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The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

Director

Len Burman, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute. Burman was Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis from 1998 to 2000, where he developed major proposals to expand access to savings for low-income families.

The Tax Policy Center is made possible by generous support from a consortium of funders, including:

American Bar Association

American Tax Policy Institute
Amgen
Annie E. Casey Foundation

Brodie Price Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

College Board
Ford Foundation
George Gund Foundation

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Lumina Foundation for Education

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation
Sandler Foundation

Stoneman Family Foundation

http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/aboutus/staff.cfm

Advisory Board (includes)

Jodie T. Allen, Senior Editor, The Pew Research Center.

The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, several hundred thousand small business owners, at most, would be affected by the higher rates Obama proposes.

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Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center estimates that McCain’s plan would increase the deficit by $1.3 trillion over 10 years - and cover only 5 million uninsured people. Obama’s plan would cost $1.6 trillion over that same period and cover 34 million people.

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Obama’s plan, according to Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, would generate $2.7-trillion less over 10 years than the government would collect if it allowed Bush’s cuts to expire on schedule.

Re tax increase: “It’s not accurate,” said Leonard Burman, co-director of the center. “He’s (Obama) actually proposing a tax cut.”

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Washington Times, Alan Reynold

Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center “lobbied zealously” for Rep. Charles B. Rangel’s tax bill