His mother was a tax analyst for the Illinois Department of Revenue.
Both sets of tax analysts use a broader definition designed to give a more precise estimate of real income.
How do I know what the administration's tax analysts know?
But tax analysts say both bills could ultimately cost several hundred billion dollars.
But inflation of 3 percent, the usual assumption among tax analysts, would reduce the real value to $3,340.
And tax analysts say the states that are in trouble are trying to gloss over the bad guesses they made.
Some tax analysts have latched onto findings like these as a reason to do away with the corporate income tax altogether.
If this plan were to go through, some tax analysts say, the net effect could be lower overall taxes for many New York City residents.
It relied on misleading estimates by its tax analysts.
She is a senior tax analyst with Young & Rubicam in New York.