Joe supports ITEP in monitoring federal tax policies. His research focuses on progressive tax priorities to ensure corporations and the ultra wealthy pay their fair share. Prior to joining ITEP in 2021, Joe worked at the Congressional Research Service and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He completed a master’s in applied economics at George Washington University and undergraduate studies at the University of Tennessee.
Recent Publications
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Analysis of Tax Provisions in the House Reconciliation Bill: National and State Level Estimates
August 27, 2021 • By Carl Davis, Jessica Vela, Joe Hughes, Steve Wamhoff
The poorest fifth of Americans would receive 1 percent of the House reconciliation bill's net tax cuts in 2026 while the richest fifth of Americans would receive two-thirds of the tax cuts. The richest 5 percent alone would receive a little less than half of the net tax cuts that…
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Millions of Citizen Children Would be Harmed by Proposal Billed as Targeting Immigrant Tax Filers
August 27, 2021 • By Emma Sifre, Joe Hughes
Congressional Republicans have floated a proposal to strip the Child Tax Credit from millions of children who are U.S. citizens and legal residents in situations where their parents do not have Social Security numbers. Approximately 4.5 million citizen children with Social Security numbers would lose access to the credit under…
Recent Media Mentions
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Axios: Child Tax Benefit Increase Leaves out Millions of Kids, Analysis Says
August 27, 2021 • By Joe Hughes
Under current law, families need upward of $30,000 a year to receive the full tax credit amount, explains Joe Hughes, senior analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
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Washington Post: House GOP Plan to Raise Child Tax Credit Adds Citizenship Provisions
August 27, 2021 • By Joe Hughes
“This is, by definition, all children who are legally supposed to be here in the country,” said Joe Hughes, an analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy who worked on the study
