Federal Policy

ITEP’s federal policy resources provide quantitative and qualitative research and analysis on current tax policies, proposals and reform options. Its distributional analyses highlight how tax proposals will affect Americans in different income groups nationally and in all 50 states.

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Featured Research

report   May 2, 2024

Corporate Taxes Before and After the Trump Tax Law



brief   September 13, 2024

Extending Temporary Provisions of the 2017 Trump Tax Law: Updated National and State-by-State Estimates



report   July 30, 2024

Tax Payments by Undocumented Immigrants



report   July 16, 2024

Corporate Tax Breaks Contribute to Income and Racial Inequality and Shift Resources to Foreign Investors

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More Federal Research

blog   April 17, 2025

Ending Direct File Program is a Gift to the Tax-Prep Industry That Will Cost Taxpayers Time and Money

blog   April 15, 2025

It’s Tax Day. You’ve Paid Your Share, but the Billionaires Haven’t.

brief   April 9, 2025

Sharp Turn in Federal Policy Brings Significant Risks for State Tax Revenues

blog   April 4, 2025

What the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Got Wrong About Tesla’s Tax Avoidance

blog   April 4, 2025

Senate Republicans Rig Congressional Rules to Make Their Tax Cuts Appear Cost-Free

blog   March 26, 2025

Why Americans Are Right to Be Unhappy About Corporate Tax Avoidance

blog   March 26, 2025

Two Ways a 2025 Federal Tax Bill Could Worsen Income and Racial Inequality

report   March 26, 2025

Federal Tax Policy: What Should It Accomplish?

report   March 18, 2025

Shelter Skelter: How the Educational Choice for Children Act Would Use Tax Avoidance to Fuel School Privatization

report   March 18, 2025

A Revenue Impact Analysis of the Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025

blog   March 5, 2025

Trump’s Address to Congress Obscures His Actual Tax Agenda

blog   March 3, 2025

A Well Targeted Federal Renter Credit Could Help Reduce Wealth Gaps

report   March 3, 2025

High-Rent, Low-Wealth: Addressing the Racial Wealth Gap through a Federal Renter Credit

blog   February 26, 2025

House Budget Resolution Tees Up Damaging Trump Tax Agenda

blog   February 11, 2025

Turning IRS Agents to Deportation Will Reduce Public Revenues

blog   February 11, 2025

The Five Biggest Corporations Represented at Trump’s Inauguration Could Save $75 Billion from One Tax Break Before Congress

blog   February 3, 2025

Policymakers Could Consider Using Tax and Transfer Policy to Reduce the Racial Retirement Wealth Gap

blog   January 30, 2025

Tesla Reported Zero Federal Income Tax on $2 Billion of U.S. Income in 2024

blog   January 29, 2025

Trump and Congress’ Tax Package Likely to Worsen Racial Inequities

blog   January 17, 2025

Different Approaches to the Trump Tax Law’s Cap on Deductions for State and Local Taxes (SALT)

blog   January 17, 2025

Congress Could — But Won’t — Pass a Tax Package That Pays for Itself

brief   January 8, 2025

Trump’s Plan to Extend His 2017 Tax Provisions: Updated National and State-by-State Estimates

blog   December 17, 2024

ITEP’s Top Charts of 2024

brief   December 12, 2024

Federal Tax Debate 2025

blog   December 12, 2024

Defunding the IRS Would Cost Taxpayers