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Low-Income Workers Without Children May Miss Out On The Coronavirus Rebates

April 3, 2020 –
To get the coronavirus rebates in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act this year, most people will have to file an income...
Individual Taxes

Treasury Now Will Send Coronavirus Payments To Social Security Beneficiaries Without Income Tax Returns. That May Be Bad News For Many.

April 2, 2020 –
Last night, the, the Treasury Department announced it was reversing course and would make direct coronavirus rebate payments to Social Security beneficiaries even if they...

Treasury Struggles With CARES Act Rebates To Social Security Beneficiaries

April 1, 2020 –
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act promises that low-income Social Security beneficiaries will automatically get their $1,200 COVID-19 rebate, but new guidance...

The CARES Act Provided Important Relief For The Coronavirus Economy, But What Should Phase 4 Look Like?

April 1, 2020 –
Last week, Congress and President Trump enacted the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the largest aid package in American history...
Individual Taxes

Home Schooling Tax Policy: Or How We Spent Our First Week Of The Pandemic

April 1, 2020 –
The COVID-19 pandemic has given me the chance to teach (thanks to the internet) between three and nine students, ranging in ages from 8 to 15, how to think and write about one of my favorite topics: Taxes.
Federal Budget and Economy

What Tax Experts Can Contribute: Lessons from World War II

March 31, 2020 –
The United States is facing an immense human tragedy. According to one influential analysis , up to 2 million Americans could die from COVID-19 in...

Congress Must Do More To Help States And Localities Respond To COVID-19

March 30, 2020 –
The $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act signed into law last week will allocate roughly $200 billion in fiscal relief to...
Individual Taxes

Free File Is An Easy Way For Government To Get Coronavirus Payments To Non-Filers

March 30, 2020 –
The federal government’s new coronavirus payments to adults and children will provide much-needed cash to 90 percent of US households. Unfortunately, tens of millions of...
Federal Budget and Economy

How Will The Coronavirus Stimulus Bill’s Individual Payments Work?

March 26, 2020 –
For many households, the most important provision of the massive $2.2 trillion stimulus bill passed by the Senate last night will be the individual cash...

How Soon Can The IRS Get Coronavirus Payments Out The Door?

March 25, 2020 –
During last month’s Democratic presidential debate, moderator Gayle King asked the candidates what motto guided their lives. If Oprah’s best friend ever asks me, I...
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State Revenue Forecasts Before COVID-19 and Directions Forward

Lucy Dadayan
April 2, 2020

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