Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of state & federal policy and politics. The experience with the tax bill enacted at the end of President ...

We could rescue Social Security and Medicare and balance the federal budget by scrapping the entire federal tax code and replacing it with three simple flat taxes: 2% on assets, 10% on sales and 20% ...

Even the late Donald Rumsfeld - a former U.S. defense secretary, White House chief of staff and business executive - said he couldn't understand the tax code. We could rescue Social Security and ...

States differ on whether to conform to HR-1, leaving taxpayers with a patchwork of rules depending on where they live. Tax season is here — and with it, changes brought by the big tax and spending ...