Johnson: How To Raise $3.5 Trillion, Without A Rate Increase

Calvin H. Johnson (Texas), How to Raise $3.5 Trillion, Without a Rate Increase, 182 Tax Notes Fed. 2155 (Mar. 18, 2024):

In this report, Johnson explains the principles of raising tax revenue, reviews 21 proposals for increasing revenue without increasing tax rates, and argues for a major shift from deficit funding to tax funding of our national goals.

21-Gun Salute to Defending the Tax Base

Following is a sample of 21 proposals to defend the tax base and make it fairer and more efficient. The 21 proposals are the most important or logical, or just more entertaining proposals taken from a larger group of 90 proposals, all previously published or to be published in Tax Notes