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Tax Law

U.S. Government Web Sites

  • Law Library of Congress: Federal Tax Law research guide

  • U.S. Department of the Treasury (Office of Tax Policy) 
    Tax Policy develops and implements tax policies and programs; reviews regulations and rulings to administer the Internal Revenue Code, negotiates tax treaties, provides economic and legal policy analysis for domestic and international tax policy decisions. It also provides estimates for the President's budget, fiscal policy decisions, and cash management decisions.

  • Unites States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means The chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives. 

  • The Joint Committee on Taxation 
    Nonpartisan committee of the United States Congress, originally established under the Revenue Act of 1926. The Joint Committee operates with an experienced professional staff of Ph.D economists, attorneys, and accountants, who assist Members of the majority and minority parties in both houses of Congress on tax legislation.