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media mention March 13, 2023 Kansas Legislators’ War on the Poor Opens Worrisome New Front: School Vouchers and Tax Avoidance
Kansas legislative leaders have declared war on the poor. They have pushed bills penalizing those receiving government assistance through the House Welfare Reform Committee. They have advocated a flat tax plan that benefits… -
media mention March 10, 2023 Vox: Biden’s Plan to Tax the Rich, Explained
Billionaires in the US pay a tiny proportion of the wealth they accrue in taxes compared to the cut ordinary Americans pay from their wages. Now, President Joe Biden wants that to… -
media mention March 10, 2023 MarketWatch: Biden’s Tax Hikes for the Rich are Unlikely to Pass. The Bigger Debate: Trump-era Tax Cuts that End in 2025.
For five years, most Americans have seen lower income-tax rates and tapped a bigger standard deduction, but without congressional action before the end of 2025, the rules could still revert… -
media mention March 9, 2023 Louisiana Illuminator: Private School Tax Credit is a ‘Charitable Facade’ for the Rich, Study Says
A new study found that Louisiana’s private school voucher tax credit is siphoning money from public education and serving as a tax shelter for the wealthy rather than encouraging charitable… -
media mention March 8, 2023 Los Angeles Times: Wall Street Journal Tells Us to Weep for the Plight of the Very, Very Rich
Coverage of the richest Americans in publications aimed at their tax bracket tend to fall into two genres. One is stories claiming that income well into six figures doesn’t make them really… -
media mention March 7, 2023 The Why: Matt Gardner on Corporate Tax Avoidance
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media mention March 7, 2023 CNBC: State Tax Rates Are Not Central to Migration Patterns
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media mention March 7, 2023 Scripps News: How Billionaires and Corporations Avoid Taxes
Across the U.S., some of the nation’s top earners have a toolbox full of mechanisms to build wealth. Read more. -
media mention February 28, 2023 Wall Street Journal: New Jersey Is Latest State to Push Tax Relief Despite Economic Uncertainty
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday will propose another $2 billion in property-tax rebate checks as part of a $53 billion state budget, a state treasury official said, making it the… -
media mention February 27, 2023 New York Times: I.R.S. Decision Not to Tax Certain Payments Carries Fiscal Cost
More than 20 state governments, flush with cash from federal stimulus funds and a rebounding economy, shared their windfalls last year by sending residents one-time payments. This year, the Biden… -
media mention February 24, 2023 Washington Journal: Amy Hanauer on Federal Tax Policy and Revenue Collection
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media mention February 22, 2023 Kansas Reflector: Kansas Senate Flat Tax Would Cut $1 for Low-Wage Earners, Hand Windfall to Top 1%
A flat tax plan moving through the Senate is structured to provide minimal relief to low-income Kansans while granting a windfall to high wage earners. Read more. -
media mention February 15, 2023 Fortune: More Than Half of States are Considering Personal Income Tax Cuts This Year
State governments are still flush with cash from federal COVID-19 aid dollars and increased revenues. And more than half are considering using those budget surpluses to institute or accelerate tax… -
media mention February 13, 2023 Yahoo Finance: Stock Buybacks Have Surged in the Weeks Since Washington Began Taxing Them
A new excise tax on stock buybacks went into effect Jan. 1 and has been followed by what seems to be an unexpected development: corporate share repurchase announcements have exploded.… -
media mention February 11, 2023 CBS News: States are Flush with Cash. It’s Setting Off ‘Tax Cut Fever.’
Even as the U.S. economy shows signs of slowing down, many states around the U.S. are flush with cash, with their so-called rainy day funds estimated to reach a record high of… -
media mention February 9, 2023 FiveThirtyEight: Congress’s U-Turn Has States Thinking About Giving Parents Cash
Last year, Congress walked away from what looked like one of the most effective fixes for child poverty in a generation. Now, state legislators are trying to walk it back. Lawmakers in… -
media mention February 7, 2023 Wall Street Journal: Top GOP Tax Legislator Says He’ll Boost Workers, Probe Companies
Rep. Jason Smith (R., Mo.), the House’s new top tax writer, is promoting an approach he says would favor working-class Americans over large corporations, a shift in tone from his predecessors that… -
media mention February 2, 2023 States Newsroom: States Take Heat for Spending Federal Relief Funds on Tax Cuts, Prisons
As states plan how they’ll spend the $25 billion remaining in federal COVID relief funds, some also are facing criticism and renewed scrutiny over how they allocated money already received… -
media mention January 30, 2023 Kansas Reflector: Analysis Show Kansas Chamber’s Flat Tax Proposal Costs $1.5B, Favors Top 20% of Wage Earners
Assessments by the Kansas budget director and an independent tax policy institute Monday showed the flat tax proposal by the Kansas Chamber would reduce the state budget by $1.5 billion… -
media mention January 27, 2023 Center for Public Integrity: How Will a Divided Government Affect Taxes?
House Republicans want tax changes that experts say would increase inequality and aren’t likely to pass the Senate. In a gridlocked federal landscape, states may hold the key. Read more. -
media mention January 27, 2023 Idaho Statesman: A Warning About Cutting Taxes in States Like Idaho That are Flush with Cash
During his State of the State address this year, Idaho Gov. Brad Little quoted Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke’s piece of ranch family wisdom. “It won’t be the bad years that… -
media mention January 26, 2023 The American Prospect: Reanimating the Taxman
At its core, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the federal government’s revenue collector and benefits administrator. Yet with Congress inclined to run virtually every function of the government through… -
media mention January 26, 2023 Wisconsin Examiner: Tax Analyst Says Flat-Rate System Will Benefit Wealthy at the Expense of the Majority
The wealthiest Wisconsin residents already pay a smaller share of their incomes in state taxes than the rest of the population, and replacing the state’s current graduated-rate income tax structure… -
media mention January 26, 2023 Newsweek: The GOP’s 30 Percent Sales Tax Plan Is Tearing the Republican Party Apart
Republicans in the House of Representatives appear divided over a proposed national sales tax that would replace income taxes, with Democrats using the issue to attack the GOP. Read more. -
media mention January 25, 2023 Yahoo Money: The Fair Tax Act Aims to Abolish the IRS and Set a National Sales Tax. Here’s How It Would Work
Imagine this: Instead of paying federal taxes to the IRS, you pay them to your local cafe every time you buy a latte or to your supermarket when you make…