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media mention June 21, 2023 The Sacramento Bee: Fact Check: Does California’s Middle Class Pay Less in Taxes Than in Other States?
“The American people don’t know this. We have the highest tax rate for the 1%, but middle-class families actually paid less than the majority of states in America in California,”… -
media mention June 19, 2023 Insider: The IRS Could Recover $12 for Every $1 Spent on Scrutinizing the Ultra-Wealthy’s Taxes
It turns out that scrutinizing the rich’s taxes pays off. A new paper from economists at the Department of Treasury, Harvard University, and the University of Sydney looks at the return on… -
media mention June 19, 2023 The Independent: Biden Warns Union Members that Republicans are ‘Coming for Your Jobs’ in 2024 Campaign Speech in Philadelphia
Joe Biden got his 2024 presidential re-election campaign underway in Philadelphia on Saturday by continuing to pitch voters on his pro-labour bonafides. Read more. -
media mention June 15, 2023 Video: ITEP’s Amy Hanauer Talks Proposed GOP Tax Cuts on Scripps New Live
ITEP Executive Director Amy Hanauer joined Scripps News Live to talk about the trio of tax bills that House Republicans are moving through committee this week, and explain how they would disproportionately help the wealthiest Americans and foreign investors.
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media mention June 15, 2023 Salon: GOP Follows Debt Fight with Bill to Give $24 billion Tax Cut to the Top 1 Percent
After spending months threatening to tank the economy over the federal deficit, Republicans have unveiled a set of new tax proposals that would cost the government billions of dollars —… -
media mention June 13, 2023 Common Dreams: New GOP Bills Would Hand Richest 1% Over $28 Billion in Tax Cuts Next Year
Tax cut legislation that House Republicans are set to consider this week after pushing the global economy to the brink of disaster would deliver more than $28 billion to the richest 1%… -
media mention June 12, 2023 Video: ITEP’s Joe Hughes Talks Child Tax Credit Expansion on Scripps News Live
ITEP Federal Policy Analyst Joe Hughes joined Scripps News Live to talk about the American Family Act, which would permanently expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC) to 2021 levels, helping… -
media mention June 9, 2023 Los Angeles Times: As IRS Funding Shrinks, California’s Wealthiest Can Breathe a Bit Easier
California millionaires and billionaires who were set to face the full auditing firepower of a revamped Internal Revenue Service can breathe a bit easier, thanks to congressional Republicans. Read more. -
media mention June 9, 2023 Forbes: House Proposal Would Restore Expanded And Improved Monthly Child Tax Credits
A group of U.S. Representatives has introduced the American Family Act, legislation that would make the previously expanded and improved monthly child tax credit permanent. Read more. -
media mention June 7, 2023 South Florida Sun Sentinel: Editorial: Short-Sighted Debt Deal Protects Tax Evaders
Not much in the debt ceiling extension deal will have lasting impact. But one significant aspect cuts $21 billion out of the $80 billion the IRS received in new money… -
media mention June 7, 2023 Route Fifty: Minnesota Takes On Corporate Profit Shifting
It has closed a loophole that companies use to create income tax havens abroad, and as overall tax revenue continues to slump, it could be a path other states take.… -
media mention June 6, 2023 Deseret News: Working Class Voters Want Politicians Who Will Focus on the Economy
The most important issue facing the U.S. today is still inflation, according to a new national poll, and this sentiment is being driven by Americans who identify as working and… -
media mention May 30, 2023 KALW’s Your Call: Debt Ceiling Agreement Targets the Poor While Protecting the Wealthy
ITEP Executive Director Amy Hanauer appeared on “Your Call” discussing the debt ceiling agreement. Listen here. -
media mention May 24, 2023 Governing: What’s Driving This Year’s Ambitious Tax Cuts?
Revenues are slowing but lawmakers, at least in red states, have continued to enact major tax cuts this year. Read more. -
media mention May 24, 2023 San Francisco Examiner: $66M Salesforce Program to Close Educational Gaps Has Only Widened Them
Ten years ago, Salesforce pledged millions to San Francisco’s public schools to help close an achievement gap between the district’s Black and brown students, who scored lower than their white… -
media mention May 22, 2023 Washington Post: How California’s Wild Weather Brought the Debt-Ceiling ‘X Date’ Closer
As President Biden and lawmakers scramble to strike a debt ceiling deal before the government runs out of money, each day counts — to the tune of about $17 billion. That’s how… -
media mention May 16, 2023 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Politics of the Debt Ceiling Fight: A Numbers Game
Republicans focus on the size of the federal debt in demanding spending cuts in exchange for lifting the debt ceiling. Democrats highlight the number of Americans who would lose benefits… -
media mention May 16, 2023 The Texas Tribune: Why Tax Policy Experts Fear the Texas House Plan to Lower Property Taxes Could Have Dire Ripple Effects
Both the House and the Senate’s proposals on property tax cuts would give modest savings to the typical Texas homeowner, but critics say the House plan could create vast inequities… -
media mention May 2, 2023 Arkansas Times: A Decade of Tax Cuts for the Rich (and Pretty Much Nothing for You or Me)
Taxes help pay for the public services that many of us take for granted — most of our state budget goes to funding education and health services that benefit us… -
media mention April 25, 2023 The New York Times: What’s the Matter With New York?
Bashing New York City has long been a popular pastime on the right. Conservatives routinely portray the Big Apple as a dystopian wasteland. And the bashing has reached a fever… -
media mention April 25, 2023 The New Republic: The Future of the Expanded Child Tax Credit Is With the States (for Now)
Congress failed to renew the wildly successful measure, but state lawmakers across the country are working to bring it back. Read more. -
media mention April 25, 2023 The Lever: Joe Manchin’s Tax Hike On The Working Class
Despite representing one of America’s poorest states, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) decided in 2021 to kill legislation to extend expanded child and antipoverty tax credits that were helping the working class. The expiration of… -
media mention April 24, 2023 The Hill: The Racial Wealth Gap Won’t Budge: There’s a Tax for That
The racial wealth gap is one of the most glaring injustices in the U.S. today. Hundreds of years of structural and legal barriers excluded and prevented Black households from being… -
media mention April 14, 2023 The American Prospect: The Taxman Cometh
Last week, with Tax Day right around the corner, the IRS released a highly anticipated strategic operations plan, explaining how the agency intends to operate over the next decade. Flush with… -
media mention April 14, 2023 Nevada Current: ‘The Tourists Pay It’ is a Lousy Excuse for Punishing Nevadans with a Regressive Tax System
What type of business generates the most sales tax revenue in Clark County, home of the Fabulous Las Vegas Strip? If you guessed “food services and drinking places” ding ding…