Tax Credits
- Report
Federal Aid for Postsecondary Students
In 2017, the government financed roughly $100 billion in student loans and provided about $30 billion in grants and $30 billion in tax preferences. This report examines the impact of such aid and a number of approaches to changing it.
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Distribution of Federal Support for Students Pursuing Higher Education in 2016
In 2016, students pursuing higher education received about $91 billion in financial support from federal spending programs and tax expenditures. This report examines the distribution of that assistance among households, by income group.
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Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low- and Moderate-Income Workers in 2016
Presentation by Shannon Mok, an analyst in CBO’s Tax Analysis Division, for a panel organized by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin.
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Federal Mandatory Spending for Means-Tested Programs, 2008 to 2028
Outlays for mandatory means-tested programs would grow over the next decade at an average annual rate of 4 percent, whereas spending for mandatory non–means-tested programs would grow at an average rate of 6 percent, CBO projects.
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Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance Coverage for People Under Age 65: 2018 to 2028
CBO and JCT project that the federal subsidies, taxes, and penalties associated with health insurance coverage for people under age 65 will result in a net subsidy from the federal government of $685 billion in 2018.
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Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on Oversight of CBO Conducted by the Senate Committee on the Budget
On January 24, the Senate Budget Committee convened a hearing at which Director Keith Hall testified about CBO’s work in 2017 and its future plans. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
- Cost Estimate
Reconciliation Recommendations of the Senate Committee on Finance
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on
November 16, 2017 - Cost Estimate
Estimated deficits and debt under the Chairman’s Mark of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Letter to the Honorable Ron Wyden
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on November 9, 2017
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A Presentation on CBO's Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance Coverage for People Under Age 65: 2017 to 2027
Presentation by Jessica Banthin, Deputy Assistant Director in CBO’s Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division, at a meeting of CBO’s Panel of Health Advisers.