What's New
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The House Tax Plan, By the Numbers
Carl Davis, May 2025 -
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House Tax Bill Would Encourage Dynastic Wealth Hoarding by Further Weakening the Estate Tax
Jon Whiten, May 2025 -
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House Tax Bill Enlists the Wealthy to Spread Private School Vouchers
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State Rundown 5/15: State Tax Debates Carry On in the Midst of Chaotic Federal Tax Landscape
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Trump’s Proposed Higher Tax Rate on the Richest Taxpayers Would Affect Very Little of Their Income
Carl Davis, May 2025
ITEP in the News
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Washington Post: House GOP Plan to Raise Child Tax Credit Adds Citizenship Provisions
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NPR: What to Know About a Federal Proposal to Help Families Pay of Private School
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Marketwatch: Under New GOP Bill, Multimillionaires Could Dodge the 39.6% Tax Rate Floated by Trump
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Sacramento Bee: Child Tax Credits: California's Winners and Losers in New GOP Congressional Plan
Expert's View

Carl Davis
Research Director
The Geographic Distribution of Extreme Wealth in the U.S.
Excessive concentration of wealth runs counter to our national aspiration for genuine equality of opportunity, and it saps the vitality of our democracy through the consolidation of power and influence. Tax policy offers a powerful means of beginning to address our nation’s stark level of inequality, but current law is clearly falling short of its potential.