Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

Steve Wamhoff

Media Mentions

The Washington Post: The U.S. is Giving Up on Taxing InheritancesNew York Times: Trump’s Plans Could Increase U.S. Debt While Raising Costs for Most AmericansThe American Prospect: The $6 Trillion DecisionWashington Post: Biden: Ban Deductions for Firms Paying Executives More Than $1 MillionThe Guardian: Private Equity Prepares for a Boon From CongressPittsburgh Post-Gazette: PNC Bank, PPG Industries Among Companies Paying Less Than the Federal Tax RateThe Hill: Trump Tax Cuts on the Line in 2024 ElectionYahoo Finance: Lawmakers Ink a Bipartisan Tax Deal to Expand the Child Tax CreditAxios: Bipartisan Deal Would Expand Child Tax Credit, Lift Half-Million Children Out of PovertyThe Guardian: US Corporations Push to Roll Back Trump-Era Tax Policies They Once EndorsedWashington Post: Behind Closed Doors, Trump Eyes Second Round of Corporate tax CutsWashington Post: Congress Nears Deal to Partially Restore Biden’s Expanded Child Tax CreditTIME: How Giant Corporations Can Still Get Out of Paying TaxesPittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Next Tax Debates are Heating Up in CongressSalon: GOP Follows Debt Fight with Bill to Give $24 billion Tax Cut to the Top 1 PercentWashington Post: How California’s Wild Weather Brought the Debt-Ceiling ‘X Date’ CloserMarketWatch: Biden’s Tax Hikes for the Rich are Unlikely to Pass. The Bigger Debate: Trump-era Tax Cuts that End in 2025.Wall Street Journal: Top GOP Tax Legislator Says He’ll Boost Workers, Probe CompaniesFinancial Times: Wall Street Finds a Tax Silver Lining in Down MarketNewsweek: Stimulus Check Update: Child Tax Credit Bill Faces Uphill BattleMarketwatch: Here’s How Private Equity Got Relief in Democrats’ Healthcare, Climate and Tax PackageWashington Post: With Sinema’s Help, Private Equity Firms Win Relief from Proposed Tax HikesBloomberg Tax Op-Ed: Manchin-Schumer Deal Takes Sensible Aim at Corporate Tax DodgingThe Washington Post: How the Schumer-Manchin Climate Bill Might Impact You and Change the U.S.Bloomberg: Musk’s Untaxed Wealth Opens a Path to Twitter, Riling DemocratsMcClatchy: A Republican senator has a plan to ‘Rescue America.’ Here’s what it could cost CaliforniansAssociated Press: How Would a Billionaire Tax Work?MarketWatch: Can Biden turn his ‘billionaire minimum income tax’ into law?Fortune: President Biden says his ‘Billionaire Minimum Income Tax’ would raise $360 billion. How does it work?McClatchy: Would a gas tax break help drivers save that much money? Here’s what experts sayPolitifact: States’ Pursuit of Top-Heavy Tax Cuts Is Disconnected from RealityStar-Ledger: On SALT, Dems push tax relief for the rich, not the middle classWashington Post: Democrats look at expanding minimum tax on wealthy in exchange for state and local tax breakNewsmax: Dems Consider Upping Minimum Tax on Rich in Exchange for SALT Deduction CapCNBC: Democrats still weighing changes to limit on state and local taxes deductionWall Street Journal: Corporate Minimum Tax ResurfacesThe Wall Street Journal: Biden Stock Buyback Tax: What to Know About the Latest ProposalBloomberg: How Democrats Could Tax Companies More—Without Undoing Trump’s Tax CutsMarketwatch: As Democrats’ tax proposals evolve, the outlook for the super-rich is improvingFast Company: Is the Global Minimum Tax Enough?McClatchy: Biden’s spending plan has big income tax changes. Here are the Californians who would benefitAssociated Press: How US states help rich foreigners shield assetsAssociated Press: ‘Pandora Papers’ bring renewed calls for tax haven scrutinyPolitico: Democrats likely to throw billions in tax hikes overboard as spending plans shrinkThe Hill: House Democrats take step back from Biden on tax hikesDaily Tax Report: House Democrats’ International Tax Plan More Modest in AimWall Street Journal: Heirs, Estates and the Step-Up in Basis RuleThe Hill: Progressives prepare to launch counterattack in tax fightBloomberg Law: Wyden Plan Retains Tax Boost But Mulls Foreign Tax Credit PerkCommon Dreams: 73 Major Corporations Paid Just 5.3% Federal Tax Rate Between 2018 and 2020: ReportCNBC: Between stimulus checks and expanded tax credits, here’s how much federal money you could getCNBC: Between stimulus checks and expanded tax credits, here’s how much federal money you could getNBC News: Billionaire investor Peter Thiel has $5B in his tax-free retirement account, report findsMarket Watch: How would Biden’s tax hikes hit the wealth of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other billionaires? First, they’d have to die, experts sayFortune: Biden’s plan will stop Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk from avoiding billions in taxesNew York Times: Investors Fret as Biden Takes Aim at a 100-Year-Old Tax LoopholeAssociated Press: IRS to the rescue? Tax audits eyed for infrastructure cashDaily Kos: Study: Non-wealthy to benefit most from Biden’s tax and spending plans, especially in red statesNBC News: Venture capitalists spar over Biden plan to raise their taxesUSA TODAY: Biden cites left-leaning study that 55 of top U.S. companies paid no federal income taxesThe Hill: Progressives Divided over Efforts to Repeal SALT CapThe Hill: White House sends mixed message on higher taxesSalon: America’s Biggest Corporations Paid No Federal Income Taxes Last Year: Study(Connecticut) Middletown-Press: Stamford-based Charter Communications Paid No Federal Income Taxes in 2020, New Report ShowsWashington Post: Dozens of America’s Biggest Businesses Paid No Federal Income Tax AgainAssociated Press: Even with Pretax Profits, Many Big Companies Pay Zero US TaxThe Hill: A Straightforward Way to Pay for Biden’s Recovery Plan (Opinion)Fortune: Biden Plots Tax Hikes on Corporations and High-earners to Fund Ambitious Infrastructure PlanFortune: The COVID Relief Bill Doesn’t Raise Taxes on Gig WorkersCNBC: New $1,400 Stimulus Checks Are on the Way. Here’s Who Qualifies for the MoneyAssociated Press: COVID Relief Bill Could Permanently Alter Social Safety NetBloomberg: Millions of Americans Miss Out on Stimulus ‘Survival’ ChecksReuters: Analysis: Despite Republican Opposition, Red States Fare Well in Biden’s COVID-19 BillCNBC: Stimulus Checks and Expanded Tax CreditsWashington Post: Biden stimulus showers money on Americans, sharply cutting poverty and favoring individuals over businessesMarketwatch: ‘This is pure politics’: Fewer Americans will get a stimulus check this time around — here’s how many people will get oneThe Hill: Analysis: Senate stimulus check changes would reduce recipients by up to 16 millionNew York Post: Nearly 12 million Americans could lose COVID stimulus checks under Biden’s new capYahoo! Finance: New stimulus check thresholds would leave 12 million adults without paymentsReuters: Millions of U.S. households would not get COVID-19 payments under new Biden planCNBC: About 12 million adults may not receive those $1,400 stimulus checks. Here’s whyToday.com: Senate bill will narrow who can receive $1,400 stimulus checksCNBC: Senate Democrats’ plan to curb eligibility for third stimulus check cuts off 12 million adultsCBS News: Stimulus bill would boost incomes of poorest Americans by nearly $4,000CNBC: A new child tax credit expansion could provide monthly income. Some question whether the help is too much or too littleMarketWatch: Here’s the Maximum Amount Biden’s Stimulus Checks and Tax Credits Would Deliver to America’s Poorest FamiliesYahoo! Finance: $2,000 stimulus checks would be a massive boost for America’s poorestThe Wall Street Journal: Biden Tax-Increase Agenda Revived as Democrats Win SenateThe American Prospect: The Day One Agenda for Corporate TaxesCNBC: Here’s What’s Ahead for President-elect Biden’s Tax PlanYahoo! Finance: Here’s How the Biden Tax Plan Would Affect Each StateWashington Times: Spending plans by Biden, Trump would hike federal debt by $5 trillion over 10 yearsFAIR: Steve Wamhoff on Trump’s TaxesMarketwatch: Trump’s 2017 tax bill was reportedly $750 — here’s how that stacks up against the average American’s taxesScoop: ‘The American People Should Be Pissed Off’: Critics Say Trump Tax Dodging Exposes System Rotten to the CoreAssociated Press: Trump Went Even Further Than Other Uber-rich to Shrink TaxesCommon Dreams: The American people should be angry’: Critics say Trump tax dodging exposes a system rotten to the corePolitico Morning Tax: All about the payroll tax executive orderThe Hill: Stimulus checks debate now focuses on size, eligibilityBloomberg: Biden Attacks $50 Billion Real Estate Tax Break in Jab at TrumpThe Epoch Times: Biden’s Progressive Tax Proposal Raises Rates on Wealthy and CorporationsPOLITICO Morning Tax: Welcome, commissionerMinneapolis Star Tribune: Minnesota Companies Cashing in on CARES Act Business Tax BreaksSalon.com: About 75% of Trump’s Proposed Coronavirus Capital Gains Tax Cut Would Go to the Top 1% of EarnersThe Hill: Business tax provisions in coronavirus relief law spark controversyCNBC: When Will the Money ArriveCNBC: A tale of two coronavirus relief efforts: One for the rich, one for the poorMarket Watch: This is how much American workers saved during the first year after Trump tax overhaulThe Hill: Financial trade tax gains traction with 2020 DemocratsYahoo! Finance: In Search of the ‘Disappearing Corporate Income Tax’McClatchy: Lifting the Cap on This Tax Break Would Benefit California’s RichCapital and Main: Two Years Later: What Has Trump’s Tax Law Delivered?Quartz: Two Years into Trump’s Tax Cut, the Results Are Not PromisingWashington Post: House Narrowly Passes Bill That Would Restore SALT Tax Benefits to Higher-income AmericansBloomberg Tax: Tax Perk to Boost Investment May Work—For Small BusinessesThe News Tribune: How Did Tacoma Do Under Trump Tax Cuts? You Can Calculate it for YourselfUSA Today: Trump Is Floating Another Tax Cut. But the Last Thing We Need Is More Breaks for the Rich.Capitol and Main: Trump Boasts of Economic Growth as Inequality DeepensFast Company: While Trump Boasts of Economic Growth, Inequality DeepensProPublica: How a Tax Break to Help the Poor Went to NBA Owner Dan GilbertThe Hill: Senate Rejects Dem Measure to Overturn IRS Rules on SALT Deduction CapThe Fiscal Times: Would a Warren/Sanders Wealth Tax Kill the Economy?The Hill: Conservatives Push Trump Tariff Relief over Payroll Tax CutsBBC: Three Ways Trump Could Juice the EconomyWall Street Journal: Going Out of Style: Tax-Driven Deals to Move Corporate HQs Outside U.S.Washington Times: 2020 Democratic Candidates Put Trump’s Corporate Tax Rate Cut in CrosshairsThe Hill: 2020 Democrats Push Tax Hike on Wealthy InvestorsNevada Business: Taxes and Nevada: The Give and TakeWashington Post: Democratic presidential candidates engage in ‘arms race to the left’ in first debateThe Hill: Dems Talk up Tax Credits to Counter Trump Tax LawBloomberg: When an Eight-Figure IPO Windfall Can Mean a Zero-Digit Tax BillYahoo! Finance: Corporations Paid $91 Billion Less in Taxes in 2018 under Trump’s Tax LawABC News: Trump Lobbied for Tax Loopholes in the 1990sThe Hill: Tax Prep Companies Under Fire over Free File ProgramNew York Times: Dealbook BriefingBloomberg: Want to Make Millions and Pay No Taxes? Try Real EstateCNN: Four Ways Trump’s Tax Cuts Changed the EconomyThe Intercept: Don’t Fall for the Right’s Favorite Lie About TaxesThink Progress: Trump Tax ‘Cut’ Actually Increased Taxes for 10 Million American Families, Report FindsYahoo! Finance: Not Just Amazon: 60 Big Companies Paid $0 in Taxes under Trump LawFast Company: Soak the Rich but How?New York Times: A Man with a Plan for InequalityCNBC: What the Wyden-Proposed Tax on Unrealized Capital Gains Might mean for YouBloomberg: Key Democrat Revives Plan to Make Capital Gains Tax Due AnnuallyNew York Observer: Amazon Paid $0 in Federal Taxes Despite Making $11 Billion in 2018—And No One Knows WhyYahoo! Finance: Amazon Will Pay $0 in Taxes on $11,200,000,000 in Profit for 2018Washington Post: Live Commentary on Trump’s SOTUThe Hill: Warren Stakes out Ground with Wealth Tax ProposalPolitico: Let’s Talk Wealth TaxWashington Post: In Early Win for Party’s Left, House Democrats Back off Tax RuleWashington Post: Democrats Face Early Division in Rules over TaxesWashington Post: How big developers like Trump benefit from web of tax breaksNew Hampshire Business: Winners and Losers Under the New Tax PlanGannette: NJ Suit Over SALT Deduction Would Help the State’s Richest 1.5 Percent the MostNew York Times: $111 Billion in Tax Cuts for the Top 1 PercentVox: America’s Getting $10 Trillion in Tax Cuts, and 20% of Them Are Going to the Richest 1%The Hill: Tax Cuts Since 2000 Have Mostly Benefited High EarnersYahoo! Finance: The Steep Cost of Tax Cuts Since 2001Washington Post: NJ Democrats Loved the Idea of Taxing the Rich Until They Could Actually Do ItCity & State: Cuomo’s Tax Work Arounds Would Be ChallengingAlbany Times-Union: States Release Plans to Shift from Income to Payroll TaxesBloomberg: Trump’s SALT `War’ Revisited: Most Blue Staters Will Get Tax CutFortune: Real Estate Investors Will Love This Last-Minute Change to the Tax PlanThe Chicago Tribune: The GOP Tax Plan Has a Nasty Surprise for Parents with College-Age KidsUSA Today: The new tax plan will make Trump’s family richer, experts say. Here’s how.New York Times: Trump Says GOP Tax Bill Won’t Benefit Him. That’s Not TrueNPR’s On Point: Who Benefits from GOP Tax PlanCBS News Moneywatch: Can Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts Help the Middle Class?Think Progress: Trump Plans Major Tax Cut for the Rich But Americans Want the Exact OppositeWashington Examiner: Mitch McConnell Faces Dug-in Democrats on Tax ReformThe Hill: Repealing Obamacare Has Always Been about Tax Cuts for the Rich

Steve Wamhoff is ITEP’s director of federal tax policy. In this role, he is responsible for setting the organization’s federal research and policy agenda. He is the author of numerous reports and analyses of federal tax policies as well as in-depth policy briefs that outline how the federal income tax and corporate tax code can be overhauled to improve tax fairness.

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