Tax credits (individual)

Expanding The EITC To Include Family Caregivers

February 21, 2020 –

A handful of the remaining Democratic presidential candidates remain committed to increasing the earned income tax credit (EITC), particularly for workers without children at home...

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Are Tax Credits The Best Way To Subsidize Long-Term Care Costs?

February 3, 2020 –

Most major Democratic presidential hopefuls have proposed new government assistance for those receiving long-term supports and services and their families. Mayor Pete Buttigieg has proposed...

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

"Tell me what you want, what you really, really want..."

March 6, 2019 –

I asked some parents to make a choice. Their response was perhaps not what Warren hoped for, given her proposed Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act.

Individual Taxes

Can Harris And Booker’s Plans Help Poor People Avoid Eviction?

February 7, 2019 –

Remember Evicted , Matthew Desmond’s harrowing account of the housing travails of low-income families in Milwaukee? Undoubtedly senators (and presidential hopefuls) Cory Booker and Kamala...

Individual Taxes

Political Campaigns and Tax Incentives: Do We Give to Get?

January 2, 2019 –

Can tax policy encourage more individuals to make small donations to political campaigns?

Individual Taxes

The Theological Battle Over Tax Credits Versus Tax Deductions

March 30, 2017 –

Among the ruins of the American Health Care Act, there remains an important debate over tax credits versus tax deductions . This turns out to...

Individual Taxes

Simplifying and Targeting Tax Subsidies for Child Care

March 23, 2017 –

Two tax benefits—the child and dependent care tax credit (CDCTC) and the employer-provided child care exclusion—help families pay for work-related child care, but neither does...