Special Report

Bloomberg Government Insider: Fixing the U.S. Tax Code

Complex and unfair, the U.S. tax system needs an overhaul. Here's how to get it done

Wanted: A Tax Code for the Digital Age

Amazon and Target are both in the retail business. You'd never know it from their tax bills
Too Many Modest Proposals

Everyone says they want to overhaul the tax code. So why do lawmakers only tweak it?
Taxes 101: A Comparative Perspective

How countries tax earnings from abroad
Blemishes in the Fair Tax

Boosters say a single national sales tax is elegantly simple, but it's actually more complicated than it seems
The Dangers of Defanging the IRS

A temporary reprieve for tax cheats could lower collections permanently
Value-Added Tax Lessons from Canada

The sales tax has helped cut corporate tax rates. But the nonprogressive VAT is transparent, and a political liability

Slovakia's Flat-Tax Hit

It's one of several Eastern European nations that have used a flat tax to attract foreign investment. Now the IMF is pressing them to adopt a uniform, EU-wide system of corporate taxation
Washington and Oregon, Taxing Neighbors

Washington has no income tax; Oregon, no sales tax. The result is mutual bloodletting. Yet efforts to achieve a similar tax structure have fallen flat
My Bright Idea

A CEO, a B-school dean, a labor leader, and a budget policy wonk on overhauling the tax code
Playing the Tax Break Game

It helps to have a friend on the mighty Senate Finance Committee, where no favor is too small
Bill Bradley: Tax Reform Is a Team Sport

The former New Jersey senator says the lesson from the 1986 tax reform is that you need an all-star squad in the White House, Cabinet, and Congress to win
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