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media mention March 8, 2021 Washington Post: Biden stimulus showers money on Americans, sharply cutting poverty and favoring individuals over businesses
These tax changes, along with another round of cash payments, will boost incomes of the bottom 20 percent of Americans by 33 percent, according to Steve Wamhoff, a tax expert… -
media mention March 8, 2021 Newsweek: How Your Stimulus Check, Income Might Be Affected by the Latest Bill Changes
According to Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the changes would benefit around 83 million children and significantly reduce child poverty in the U.S. Read more -
media mention March 8, 2021 Yahoo! Finance: The new stimulus checks: What’s still ahead, before you can get your money?
Some 17 million fewer Americans will get stimulus checks this time because of the new income thresholds, according to an estimate from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read… -
media mention March 8, 2021 Fox Business: Third stimulus check calculator: See how much money you could receive from Biden’s relief bill
As with previous rounds, Americans who earn more than the threshold line will still receive a partial check. But the money will phase out faster than previous rounds, cutting off… -
media mention March 8, 2021 Forbes: Americans Should Receive $1,400 Stimulus Checks Starting End Of March, Says Biden
Over 85 percent of American households would get stimulus payments of $1,400 per person, according to the White House. Preliminary estimates from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a… -
media mention March 8, 2021 Observer: $1,400 Stimulus Checks: When to Expect Payment & Calculate How Much You’ll Get
About 17 million fewer people will receive direct payments as a result of the rule change, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more -
media mention March 8, 2021 CNET: Child tax credit 2021: When will families get more money? Here’s what you should know
The bill also would expand other child-related credits so families could claim up to half their child-care expenses on their taxes. For the bottom 20% of families in terms of income, the… -
media mention March 8, 2021 Fiscal Times: Biden’s Stimulus: What You Need to Know Now
What you need to know about the $1,400 “stimulus checks”: Individuals earning less than $75,000 and couple making less than $150,000 are eligible for the full $1,400 relief payments, plus… -
media mention March 7, 2021 Time: The Senate Passed a $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill. Here’s What’s In It
The decision means that an estimated 17 million Americans who received a check under former President Donald Trump won’t get one under Biden, according to a study from the nonpartisan Institute on… -
media mention March 6, 2021 Huffington Post: Senate Passes $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill
The full $1,400 checks will only go to those making $75,000 or less (or $150,000 for joint filers) and be cut off for individuals who make more than $80,000 (or… -
media mention March 5, 2021 CBS News.com: Democrats limit eligibility for stimulus checks in Senate COVID bill
The proposal to lower caps on the stimulus checks would cut an estimated 17 million people from eligibility, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Their analysis found 297… -
media mention March 5, 2021 Vanity Fair: Millions of people who received stimulus checks last time around won’t get them again
Under the narrower eligibility rules, individuals earning under $75,000 (and couples earning under $150,000) are set to receive the full check, but those making $80,000 and up (and $160,000 or… -
media mention March 5, 2021 Market Place: Who qualifies for the $1,400 checks under the Democrats’ new proposal?
The left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has analyzed how many people would get help under the Senate caps, and found that 86% of adults and 85% of children… -
media mention March 5, 2021 Marketwatch: ‘This is pure politics’: Fewer Americans will get a stimulus check this time around — here’s how many people will get one
The previous House version would have covered 91% of adults — 212.1 million Americans — and 90% of children — another 84.7 million people, said Steve Wamhoff, director of federal… -
media mention March 5, 2021 LA Times: Senate Democrats’ COVID bill ends weekly $400 unemployment in August, not September
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a progressive research group, estimates 2.37 million fewer Californians would receive money under the Senate bill than with the House bill. Nationally, an… -
media mention March 5, 2021 Motley Fool: Stimulus Check Changes Leave 12 Million U.S. Adults Out of Upcoming Round
ll told, this means 11.8 million adults may no longer be eligible for a stimulus payment, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. On top of that, 4.6… -
media mention March 5, 2021 The Moguldum Nation: Biden Folds On Stimulus, Backs Lower $70K Income Ceiling To Get $1400
Around 12 million fewer adults and 5 million fewer children would get the stimulus payments under the new Biden-Senate compromise, according to estimates from the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Bloomberg Tax: Mega-Rich and Plans to Tax Them Abound in Washington State
According to a Dec. 31 report from the bipartisan Tax Structure Work Group, the state’s system creates average tax burdens at 8.2% of total income for households with income between… -
media mention March 4, 2021 NJ.com: Third stimulus check update: Here’s how many N.J. residents would now get nothing under new plan for $1,400 payments
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said the Senate proposal would provide payments to 4.8 million New Jerseyans. The bill includes $1,400 payments to those making up to $75,000,… -
media mention March 4, 2021 New York Times: Democrats Narrow Stimulus Payments as Biden Works to Keep Aid Plan on Track
If adopted, the change in income limits would mean that about 12 million adults and five million children who received stimulus payments under the last round of aid signed in… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Washington Post: Biden limits eligibility for stimulus payments under pressure from moderate Senate Democrats
Around 12 million fewer adults and 5 million fewer children would get the stimulus payments under the new Biden-Senate compromise, according to preliminary estimates from the Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Forbes: Nearly 17 Million Fewer Americans Will Get New Stimulus Checks Under The Senate Revision: Here’s Who Qualifies Now
About 11.8 million fewer adults and 4.6 million fewer kids would get the stimulus payments under the new Biden-Senate compromise, according to preliminary estimates from the Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention March 4, 2021 International Business Times: Third Stimulus Check Eligibility Change: Here’s Who Won’t Be Receiving $1,400 Payments
However, under the new terms set by Senate Democrats, individuals earning $80,000, heads of households making $120,000 and married couples with $160,000 in income would no longer receive the relief… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Associated Press: Democrats tighten eligibility limits for COVID-19 relief benefits
That means some people who received the last round of $600 relief checks approved in December wouldn’t get anything this time. The liberal Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimated… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Fortune: Biden supports lowering $1,400 stimulus check cutoffs. Here are the proposed income thresholds
This lower cutoff proposal, if passed, would result in roughly 12 million fewer adults getting stimulus checks, according to the nonpartisan think tank Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, reported…