Tax Stories

News and Research on Public Finance and Tax Policy.

[Financial Times @FT]

Developing nations squeezed as virus fuels public spending https://t.co/6g8RcF89Zu

[IMF @IMFNews]

Food security in #Africa is under threat. #ClimateChange and epidemics are making it worse. Our #IMFBlog post talks about the 4 critical things governments can do. https://t.co/3q8xZDUH4g #IMFAfrica

[Stata @Stata]

Economists publishing in AEA journals consistently use #Stata more than any other package. Reproducibility is one reason for this. See the data. And see how easy reproducibility is in Stata. https://t.co/mDZPd7vKdN

[Tax Stories @taxstories]

A must read!

[NYC Independent Budget Office @nycibo]

Questions about the NYC budget? Want to know how it works? This guide can help: https://t.co/XLutUtFccc

[Political Science @UofT_PolSci]

C O N G R A T S @UofT_PolSci @munkschool @WilsonPrichard just announced as the new CEO of @ICTDTax! https://t.co/JVzTg7sX7f

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Latin America is in big trouble. All the major LATAM countries are all increasing rapidly. Brazil the worst but Peru, Chile, Mexico, Columbia, and Argentina all rising. Graph is logarithmic- meaning upward lines are exponential on true scale. #COVID19

[Tax Stories @taxstories]

Retail sales estimates released by @uscensusbureau show -8.3% & -23.4% decline in March & April over the Feb baseline. Only category registering growth is groceries, which is exempted from sales tax in many states. So expect much higher impact on sales tax revenue. #HeroesAct

[St. Louis Fed @stlouisfed]

Average fixed-rate for a 30-year mortgage comes in at 3.28% in the latest reporting week, slightly higher than the previous week https://t.co/9M6rCzZSXm

[Tax Stories @taxstories]

How did they respond to the poll? Chinese Phone and Laptop?

[Bloomberg @business]

A new poll shows that 40% of Americans won’t buy Made-in-China products https://t.co/RYItaooNds

[Tax Stories @taxstories]

Divergence from Emergence.

[IMF @IMFNews]

Emerging markets have experienced the sharpest portfolio outflows on record – about US$100 billion https://t.co/sdoW7VOBXI #IMFBlog #GFSR

[Lincoln Institute of Land Policy @landpolicy]

New Podcast: Helping Cities Through COVID-19 @anthonyflint @MarianUrquilla @C4CInvest @sarida1 @WK_Kellogg_Fdn #communitydevelopment https://t.co/LaU2yGS0m7

[Tax Stories @taxstories]

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[IRS Tax Pros @IRStaxpros]

Eligible taxpayers will get Economic Impact Payments from #IRS of up to $1,200 for individuals or $2,400 for married couples. With the payment, parents will get up to $500 per child. https://t.co/DdKwxyAsmI #COVIDreliefIRS