The anti-tax playbook has been on full display in recent weeks as state policymakers run their offenses against public services and shared priorities. As the playbook dictates, if you have a little breathing room in your budget, propose cuts to the one major tax (personal income tax) that tends to ask more of those who […]

Tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations will not make Louisiana more competitive. Rather, they will blow a hole in the state budget while asking low- and middle-income working families to make up the difference. Gov. Landry and the Louisiana legislature would make much better use of their time looking for ways to make Louisiana’s tax structure fairer and more capable of adequately funding important priorities.

In the coming 14 months, federal lawmakers should address longstanding issues of racism in the tax code. With a presidential election this fall and many provisions of 2017’s Trump tax law expiring at the end of 2025, the debate over tax policy and economic fairness is in full swing.

Contact: Jon Whiten ([email protected]) The tax proposals announced by Vice President Harris would, on average, lead to a tax increase for the richest 1 percent of Americans and a tax cut for all other income groups, according to a new in-depth analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). This is in stark […]

Proposed tax changes would give richest 5% a tax cut, raise taxes on all other groups Contact: Jon Whiten ([email protected]) The tax proposals announced by former President Trump would, on average, lead to a tax cut for the richest 5 percent of Americans and a tax increase for all other income groups, according to a […]