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Dogwood: Virginia Republican to Get Big Tax Cut from Bill He Helped Pass
October 16, 2025
Republican US Rep. Rob Wittman of Virginia’s 1st congressional district could save between $19,900 and $59,300 in tax breaks because of President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” according to an analysis by the nonprofit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) done for Accountable.US. Read more.
Audio: ITEP’s Spandan Marasini on Corporate Tax Avoidance and What To Do About It
October 16, 2025
ITEP Data Analyst Spandan Marasini appeared on the Oregon Center for Public Policy’s “Policy for the People” podcast, discussing how corporations hide their profits and insights on what can be done to stop it. Listen here.
Los Angeles Times: Corporate Tax Breaks Are Exploding the Federal Deficit, but Who Gets the Benefits?
October 15, 2025
The question is who stands to gain most from the tax policymaking in Washington — corporations, their shareholders and their executives, most of whom don’t have to worry about whether cutting off Obamacare subsidies will leave them unable to afford healthcare, or the millions of Americans for whom the subsidies can often spell the difference […]
The New Republic: The House Republicans Getting Rich Off Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
October 14, 2025
Why is it taboo for Congress to give itself a tiny raise but fine for it to give itself a huge tax cut? Read more.
Newsweek: White House Press Secretary Sparks Debate Over Immigrant Health Care Costs
October 9, 2025
Data from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows undocumented immigrants paid over $96 billion in U.S. taxes in 2022—far exceeding the cost of emergency care they receive. Analysts say the broader health care debate should focus on policy changes that could raise costs for millions of insured Americans. Read more. (To find this […]
Axios Detroit: Experts Offer Insight on Tackling Local Poverty
October 7, 2025
Poverty is a critical and complex issue here. While it’s crucial to draw on longtime local experts, it can also be worthwhile to cast a wider net and see what has worked elsewhere. Read more.
San Francisco Chronicle: New SALT cap means savings for California homeowners. Here’s how much
October 6, 2025
Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax policy for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said his organization’s analysis found less SALT savings for Californians than Redfin reported. He ran the new SALT rules through ITEP’s tax microsimulation model, which uses a database of taxpayer and census records to create a computer model of state […]
Governing: Free Child Care for All is Impossible? Don’t Tell New Mexico.
September 30, 2025
The only state with such a program didn’t get there overnight. Years of action at the state Capitol and the ballot box set the stage. It’s a lesson for lawmakers in other states facing the fiscal challenges of providing services families need amid diminishing federal aid. Read more.
Stateline: Red States Pushed Child Tax Credits This Year, but the Broadest Plans Fizzled
September 24, 2025
But despite initial optimism from sponsors and child welfare advocates, Republican proposals in Indiana and Ohio did not advance this year. Had either measure passed, it would have been the first refundable child tax credit approved in a conservative state. Read more.
The Atlantic: The Last Americans Really Paying Taxes
September 23, 2025
The tax code is becoming more chaotic and less fair. Read more.
Barron’s: A New Billionaires Income Tax May Not Go Anywhere Right Now. But Democrats See a Winning Issue.
September 22, 2025
Democratic lawmakers introduced identical bills in the House and Senate to tax billionaires earlier this week, resurrecting a proposal that has failed to become law in the past. Read more.
The Telegraph: Trump has Turned America’s Taxman into a Weapon against Migrants
September 9, 2025
The US president appears to be trying to turn the IRS into a new weapon as he presses ahead with his promise to deliver “the single largest mass deportation programme in history”.
Houston Chronicle: Texas Oil Companies Forecast Billions in Tax Breaks from Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
September 9, 2025
The Houston oil-company Occidental Petroleum reported last month it was expecting a large tax break from President Donald Trump's tax and spending cut package known as the One Big Beautiful Bill — to the tune of $700 to $800 million over the next two years.
Quartz: The $40,000 SALT Goldmine Only the Wealthy Will Actually Get
September 8, 2025
Despite all the political fanfare about helping homeowners, the most hyped tax break in decades is actually a mirage that doesn’t help the vast majority of Americans. Instead, experts say it’s a gift to high-income earners in high-tax blue states.
AP News: Georgia Republicans, Against Backdrop of 2026 Election, Push to Eliminate State Income Tax
August 20, 2025
As the 2026 election looms, Georgia Republicans seeking higher office met Tuesday to begin exploring plans to eliminate the state’s personal income tax.
Barron’s: Social Security Is 90 Years Old. Trump Just Weighed In.
August 15, 2025
President Donald Trump marked Social Security’s 90th birthday on Thursday afternoon, celebrating his administration’s commitment to the program even as it remains in dire need of a fix.
Nonprofit Quarterly: Class Not Dismissed: Mamdani, Nonprofits, and the Fight for Economic Justice
August 14, 2025
In New York City, we can point to the boldface success of Zohran Mamdani as an example. Recently nominated as the Democratic mayoral candidate, his affordability push focuses on creating better options for the working and middle class, such as a network of city-owned grocery stores that reduce the cost of food and affordable housing—all of which led to his big success with the city’s voters. Whatever one makes of his candidacy, it would seem that “the economy, stupid” is still voters’ most pressing concern.
Wall Street Journal: Blue States Hunt for Ways to Wring More Taxes From the Wealthy
August 14, 2025
A growing number of blue cities and states across the country, from Washington state to Rhode Island, are looking at ways to wring more revenue from their richest taxpayers.
CT Mirror: Sales Tax Holidays Under Fire as CT Launches Its Promotion
August 13, 2025
Progressive organizations note that relatively brief exemption periods, usually limited to a week or even just a weekend, deliver extremely modest relief to consumers, often helping poor households the least.
The Sacramento Bee: Why California’s Wealthiest Tax Payers Could Get Less of a Trump Tax Break
August 12, 2025
The rich will get richer from President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill’s tax provisions – but California’s millionaires won’t get as much of a benefit as their counterparts in most other states.
The Guardian: IRS Commissioner’s Removal Reportedly Over Clash on Undocumented Immigrant Data
August 11, 2025
The removal of the Internal Revenue Service commissioner Billy Long after just two months in the post came after the federal tax collection agency said it could not release some information on taxpayers suspected of being in the US illegally, it was reported on Saturday.
CNBC: These States Have Sales Tax Holidays in 2025. Here’s Who Stands to Benefit, Tax Experts Say
August 11, 2025
Every year, a handful of states offer shoppers a temporary tax break to encourage spending. This year, some of those “sales tax holidays” are happening as President Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten to hike prices.
CBS News: Florida’s Month-long School Tax “Holiday” Kicks Off This Week
July 28, 2025
The Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy argues the discount periods have minimal benefit for working families.
Las Vegas Sun: Rep. Susie Lee: One Big Beautiful Bill Is Unfair, Unpopular – And It’s Soon Coming to Las Vegas
July 28, 2025
It is one of the least popular pieces of legislation in modern American history, giving massive, permanent tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans and temporary crumbs for working families in Southern Nevada.
The Guardian: CEO Pay Climbs Ahead of Trump Tax Windfall for Wealthy, Says Report
July 24, 2025
“Corporate CEOs are raking in millions, and now they’ll get another kickback from President Trump’s tax cut gift and anti-worker agenda,” said Fred Redmond.
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