How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy, walks readers through federal tax policy history and the modern-day legal ...

Taxes make civilization possible. When the ancient Greeks introduced democracy roughly 2,500 years ago, they implemented a progressive taxation prototype so that those who benefited most bore the ...

Last month, Americans finished filing their taxes for the year. Once again, it was a massive, time-consuming headache. All told, taxpayers spent an estimated 7.1 billion hours dealing with the tax ...

In her book The Second Estate, Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax system lets the ultra-rich grow their wealth tax-free while working Americans bear the burden. Officially, at least, the United ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter J Reilly is a Forbes contributor who covers taxes. Oct 31, 2025, 08:26pm EDT Wealth inequality and distribution of income.

As Congress crafts yet another budget, it is time to confront a quiet enabler of America’s growing wealth gap: the way we tax corporate profits. The U.S. corporate tax system is a maze of complexity, ...

The product of years of Republican effort, the American tax code now blends traditional supply-side economics with President Trump’s populist 2024 campaign promises. By Andrew Duehren Reporting from ...

The U.S. tax code is filled loopholes — credits, write-offs, exceptions and exemptions. This complicated system is costly and time-consuming for taxpayers. And it’s pretty unique to the U.S. In 1962, ...

Donald Trump is altering the tax code for the benefit of millionaires and billionaires. That is the simplest conclusion to draw from the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this summer, ...

Death and taxes are the only inevitables in life, but Americans are clamoring for reform and would like to stick a fork in the complexities of the U.S. tax code. President Trump has promised numerous ...