Overruling the jurisdiction’s control of its own state tax code would deprive Washington, D.C., of $658 million in revenue, raise child poverty, and throw the tax-filing system into disarray.
February 12, 2026
Center for American Progress: Overturning D.C.’s Tax Law Would Infringe on Common State Tax Practices and Threaten the District’s Budget and Fiscal Autonomy
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