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The TCJA Didn’t Change Child Benefits For Most Families With Children By Very Much

October 8, 2019 –
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) significantly changed how families with children were treated under the individual income tax, but for many - changed...

Taxpaying Workers Will Be Punished by Trump’s New Curbs on Immigrants Receiving Public Benefits

August 16, 2019 –
In his defense this week of the Trump Administration’s “public charge rule” that aims to limit immigration for people perceived likely to need public benefits,...
Individual Taxes

Remember The 47 Percent Who Pay No Income Taxes? They Are Not Who You Think.

August 6, 2019 –
Few of the 47 percent of who pay no federal income tax are off the rolls for very long.
Individual Taxes

The Lowest-Income Families Could Receive Larger Child Tax Credits With A Few Changes To The Tax Code

April 5, 2019 –
The child tax credit (CTC) provides a credit of up to $2,000 per child for families with children under 17. But low-income families often get...

A Cool Tool That Shows How Various Elements Of The TCJA Affect Revenues And Incomes

March 26, 2019 –
How did key elements of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) affect the after-tax incomes of various income groups? And what would happen...

Fixing The TCJA: Restore The Personal Exemption

March 21, 2019 –
Now that Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives, some lawmakers are looking for ways to rewrite the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs...
Individual Taxes

If Tax Refunds And Benefits Are Delayed By Shutdown, That Would Hurt Vulnerable Americans

January 14, 2019 –
For many US households, the ongoing partial government shutdown is inconvenient. But for low-income households, it may become a severe hardship. If the shutdown goes...
Individual Taxes

Kamala Harris’s Tax Credit Would Cut Taxes Significantly For Low- And Moderate-Income Households But Could Add Trillions To The Debt

November 14, 2018 –
The Tax Policy Center estimates that the new refundable tax credit for low- and middle-income households proposed by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) would cut taxes...

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

September 28, 2018 –
On September 21 st , the Trump Administration proposed a regulation limiting access to legal permanent residency status (green cards) and other visas for immigrants...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Amazon Isn’t A Bad Employer, But Stop-BEZOS Is A Bad Bill

September 7, 2018 –
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) just introduced the ‘‘ Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies Act ’’ (or Stop-BEZOS) that would punish...