Four ways to simplify the income tax  

As millions of Americans sit down to prepare their income tax returns, a recent survey suggests that this activity is driving people to tears and to therapists. Despite the widespread desire across the political spectrum for simplicity, the tax code keeps getting more complicated.  

It does not need to be this way. Congress could take concrete steps to simplify taxes for all Americans. In a new project from the Brookings-Urban Tax Policy Center, we lay out four proposals that simplify the income tax code...