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media mention December 20, 2022 Hawaii Public Radio: Report: State could slash child poverty in half with new tax credit
The child tax credit has been available at the federal level since 1997. Before 2021, families were able to take advantage of a $2,000 credit per child. Under the American… -
media mention December 15, 2022 Pluribus News: States Advance Child Tax Credits as Congress Deliberates
Lawmakers in Connecticut, New York and several other states want to expand tax breaks for families with children next year, inspired by a 2021 federal tax credit that dramatically reduced… -
media mention December 3, 2022 Mississippi Public Radio: State Child Tax Credit Could Benefit Mississippi
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media mention November 23, 2022 The Lever: Will Biden End An Illegal $50 Billion Tax Giveaway?
The IRS is sanctioning state laws allowing rich Americans to bypass the SALT cap and avoid billions in taxes, but a new Biden nominee could end the scheme. Read more. -
media mention November 23, 2022 Route 50: How Tax Credits Could Help States Reduce Child Poverty by 25%
Child poverty in the U.S. hit a record low last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, in part due to the American Rescue Plan Act’s expansion of the federal child… -
media mention November 23, 2022 Jacobin: In Massachusetts, Unions Beat Billionaires to Pass a Tax on the Rich
Voters in Massachusetts just ratified the Fair Share Amendment, which taxes income above $1 million to fund public services. A broad coalition of labor and community groups took on billionaire… -
media mention November 23, 2022 CNBC: As a Key Deadline Looms to Claim 2021 Tax Credits, Republicans Complain of ‘Suspicious Timing’ of IRS Letters
Certain tax credits were made temporarily more generous in 2021. For certain people, there still may be time to claim the money, which may add up to thousands of dollars… -
media mention November 11, 2022 Policy for the People Podcast: Our Labor, Their Fortunes: Billionaires Capture Oregon’s Wealth
Wealth inequality is at mind-boggling levels in Oregon and elsewhere. Listen to Research Director Carl Davis talk about the trends here. -
media mention November 2, 2022 Washington Post: Tax-cut Guru Still Says He’s Right About Trump, Truss and Trickle-down
The mess in England doesn’t mean he’s wrong. Arthur Laffer, the chief cheerleader for supply-side economics since the days of Ronald Reagan, wants to make that clear. Read more. -
media mention November 1, 2022 Route Fifty: In One State, a Fight Over How Tax Hikes are Passed at the Ballot Box
In Arizona, Republican legislators are asking residents to make it tougher for voters to pass ballot measures that would raise taxes. Supporters say the proposal, which will be decided in… -
media mention November 1, 2022 Palm Beach Post: As Gas Tax Holiday Ends, Did Florida Drivers Save?
Florida reinstituted its per-gallon tax on gasoline sales today after a monthlong reprieve in October implemented by Gov. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers. The savings from the 25.3-cent break on each gallon of… -
media mention October 21, 2022 New York Times: She’s Inheriting Millions of Euros. She Wants Her Wealth Taxed Away.
By the time her extraordinarily wealthy grandmother died last month, Marlene Engelhorn already knew who she wanted to be the ultimate beneficiary of the enormous inheritance coming her way: the… -
media mention October 16, 2022 Convergence: People-Side Economics: Steps to Tax Justice and a Green Economy
Gloom shrouds the news on the economy. Workers get blamed for inflation and the common solutions on offer bring more pain. But when we center the interests of workers and… -
media mention October 13, 2022 Insider: These Are the Wealthiest US States, According to a New Report — and a Wealth Tax on the Country’s Richest Would Raise $415 Billion
Wealth inequality has been on the rise over the last few decades, and some states have residents sitting on a whole lot of cash. A new report from the Institute on… -
media mention October 8, 2022 The Progressive: The Government Is Actually Doing a Good Job
You wouldn’t know it from watching the news, but American children are doing better than they were at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least when it comes to… -
media mention October 7, 2022 Bloomberg: How Legal Weed Has Changed the US
Turn an illicit product into a highly taxed and regulated one and you have a classic business experiment. Do it with a little-studied psychoactive substance that has both medical promise… -
media mention October 7, 2022 Financial Times: Wall Street Finds a Tax Silver Lining in Down Market
Wall Street banks have found a silver lining in this year’s market rout: making money by helping wealthy clients sell some investments at a loss to lighten their tax bills.… -
media mention October 7, 2022 Houston Chronicle: Middle-Class Texans Lap Up the Low Taxes Lie
Texas is a low-tax state only if you make a lot of money. If you don’t, then you’re better off in California. The biggest lie Texas politicians have ever told… -
media mention September 30, 2022 Mother Jones: How One Man Helped Make America a Global Tax Haven
During the mid-1990s, trust and estate lawyer Jonathan Blattmachr had an innovative idea that would come to revolutionize the American trust industry. Blattmachr is a veteran of the wealth management… -
media mention September 14, 2022 Center for Public Integrity: How State Taxes Make Inequality Worse
All but a handful of states make poor residents contribute a greater share of their income to taxes than wealthy people do. Economists call that upside-down approach “regressive.” Nationwide, the… -
media mention September 3, 2022 Yahoo: Handful of States Debate Whether to Tax Forgiven Student Loans
A handful of states could still end up taxing President Biden’s recently announced student loan forgiveness of up to $20,000. Read more. -
media mention August 29, 2022 Minnesota Reformer: Scott Jensen’s Proposal to Eliminate Income Tax Would Benefit Minnesota’s Wealthiest
Republican nominee for governor Scott Jensen wants to eliminate the state income tax, which would create a $15 billion hole in the state budget every year. Read more. -
media mention August 23, 2022 The New Republic: How Red States Use Regressive Grocery Taxes to Feed the Rich
Conservative state legislatures are using pandemic-era surpluses to give tax cuts for the wealthy while maintaining unfair flat taxes that punish the poor. Read more. -
media mention August 19, 2022 Newsweek: Stimulus Check Update: Child Tax Credit Bill Faces Uphill Battle
Conversations on reviving the expanded child tax credit—which the White House credited as the main driver behind bringing child poverty to record lows in 2021—might not be finished yet. Read… -
media mention August 18, 2022 The Progressive: Finding Cash for Kids
Congress failed to extend the expanded Child Tax Credit, which cut childhood poverty by nearly a third. Now, states are adopting their own versions. Read more.