Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to include family caregivers is one step toward ensuring tax policies recognize unpaid care work.
U.S. PIRG Urges Lawmakers to Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit to Caregivers
US PIRG, Jan. 25, 2019
Month: January 2019
U.S. is Long Overdue for a Wealth Tax
The federal tax code taxes income derived from work at higher rates than income from wealth, e.g. capital gains and real estate investments. This paper from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth explores how the nation could implement a wealth tax and how such a tax could address economic inequality.
Wealth taxation: An introduction to net worth taxes and how one might work in the United States
Center for Equitable Growth, Jan. 23, 2019
How States Can Recoup $17 Billion Lost to Corporate Tax Havens
This report from Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, U.S. PIRG, SalesFactor.org and American Sustainable Business Council provides a roadmap for states to collect $17 billion lost annually to corporations stashing profits in tax havens.
Report: A Simple Fix for a $17 Billion Loophole
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Jan. 17, 2019
Long-Term Trends and The Racial Wealth Gap
Black families have substantially less wealth than white families. This paper by the Institute for Policy Studies examines public policies that facilitated white families’ ability to grow wealth while impeding it for black families.
Report: Dreams Deferred
Institute for Policy Studies, Jan. 2019
How to Develop More Equitable State Tax Systems
This quick-start guide from Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) distills Who Pays? findings into a set of policy recommendations – from the foundational to the aspirational – that residents of every state can draw from and start work on now.
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Jan. 9, 2019