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San Francisco Chronicle: New SALT cap means savings for California homeowners. Here’s how much
October 6, 2025
Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax policy for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said his organization’s analysis found less SALT savings for Californians than Redfin reported. He ran the new SALT rules through ITEP’s tax microsimulation model, which uses a database of taxpayer and census records to create a computer model of state […]
Governing: Free Child Care for All is Impossible? Don’t Tell New Mexico.
September 30, 2025
The only state with such a program didn’t get there overnight. Years of action at the state Capitol and the ballot box set the stage. It’s a lesson for lawmakers in other states facing the fiscal challenges of providing services families need amid diminishing federal aid. Read more.
Stateline: Red States Pushed Child Tax Credits This Year, but the Broadest Plans Fizzled
September 24, 2025
But despite initial optimism from sponsors and child welfare advocates, Republican proposals in Indiana and Ohio did not advance this year. Had either measure passed, it would have been the first refundable child tax credit approved in a conservative state. Read more.
The Atlantic: The Last Americans Really Paying Taxes
September 23, 2025
The tax code is becoming more chaotic and less fair. Read more.
Barron’s: A New Billionaires Income Tax May Not Go Anywhere Right Now. But Democrats See a Winning Issue.
September 22, 2025
Democratic lawmakers introduced identical bills in the House and Senate to tax billionaires earlier this week, resurrecting a proposal that has failed to become law in the past. Read more.
The Telegraph: Trump has Turned America’s Taxman into a Weapon against Migrants
September 9, 2025
The US president appears to be trying to turn the IRS into a new weapon as he presses ahead with his promise to deliver “the single largest mass deportation programme in history”.
Houston Chronicle: Texas Oil Companies Forecast Billions in Tax Breaks from Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
September 9, 2025
The Houston oil-company Occidental Petroleum reported last month it was expecting a large tax break from President Donald Trump's tax and spending cut package known as the One Big Beautiful Bill — to the tune of $700 to $800 million over the next two years.
Quartz: The $40,000 SALT Goldmine Only the Wealthy Will Actually Get
September 8, 2025
Despite all the political fanfare about helping homeowners, the most hyped tax break in decades is actually a mirage that doesn’t help the vast majority of Americans. Instead, experts say it’s a gift to high-income earners in high-tax blue states.
AP News: Georgia Republicans, Against Backdrop of 2026 Election, Push to Eliminate State Income Tax
August 20, 2025
As the 2026 election looms, Georgia Republicans seeking higher office met Tuesday to begin exploring plans to eliminate the state’s personal income tax.
Barron’s: Social Security Is 90 Years Old. Trump Just Weighed In.
August 15, 2025
President Donald Trump marked Social Security’s 90th birthday on Thursday afternoon, celebrating his administration’s commitment to the program even as it remains in dire need of a fix.
Nonprofit Quarterly: Class Not Dismissed: Mamdani, Nonprofits, and the Fight for Economic Justice
August 14, 2025
In New York City, we can point to the boldface success of Zohran Mamdani as an example. Recently nominated as the Democratic mayoral candidate, his affordability push focuses on creating better options for the working and middle class, such as a network of city-owned grocery stores that reduce the cost of food and affordable housing—all of which led to his big success with the city’s voters. Whatever one makes of his candidacy, it would seem that “the economy, stupid” is still voters’ most pressing concern.
Wall Street Journal: Blue States Hunt for Ways to Wring More Taxes From the Wealthy
August 14, 2025
A growing number of blue cities and states across the country, from Washington state to Rhode Island, are looking at ways to wring more revenue from their richest taxpayers.
CT Mirror: Sales Tax Holidays Under Fire as CT Launches Its Promotion
August 13, 2025
Progressive organizations note that relatively brief exemption periods, usually limited to a week or even just a weekend, deliver extremely modest relief to consumers, often helping poor households the least.
The Sacramento Bee: Why California’s Wealthiest Tax Payers Could Get Less of a Trump Tax Break
August 12, 2025
The rich will get richer from President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill’s tax provisions – but California’s millionaires won’t get as much of a benefit as their counterparts in most other states.
The Guardian: IRS Commissioner’s Removal Reportedly Over Clash on Undocumented Immigrant Data
August 11, 2025
The removal of the Internal Revenue Service commissioner Billy Long after just two months in the post came after the federal tax collection agency said it could not release some information on taxpayers suspected of being in the US illegally, it was reported on Saturday.
CNBC: These States Have Sales Tax Holidays in 2025. Here’s Who Stands to Benefit, Tax Experts Say
August 11, 2025
Every year, a handful of states offer shoppers a temporary tax break to encourage spending. This year, some of those “sales tax holidays” are happening as President Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten to hike prices.
CBS News: Florida’s Month-long School Tax “Holiday” Kicks Off This Week
July 28, 2025
The Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy argues the discount periods have minimal benefit for working families.
Las Vegas Sun: Rep. Susie Lee: One Big Beautiful Bill Is Unfair, Unpopular – And It’s Soon Coming to Las Vegas
July 28, 2025
It is one of the least popular pieces of legislation in modern American history, giving massive, permanent tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans and temporary crumbs for working families in Southern Nevada.
The Guardian: CEO Pay Climbs Ahead of Trump Tax Windfall for Wealthy, Says Report
July 24, 2025
“Corporate CEOs are raking in millions, and now they’ll get another kickback from President Trump’s tax cut gift and anti-worker agenda,” said Fred Redmond.
Santa Fe New Mexican: New Mexico’s Tax-Free Holiday Offers Back-to-School Shoppers a Break This Weekend
July 24, 2025
Many observers seem split on whether the state’s annual three-day hiatus on collecting tax on many items provides enough economic benefits to justify its costs.
Boston Globe: Trump’s Attack on In-State Tuition for Dreamers is Bad Law – And Worse Policy
July 22, 2025
The White House continues to revel in its brutal immigration crackdown and to insist that mass raids, deportation without due process, ghastly detention camps, sweeping arrests of people with no criminal record, and expulsion of asylum-seekers and even US citizens are what Americans voted for when they returned President Trump to office. But the public is having serious second thoughts.
PolitiFact: Trump Signs Legislation Introducing Federal Tax Credit for School Choice
July 17, 2025
The new legislation adds a new option for people to support school choice programs, but does not guarantee what Trump describes as "universal school choice."
Fortune: For the First Time in 50 Years, The U.S. Will Likely Experience Negative Net Migration, Shrinking The U.S. Workforce – And Economic Growth by Extension
July 16, 2025
President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport millions of immigrants could likely result in a hit to the U.S. labor force that would shrink the country’s gross domestic product, new data shows.
USA Today: Would Mamdani’s ‘Millionaire Tax’ Chase the Rich Out of New York City?
July 14, 2025
Taxing the rich has worked before. In the World War II era, the wealthiest Americans endured a top tax rate above 90% to buoy the economy. But would it work now?
Rolling Stone: Every Dirty Gift Trump’s Big Bill Gives the Fossil Fuel Industry
July 10, 2025
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” provides billions of dollars in giveaways to the fossil fuel industry and its wealthiest executives while taking a machete to our national effort to confront the climate crisis and build healthier, more sustainable, and more just communities.
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