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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...
Federal Budget and Economy

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

September 5, 2018 –
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...

How Taxpayers in DC and its Suburbs Would Fare Under the New Tax Law

January 22, 2018 –
As Tax Policy Center analyses have shown , the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) treats people of similar incomes in very different ways, depending...

Child Tax Credit In The Unified Framework: Nothing To See Here

October 10, 2017 –
The Big Six Unified Framework promises a tax plan that “significantly increases the Child Tax Credit (CTC)”, but provides few details. If the child tax...