax code, business tax reform, long-term implications of tax and budget choices, and state tax issues.

Staff

Tracy Gordon became the Robert C. Pozen Director of the Tax Policy Center in March 2022, after serving as Acting Director from January 2021. She succeeded Mark Mazur, who was director from 2017 to 2021. Len Burman preceded him from 2013 to 2017 and Donald Marron was director from 2010 to 2013. Rosanne Altshuler served as director from 2009 to 2010. Gene Steuerle was the founding director from 2002 to 2008.

Economist Elena Patel of the Brookings Institution is the co-director of the Center alongside Gordon. She succeeded William G. Gale in 2025, who had served as Co-Director since its founding.

Analyses

TPC publications examine the impacts of a variety of tax issues. A 2012 report outlined the then-presidential candidates' tax proposals and analyzed their distributional and revenue impacts. Other studies have examined the 2001-2006 tax cuts, the alternative minimum tax, the impact of tax provisions on low-income families, and tax incentives for education. An extensive collection of tables provides estimates of the impact of current taxes as well as the implications of proposals to change tax law.

TPC representatives have testified before the United States Congress regarding tax and health care reforms. TaxVox, the TPC blog, discusses current tax and budget issues. The Tax Policy Briefing Book is an on-line collection of short articles that explain a range of tax issues. Entries offer background information, describe key elements of the tax system, propose changes to improve the tax system, and provide information on state and local tax policy. The center has also collected various data tables in "Tax Facts" which cover aspects of the U.S. tax system, ranging from tax rates and revenues collected to changes over time in state and local tax collections. TPC's State and Local Finance Data Query System (SLF-DQS) provides tools with which users can create their own tables related to state and local finances based on data from the Census of Governments State and Local Finance series.

Funding

TPC is funded by individuals, corporations, trade groups, and foundations including the Ford Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation.

References

References

  1. "TaxPolicyCenter.org WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". [[WHOIS]].
  2. "Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center | Urban Institute".
  3. "Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center".
  4. [https://timesoffuture.com/rajkotupdates-news-tax-saving-pf-fd-and-insurance-tax-relief/about "About the Tax Policy Center"]{{dead link. (May 2025)
  5. Epstein, Jennifer. (2012-08-01). "Obama: Romney 'asking you to pay more so that people like him can get a tax cut'". Politico.
  6. (24 October 2012). ""Tax Policy Center in Spotlight for Its Romney Study" by Annie Lowrey, ''New York Times'', October 24, 2012". The New York Times.
  7. (13 December 2016). "Mark Mazur to take over as TPC Director".
  8. (December 2021). "CURRICULUM VITAE - Rosanne Altshuler".
  9. "Annual Report 2008". Tax Policy Center.
  10. "Elena Spatoulas Patel".
  11. (November 2017). "Curriculum Vitae - William G. Gale".
  12. link. (October 11, 2008 by Leonard E. Burman, Surachai Khitatrakun, Greg Leiserson, Jeff Rohaly, Eric Toder, and Roberton Williams)
  13. link. (2008-10-23 by Greg Leiserson and Jeff Rohaly)
  14. link. (2008-10-23 by Greg Leiserson and Jeff Rohaly)
  15. link. (2008-10-23 by Roberton Williams)
  16. "Reforming the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit".
  17. link. (2008-10-23 by Leonard E. Burman and Laura Wheaton)
  18. link. (2008-10-23 by Elaine Maag, David Mundel, Lois Rice, and Kim Rueben)
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  20. link. (2008-10-23 May 14, 2008. William Gale)
  21. link. (2008-10-23 May 13, 2008. Leonard E. Burman)
  22. "Home | Tax Policy Center".
  23. "The Tax Policy Briefing Book | Tax Policy Center".
  24. "TPC About Us - Funders".
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