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Trump Proposal Would Limit Green Cards And Visas For Immigrants With Low Incomes Or Government Assistance

On September 21 st , the Trump Administration proposed a regulation limiting access to legal permanent residency status (green cards) and other visas for immigrants...

September 28, 2018Aravind Boddupalli Kim S. Rueben

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The TCJA Is Increasing The Share Of Households Paying No Federal Income Tax

The Tax Policy Center has updated its estimate of the percentage of Americans who pay no federal individual income taxes. And the number is: 44...

September 5, 2018Philip Stallworth Daniel Berger

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How Doctors Are Expanding Access To The Earned Income Tax Credit

Here is the problem: Families with children are not fully benefitting from tax-based government safety net programs such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)...

August 17, 2018Howard Gleckman

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Tax Reform 2.0 Should Expand Childless EITC To Reduce Poverty

House Ways & Means Committee Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX) and other top House Republicans are exploring some ideas for a proposed tax reform 2.0 ,...

August 6, 2018Elaine Maag

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Ready, Or More Often Not, States Make Big Tax Changes

When Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in December, it forced states to confront major tax policy issues of their own ,...

April 23, 2018Richard C. Auxier

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How To Improve the Child Tax Credit for Very Low-Income Families

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made many changes to the individual income tax. In particular, the child tax credit (CTC) was increased to provide...

April 19, 2018Elaine Maag

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Conformity and Child Tax Credits: How Idaho’s $100 Million Tax Cut Could Raise Taxes on Large Families

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter signed a $100 million tax cut last Monday. The bill would reduce Idaho’s individual and corporate income tax rates and lower...

March 21, 2018Richard C. Auxier

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