Amy Hanauer
Amy Hanauer joined ITEP in 2020, bringing nearly 30 years of experience working to create economic policy that advances social justice. As executive director of both ITEP and Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ), Amy provides vision and leadership to promote fair and equitable state and national tax policy.
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news release November 19, 2021 House Passage of Build Back Better Bill Moves America’s Tax Code in the Right Direction
The following is a statement from Amy Hanauer, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, regarding the House of Representatives passing the Build Back Better plan. “The Build… -
news release November 15, 2021 ITEP Statement on President Biden Signing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
America does better when we invest in our people, our places and our planet. The infrastructure bill that President Biden signed today will restore and strengthen our physical infrastructure, making repairs and improvements that are long overdue. Now Congress needs to take the next step and pass legislation that taxes wealthy people and corporations to pay for our care and climate infrastructure.
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blog October 28, 2021 Tax Provisions in the White House Build Back Better Framework: The Good and Bad
The tax provisions in the Build Back Better framework released by the White House today include enormously helpful reforms but also some disappointments. The good news is that the plan would raise nearly $2 trillion over a decade from those who can afford to pay–the richest Americans and large, profitable corporations. The bad news is that some fundamental problems with our tax code would remain unaddressed.
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blog October 27, 2021 A Surprising Idea from the Era of Reaganomics
President Reagan is lionized by many for cutting taxes and government. But the story is more complicated. Reagan knee-capped regulation and much domestic spending, and early in his administration he… -
media mention October 19, 2021 Barrons: Even Scaled Back, Biden’s Tax Reforms Would Reshape Business
Following is an excerpt of an opEd by ITEP Executive Director Amy Hanauer: Despite the drama about getting majorities of lawmakers to support it, the tax bill before Congress right… -
media mention September 17, 2021 The Hill: Lessons from Occupy Wall Street for today’s tax fight
Following is an excerpt from an opEd by Amy Hanauer, ITEP’s executive director, published in The Hill. Right now, Congress is debating President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, a plan that would make… -
news release September 13, 2021 ITEP: House Ways and Means Revenue Proposals Are a Promising Start, Leave Some Crucial Work Undone
Earlier this year, the Biden administration put forth a transformative tax proposal that would raise significant revenue, reduce corporate tax avoidance, and substantially increase taxes paid by the wealthiest individuals. The Ways and Means Committee has kept some of these important reforms but has diluted others in ways that would leave some of the work of tax reform undone.
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media mention September 6, 2021 The Nation: The New New Deal
Amy Hanauer, the executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, sees the budget as a “long overdue” opportunity to achieve fairer taxation. Biden and Senate Democrats have… -
media mention September 2, 2021 Salon: Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp now lobbies for tax loophole she called “one of the biggest scams”
Amy Hanauer, executive director of the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, told Salon that the current loophole “unfairly allows billionaires like Jeff Bezos to avoid paying income tax on… -
news release August 5, 2021 ITEP Statement on AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka’s Death
Following is a statement from Amy Hanauer, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, regarding the death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: “The board and staff of… -
news release June 24, 2021 ITEP: Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Must Be Accompanied by Bolder Legislation
Following is a statement by Amy Hanauer, executive director of ITEP, regarding the bipartisan deal announced today by senators and the White House. “While the bipartisan infrastructure deal announced today… -
news release June 8, 2021 ITEP: ProPublica’s Expose on Billionaires’ Taxes Is Another Wake-up Call
The explosive ProPublica report released today confirmed what we have known for quite some time: the wealthy and powerful play by a different set of rules than the rest of us. Following is a statement by Amy Hanauer, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, regarding the report: “ProPublica’s reporting today on the details of how 25 billionaires pay little to nothing in federal tax relative to their incomes is a wakeup call: the nation needs tax reform that will impart some balance to our tax system.”
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news release May 28, 2021 Biden’s Budget Signals the End of Trickle-Down Economics Era
President Joe Biden’s 2022 budget proposal released today signals a commitment to transformational policy solutions that not only invest in people and communities but also ensure corporations and rich people contribute more in taxes to support the economy that makes their wealth and profits possible, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) said today.
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media mention May 4, 2021 Daily Kos: Study: Non-wealthy to benefit most from Biden’s tax and spending plans, especially in red states
For those who aren’t policy wonks—and who somehow can’t decide whether Joe Biden is a compassionate family man or a rapacious baby’s blood aficionado—it can be difficult to suss out… -
news release April 28, 2021 American Families Plan Proposes Transformational Investments and More Equitable Tax Reform
Following is a statement by Amy Hanauer, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, regarding President Biden’s remarks on the American Families Plan. “Longstanding inequities, deepened by… -
blog April 27, 2021 Alvin Schorr and the Policy Relay Race
Sometimes a good idea takes a while. Alvin Schorr, who would have turned 100 this month, helped draft a 1972 bill “to provide for a system of children’s allowances.” He continued to push (in a 1977 congressional testimony and in a 1983 New York Times op-ed) for a refundable tax credit for all families and a children’s allowance, among other laudable ideas. A half-century later, these ideas—which many others have championed—are becoming reality.
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media mention April 23, 2021 FAIR: ‘Some of Our Most Profitable Companies Are Not Contributing to Our Basic Needs’
Janine Jackson interviewed Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s Amy Hanauer about corporate tax avoidance for the April 16, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Read… -
media mention April 14, 2021 Nonprofit Quarterly: Pressure to Tax Corporations Rises as Infrastructure Gaps Come into Full View
The bottom line: As research conducted by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) illustrates, at least 55 major US corporations that had a combined total of $40.5 billion… -
April 8, 2021 The High Cost of Corporate Tax Avoidance (Webinar)
When communities thrive, so do corporations. But when profitable corporations build their empires by exploiting the tax code, it is workers, the environment and our communities—not CEOs or shareholders—that are harmed. Amazon posted its highest U.S. profit ever for 2020, an unprecedented year defined by a pandemic. Yet the company sheltered more than half its profits from corporate taxes—legally. While the company may be one of the most recognizable tax avoiders, it’s not an outlier.
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report April 2, 2021 Corporate Tax Reform in the Wake of the Pandemic
Read as PDF Note: This report is adapted from written testimony submitted by Amy Hanauer before testifying in person to the Senate Budget Committee on March 25, 2021. In 2020,… -
blog March 25, 2021 Here Are Some Truths About Corporate Tax Avoidance
We all need the things that the public sector provides. When corporate taxes go unpaid, the American people have less for the things that would help our communities. That means less repair of our failing infrastructure, less investment in greening our economy, less funding to help young people attend college.
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March 25, 2021 Testimony to Senate Budget Committee on Ending a Rigged Tax Code: The Need To Make the Wealthiest People and Largest Corporations Pay their Fair Share of Taxes
Following is testimony of ITEP Executive Director Amy Hanauer before the Senate Budget Committee to consider “Ending a Rigged Tax Code: The Need To Make the Wealthiest People and Largest… -
media mention March 15, 2021 CNBC: Expecting a $1,400 Stimulus Check by Mail? Here’s What to Watch for
Instead, the checks will be signed by a career official at the Bureau of Fiscal Service, which is working with the IRS to deliver the money. This has been the… -
news release March 10, 2021 American Rescue Plan Uses Government Muscle to Tackle Big Economic Problems
Media contact Following is a statement by Amy Hanauer, executive director of The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, regarding the American Rescue Plan, which has cleared both houses of… -
news release March 2, 2021 ITEP: Senate Should Pass Rescue Plan without Delay
Senators and representatives can look to recent history—the 2007-2009 recession—for lessons on how to best address the current economic crisis. If we do too little, the economy will stay weak much longer, hurting all of us.