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media mention February 1, 2021 Market Place: Caught in the Unemployment Benefits Gap
This episode features commentary from Jessica Scheider on the risk of too small a stimulus. Read more: https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace/people-caught-unemployment-benefits-gap/ -
media mention January 29, 2021 Law 360: La. Gov. Won’t Support Gas Tax Hike This Year Due To Virus
A January report from the American Petroleum Institute said Louisiana’s total per-gallon state taxes and fees of 20.01 cents on fuel rank below the national average of 36.83 cents for… -
media mention January 29, 2021 Bloomberg: The 2017 Tax Law Report Card: Grading the Big Promises (Podcast)
On the latest episode of our weekly podcast, Talking Tax, Bloomberg Tax reporter Lydia O’Neal spoke with Tax Foundation economist Erica York and Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy senior… -
media mention January 27, 2021 Business Insider: Democrats Are Setting the Stage to Propose $300 Monthly Direct Payments for Families with Children under 17
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank, released an analysis on Tuesday projecting that the poorest 20% of Americans — or those earning below $21,300 annually — would… -
media mention January 27, 2021 The 74: With DeVos Out, Movement for Private School Choice Shifts to State Legislatures
The scholarship policies rely on tax credits — from 50 up to 100 cents on the dollar, depending on the state — in return for contributions to assist with private… -
media mention January 26, 2021 Raw Story: Expert Explains Why You Pay More than Corporations — and the People Who Own Them
The actual taxes paid in any given year may be less than zero as a company collects refunds on past taxes. Many big companies including Amazon have enjoyed a negative… -
media mention January 26, 2021 Bloomberg: The Trump Tax Cuts: Promises Made, Promises Kept?
In the waning days of the Trump administration, Bloomberg Tax examined the law’s stated goals and explored which of its seven major promises came to fruition. “The most prominent claims… -
media mention January 25, 2021 The Nation: These Progressives Helped Keep Hope Alive in 2020—and Prepare Us for 2021
The Nation’s annual honor roll recognizes progressive activists and leaders who helped keep hope alive and set the groundwork for transformational change in 2021. Since taking over in 2019 as… -
media mention January 25, 2021 Newsweek: Third Stimulus Check of $1,400 Will Likely Be Passed by End of March, Analysts Say
A study released earlier in January by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy indicated that the bottom 60 percent of U.S. earners would see a “significant” impact to their finances with… -
media mention January 20, 2021 MarketWatch: Here’s the Maximum Amount Biden’s Stimulus Checks and Tax Credits Would Deliver to America’s Poorest Families
For the bottom 60% of incomes, the new round of direct payments, plus the two expanded tax credits would average $3,520, equaling around 11% of annual income, the Institute on… -
media mention January 20, 2021 The Daily Northwestern: Advocates Against Income Inequality Reassess After the Fair Tax Act’s Failure
The Fair Tax Amendment would have introduced a progressive income tax to Illinois. The state currently mandates a flat income tax of 4.95 percent. Illinois ranks eighth in the country… -
media mention January 16, 2021 Yahoo!Money: Here’s Who Gets a Payment under Biden’s $1,400 Stimulus Check Proposal
The $2,000 stimulus checks would also mean a big increase in income for America’s poorest families. The 20% of households with the lowest incomes would see their annual income increase… -
media mention January 14, 2021 WWD: Execs Flag ‘Concerns’ Over Corporate Taxes Amid Rising Inequality
“The lack of accessible child care, climate change, inequality…all these things are pretty basic existential threats for American workers, families and America as a nation,” said Gardner. “And the only… -
media mention January 12, 2021 Business Insider: The poorest quintile of Americans will get a 29% income boost if $2,000 stimulus checks become a reality, a new report finds
Low-income Americans can expect to see a significant income boost if the Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help Act passes in the Senate. The House passed the CASH Act on… -
media mention January 12, 2021 Yahoo! Finance: $2,000 stimulus checks would be a massive boost for America’s poorest
America’s poorest families would see their incomes grow by more than quarter if the $2,000 stimulus check proposal that President-elect Joe Biden supports passes, according to a new analysis. The 20% of… -
media mention January 12, 2021 Newsweek: $2,000 Stimulus Checks Would ‘Significantly’ Help 60% With Lowest Income: Report
A $2,000 payment would give a 60 percent majority of Americans, those with annual incomes under $65,000, an average income boost of 11 percent, according to a reportreleased last week… -
media mention January 12, 2021 Robesonian: Tax Debates Feature Many Myths
On the other hand, our federal tax code, even after the Bush-era and Trump-era tax changes, is rather progressive. It taxes the wealthy at much higher rates than the nonwealthy.… -
media mention January 12, 2021 Jacobin: Joe Manchin and Mitch McConnell’s Case Against $2,000 Checks Is Complete Garbage
In all, the bottom 60 percent of income earners — who made less than $65,000 in 2020 — “would see an average income increase of 11 percent by a $2,000… -
media mention January 12, 2021 MarketWatch: Already Spent Your $600 Stimulus Check? Another May Be on the Way
If passed, the CASH Act — in combination with the latest round of $600 stimulus checks — would boost the incomes of the poorest 20% of Americans by an estimated… -
media mention January 9, 2021 The Business Times: The Wealth Tax Is Going Global
There’s no income tax in Washington state, home to some of the world’s richest people: Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos; his ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott; and Microsoft founder Bill Gates and former… -
media mention January 8, 2021 Law360: ITEP Says Incomes Of Poorest Would Rise 29% With $2K Checks
ncreasing economic payments to $2,000 from $600 as part of a coronavirus stimulus bill would have a “significant impact” on the households of lowest-income Americans, a report from the Institute… -
media mention January 8, 2021 The Hill: Democrats vow to deliver $2K checks with control of Senate
But Democrats argue that the more-direct assistance to Americans is needed at a time when many are struggling to cover basic expenses. According to an analysis released Thursday by the… -
media mention January 7, 2021 The Wall Street Journal: Biden Tax-Increase Agenda Revived as Democrats Win Senate
Now, some of Mr. Biden’s ideas are much more likely to become law, said Steve Wamhoff of the progressive Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, who said that the president-elect’s… -
media mention January 7, 2021 Austin American Statesman: GOP creates ‘socialism for rich’ and bupkis for the rest of us
A study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reported on the first year following the passage of the GOP tax cuts and found that 91 of the Fortune… -
media mention January 6, 2021 Bloomberg: The Wealth Tax Is Going Global
There’s no income tax in Washington state, home to some of the world’s richest people: Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos; his ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott; and Microsoft founder Bill Gates and former…