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This paper shows that previous analyses of IRA-type plans that seek to
encourage household saving have miscalculated their effect on tax rev
enue and therefore on national saving by ignoring their favorable impa
ct on corporate tax payments. Recognizing the important effects of IRA
plans on corporate tax revenue changes previous conclusions about the
revenue loss in a fundamental way. The revenue loss associated with I
RAs either is much smaller than has generally been estimated or is act
ually a revenue gain.