Six Principles for Tax Expenditure Reform: Fixing the excessive and expensive system of tax breaks, credits, and loopholes is key to any deficit reduction plan. Seth Hanlon suggests six principles to guide Congress’s work in this area.

Cut Spending in the Tax Code: Seth Hanlon and Michael Ettlinger explain why reducing spending in the tax code should be discussed in Congress's budget debates.

Government Spending Undercover: Report from Lily Batchelder and Eric Toder offers recommendations for reforming IRS-administered spending.

Audit the Tax Code: Report from Sima J. Gandhi sets out the Doing What Works philosophy on tax expenditure reform.

Tax Expenditures 101: A primer on tax expenditures—a privileged form of government spending that often evades scrutiny.

America’s Hidden Power Bill: Report from Richard W. Caperton and Sima J. Gandhi argues that federal tax expenditures for energy should receive equal treatment with direct spending in the budget process.

The State of Our Tax Code Is Weak: Seth Hanlon argues for trimming wasteful tax expenditures as Congress heads into the 2012 legislative session.

Tax Ex-Spend-Itures: Seth Hanlon explains how the debt limit debate underway in Washington isn’t really about spending versus taxes, as conservatives claim—it’s about whether conservative lawmakers are willing to put wasteful tax code spending on the chopping block.

Good News on Deficit Reduction: Seth Hanlon and Michael Linden are delighted conservatives in Congress may agree that $1 trillion in tax subsidies can be cut to reduce federal spending.

Eliminating Big Oil Tax Loopholes Won't Lead to a Tax Increase: Seth Hanlon and Daniel J. Weiss explain why oil company lobbyists are wrong when they claim that ending handouts to companies will increase taxes.

Why Oil Companies Don't Need Tax Subsidies: Seth Hanlon explains why we don't need to give tax subsidies to oil companies.

Big Oil’s Misbegotten Tax Gusher: Seth Hanlon shows how oil and gas companies are poised to reap more than $70 billion in tax breaks over the next 10 years, even as they rake in billions in profits that are squeezing ordinary Americans at the pump.

Americans Believe in Tax Equity: James Hairston examines myths about American attitudes toward taxes and finds that people want policymakers to take on Bush tax cuts for the wealthy as part of any long-term budget plan.

Cutting Tax Expenditures: The president’s budget contains many provisions that cut wasteful spending through the tax code, writes Seth Hanlon.

Tax Breaks Need Scrutiny: An important provision calling for ongoing review of special tax breaks is missing from the Senate tax compromise, notes Seth Hanlon. It should be included.

Another Tax Cut for the Top 2 Percent?: Congress should prevent a potential windfall to wealthy bond investors by extending Build America Bonds, write Seth Hanlon and Jordan Eizenga.

Let the Bonus Tax Cuts for the Top 2 Percent Fade into the Sunset: Seth Hanlon outlines the reasons why letting the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire is a good idea.

A Golden Opportunity to Evaluate Energy Tax Expenditures: A new green jobs bill offers lawmakers a chance to establish performance measures for energy tax expenditures, argue Richard W. Caperton and Sima J. Gandhi.

What Are Tax Expenditures?: Sima Gandhi explains tax expenditures: what they are, what makes them different from other forms of government spending, and how we can rein them in.

Turn Off the Oil Subsidy Spigot : Congress dropped the ball three weeks ago on eliminating big oil tax subsidies, but it still has a chance to act, writes Sima J. Gandhi.

Congressmen Join Chorus Calling for Tax Expenditure Scrutiny: Lawmakers at a House hearing yesterday rightly questioned the administration on why it excludes tax expenditures in its new spending control bill, says Sima J. Gandhi.

Bringing Accountability to Tax Expenditures: Congress rarely scrutinizes the tax subsidies it creates, but new legislation would require them to examine this spending, writes Sima Gandhi.

Eliminating Tax Subsidies for Oil Companies: President Obama proposes eliminating nine different tax expenditures primarily benefiting oil companies in his 2011 budget, would save the government about $45 billion over the next 10 years, writes Sima J. Gandhi.

Making a Better First Impression: Jitinder Kohli and Michael Ettlinger offer recommendations to simplify the tax system and process less of a hassle for American taxpayers.

Pumping Tax Dollars to Big Oil: It’s time for Congress to re-examine its priorities when it comes to tax subsidies for oil companies, which total billions of dollars a year.

Cracking the Code: A closer look at spending by Sima Gandhi shows some seriously surprising tax subsidies. This lists 10 examples of tax expenditures that warrant further examination.

Slay the Sacred Tax Cow: Scrutinizing and cutting wasteful tax expenditures is a necessary part of fiscal planning that can save governments billions, writes Sima Gandhi.