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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… -
media mention January 25, 2023 Yahoo News: Flat Income Taxes: Who Are the Biggest Winners and Losers?
From Kansas to Wisconsin to Nebraska, the conversation surrounding a flat tax has picked up as of late, with more state legislators pushing for as much. Read more. -
media mention January 20, 2023 KUOW Seattle: WA Democrats Join Nationwide Rollout of ‘Wealth Tax’ Proposals
Washington state Democrats Sen. Noel Frame and Rep. My-Linh Thai announced legislation Thursday to create a state wealth tax on financial assets in excess of $250 million. They say it… -
media mention January 13, 2023 CBS News: As Tax Season Nears, a Backlogged IRS Faces GOP Push to Stamp It Out
The IRS is gearing up for another tax season amid a slew of challenges, according to a new report. Most pressing is the need to upgrade its “antiquated” systems and… -
media mention January 10, 2023 Newsweek: Wealthy Tax Cheats Set To Benefit From Republicans’ Defunding of IRS
Now that Kevin McCarthy has finally been elected House speaker, and a new congressional term sworn in, the GOP has already voted on one of its key promises made during… -
media mention January 10, 2023 Governing: The Biggest Issues to Watch in 2023
State coffers are overflowing, but inflation could put a pinch on spending plans and tax cuts. The labor market remains tight just when the demand for more teachers is skyrocketing.… -
media mention January 4, 2023 Vox: The Ultrarich are Getting Cozy in America’s Tax Havens at Everyone Else’s Expense
More states are slashing or eliminating taxes, lessening the burden mostly for the wealthy. What does that cost the rest of us? Read more. -
media mention January 3, 2023 Los Angeles Times: You’re Not Getting Child Tax Credit Checks Anymore. Here’s Why
If you raised children during the pandemic, you probably remember something remarkable: getting checks in the mail, every month, from the federal government. The expanded child tax credit provided a… -
media mention January 3, 2023 The Hill: Trump Tax Returns Raise Alarms About Fairness of US Tax Code
A preliminary review of the thousands of pages of Donald Trump’s tax returns released by a key congressional committee on Friday confirms that the former president was using business losses in… -
media mention January 2, 2023 Albany Times Union: Ending Poverty Will Take a New Look at Wealth, Too
We would do well to remember the millions of families in New York that were already experiencing the storms of poverty, inequality and policy violence, not to mention those who… -
media mention January 2, 2023 Seattle Times: Proliferation of GoFundMes Reveals a Dirty Little Open Secret
This time of year, we find ourselves touched by the generosity, grace and kindness of people helping people. Extending ourselves to others reveals the best of who we are as… -
media mention December 24, 2022 Yahoo Finance: These 23 Companies Got $50 Billion in Tax Breaks Due to a Trump Tax Law
The government spending bill that was just passed through the Senate and awaits approval from Congress is estimated to total nearly $1.7 trillion. While it will fund a variety of initiatives like…