Month: March 2009

March 31, 2009 01:54 PM | Permalink |

Testimony of Michael J. McIntyre and Robert S. McIntyre

On Banking Secrecy Practices and Wealthy American Taxpayers
Before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures

March 31, 2009

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March 30, 2009 01:56 PM | Permalink |

The undersigned organizations support a budget that makes the investments we need to rebuild our economy and promote shared prosperity. We know that putting our country on the right path requires responsible choices, including ensuring that there is enough revenue to sustain our recovery and invest in the future.

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March 27, 2009 01:58 PM | Permalink |

Yesterday, the Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives released the outlines of a tax and spending plan1 that they argue is a more fiscally responsible alternative to the budget outline proposed by President Obama and the similar budget resolutions working their way through the House and Senate.

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March 18, 2009 02:10 PM | Permalink |

Budget Proposal Includes Significant Progressive Initiatives & Tax Reforms, But Revenues Fall Short
(State-by-State Figures in Appendix)

On February 26, President Obama sent to Congress the blueprint for what could be one of the most progressive federal budgets in generations. The budget calls for national health care reform, expanded education funding, a program to reduce global warming, and several improvements in human needs programs. It would make the tax code considerably more progressive, and close a number of egregious tax loopholes.

But there is a huge flaw in the budget proposal: It does not raise enough revenue to pay for public services. Instead, its net effect is to cut taxes dramatically.

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March 17, 2009 02:13 PM | Permalink |

As Senate Finance Committee Meets to Consider Offshore Tax Evasion, Citizens for Tax Justice Joins Other Organizations in Support of Legislation to Crack Down on Tax Havens

Citizens for Tax Justice has joined over 20 other national organizations signing a letter to Congress in support of legislation introduced by Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) to crack down on offshore tax evasion.

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March 17, 2009 02:07 PM | Permalink |

A Closer Look at Programs Hidden Within the Tax Code Would Enhance Government Transparency

In his recently released budget blueprint, President Obama promised to overhaul the way the federal government judges its own effectiveness.1 In addition to opening the evaluation process to input from the public, the Congress, and outside experts, the President pledged that the evaluation would take a more comprehensive perspective. Specifically, President Obama declared that “programs will not be measured in isolation, but assessed in the context of other programs that are serving the same population or meeting the same goals.” In response, Citizens for Tax Justice Senior Analyst, Carl Davis, stated today, “If the President’s goal is for these reviews to be truly comprehensive, the evaluation process will need to be expanded to include the hundreds of billions of dollars devoted to programs we administer through the tax code — commonly known as tax expenditures.”

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