Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Rural America ArticleSeptember 13, 2024 Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Rural America The new authoritarian playbook would devastate rural America in many ways. Sep 13, 2024 Colin Seeberger
The Trump Tax Cuts Led to Record-Low, Not High, Revenues Outside of a Recession ArticleAugust 28, 2024 The Trump Tax Cuts Led to Record-Low, Not High, Revenues Outside of a Recession Federal revenues lag far behind pre-tax cut budget projections. Aug 28, 2024 Bobby Kogan, Brendan Duke, Jessica Vela
Project 2025’s Tax Plan Would Raise Taxes on the Middle Class and Cut Taxes for the Wealthy ArticleAugust 27, 2024 Project 2025’s Tax Plan Would Raise Taxes on the Middle Class and Cut Taxes for the Wealthy The far-right extremist playbook would immediately raise taxes for the middle class by thousands of dollars while also pushing for long-term changes that could raise taxes by $5,900. Aug 27, 2024 Brendan Duke
Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Parents ArticleAugust 20, 2024 Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Parents The new authoritarian playbook would devastate parents in many ways. Aug 20, 2024 Colin Seeberger
Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Seniors ArticleAugust 15, 2024 Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Seniors The new authoritarian playbook would devastate American seniors in many ways. Aug 15, 2024 Colin Seeberger
Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms the American People Fact SheetAugust 8, 2024 Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms the American People The new authoritarian playbook would devastate Americans in many ways. Aug 8, 2024 Colin Seeberger
Fact Sheets: The Harmful Effects of Project 2025, by State Fact SheetAugust 1, 2024 Fact Sheets: The Harmful Effects of Project 2025, by State These fact sheets provide insight into how Project 2025 would affect people in states across the country. Aug 1, 2024 Colin Seeberger
Sen. Ted Cruz’s No Tax on Tips Act Does Little for Low- and Moderate-Wage Workers But Opens Door to Tax Abuse by Wealthy ArticleJuly 17, 2024 Sen. Ted Cruz’s No Tax on Tips Act Does Little for Low- and Moderate-Wage Workers But Opens Door to Tax Abuse by Wealthy This legislation may sound like pro-worker tax reform, but it’s just more of the 2017 tax law’s empty promises for workers and giveaways for the wealthy. Jul 17, 2024 Brendan Duke
The 2017 Tax Bill’s Pass-Through Deduction Largely Favors the Wealthy and Encourages Gaming of the Tax Code ReportJune 27, 2024 The 2017 Tax Bill’s Pass-Through Deduction Largely Favors the Wealthy and Encourages Gaming of the Tax Code Congress should reject attempts to extend the 2017 tax bill’s costly pass-through deduction. Jun 27, 2024 Jean Ross
The Inflation Reduction Act Still Reduces the Deficit ArticleJune 27, 2024 The Inflation Reduction Act Still Reduces the Deficit Higher clean energy tax credit costs mean they are working better than expected. Jun 27, 2024 Bobby Kogan, Brendan Duke
The Direct File Pilot Shows That a Public Tax Filing Option Saves Money, Improves Customer Service ArticleJune 18, 2024 The Direct File Pilot Shows That a Public Tax Filing Option Saves Money, Improves Customer Service States should move to adopt integrated free filing. Jun 18, 2024 Jean Ross
What Would It Take To Stabilize the Debt-to-GDP Ratio? ReportJune 5, 2024 What Would It Take To Stabilize the Debt-to-GDP Ratio? Because most of the Bush-era tax cuts were permanently extended, the United States is projected to have the debt ratio rise indefinitely. Closing this fiscal gap would require decreasing primary deficits by 2.1 percentage points of GDP, on average. Jun 5, 2024 Bobby Kogan, Jessica Vela
Permanently Extending the Trump Tax Cuts Would Increase Upward Pressure on the Debt Ratio by More Than 50 Percent ArticleJune 5, 2024 Permanently Extending the Trump Tax Cuts Would Increase Upward Pressure on the Debt Ratio by More Than 50 Percent If Congress renews the Trump tax package, the fiscal gap will grow from 2.1 percent of GDP to 3.3 percent of GDP, making debt ratio stabilization 54 percent harder. Jun 5, 2024 Bobby Kogan, Jessica Vela
The Biden Administration’s Targeted, Strategic Tariffs Are Effective Industrial Policy at Work ArticleMay 29, 2024 The Biden Administration’s Targeted, Strategic Tariffs Are Effective Industrial Policy at Work Standing up for American workers while fighting the climate crisis is smart and pragmatic policy. May 29, 2024 Ryan Mulholland, Mike Williams
The Key Role of States in Unlocking Direct Pay for Clean Energy ReportMay 28, 2024 The Key Role of States in Unlocking Direct Pay for Clean Energy States have a crucial role to play in maximizing the uptake of direct pay clean energy tax credits and spurring the clean energy economy. May 28, 2024 Reema Bzeih, Rachel Chang, Shara Mohtadi, 1 More Sam Ricketts
Permanently Extending the Trump Tax Cuts Would Cost $4 Trillion Over the Next Decade ArticleMay 8, 2024 Permanently Extending the Trump Tax Cuts Would Cost $4 Trillion Over the Next Decade Permanently extending the Trump tax cuts would cost $400 billion per year and give the largest tax cut to extremely rich households. May 8, 2024 Bobby Kogan, Jessica Vela
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Failed To Deliver Promised Benefits ReportApril 30, 2024 The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Failed To Deliver Promised Benefits Benefits of the business tax changes in Trump’s 2017 tax bill were costly and did not trickle down to workers and families. Apr 30, 2024 Jean Ross
Our aging and low-income workforce needs a broader tax break In the NewsApril 18, 2024 Our aging and low-income workforce needs a broader tax break In The Hill, Beth Almeida and Brendan Duke write about why the United States needs an expanded earned income tax credit. Apr 18, 2024 The Hill Beth Almeida, Brendan Duke
Point: IRS Direct Simplifies Tax Filing, Saves Money In the NewsApril 11, 2024 Point: IRS Direct Simplifies Tax Filing, Saves Money In "DC Journal," Jean Ross writes about the benefits of IRS Direct File. Apr 11, 2024 DC Journal Jean Ross
The Schumer-Johnson Budget Deal, Explained ArticleFebruary 6, 2024 The Schumer-Johnson Budget Deal, Explained Under the tight caps in the budget agreement, Congress should be able to meet the nation’s highest priorities, but the federal government would provide a lower level of services and benefits than it did in fiscal year 2023. Feb 6, 2024 Bobby Kogan, Jean Ross
Rebuilding the IRS Improves Customer Service and Reduces the Tax Gap ArticleJanuary 30, 2024 Rebuilding the IRS Improves Customer Service and Reduces the Tax Gap Funding from the Inflation Reduction Act helps ensure that the wealthy and large corporations pay what they owe and that customer service improvements continue. Jan 30, 2024 Jean Ross
Cryptocurrency Income Is Taxable Income ReportJanuary 11, 2024 Cryptocurrency Income Is Taxable Income Tax laws apply to digital assets just like any other assets. Jan 11, 2024 Alexandra Thornton, Jean Ross
How Cities Can Take Advantage of Direct Pay Past EventJanuary 4, 2024 How Cities Can Take Advantage of Direct Pay Please join the BlueGreen Alliance, the Center for American Progress, Lawyers for Good Government, and the National League of Cities for a virtual briefing on how cities, towns, and villages can take advantage of direct pay programs and tax credit bonuses. Jan 4, 2024 Rachel Chang, Jillian Blanchard, Brennen Cain, 4 More Jaron Goddard, Jason Walsh, Mike Williams, Carolyn Berndt
Recent Health Savings Account (HSA) Expansion Proposals Are Costly and Misguided ArticleDecember 13, 2023 Recent Health Savings Account (HSA) Expansion Proposals Are Costly and Misguided New HSA proposals expand tax shelters for the wealthy while failing to address health care affordability challenges. Dec 13, 2023 Jean Ross, Andrea Ducas
How Threats to IRS Funding Endanger America’s Fiscal Future Past EventOctober 31, 2023 How Threats to IRS Funding Endanger America’s Fiscal Future Please join Patrick Gaspard, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, in conversation with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Dr. Lawrence H. Summers on the importance of adequate funding for tax enforcement and administration to a healthy democracy. Oct 31, 2023 Patrick Gaspard, Lawrence H. Summers, Jean Ross
How George W. Bush and Donald Trump broke America’s tax system In the NewsOctober 27, 2023 How George W. Bush and Donald Trump broke America’s tax system In an op-ed published by MSNBC, Bobby Kogan argues that tax cuts are the reason the federal deficit has grown despite a strong economy. Oct 27, 2023 MSNBC Bobby Kogan
Point: Strong Prevailing Wage Standards Help Grow the Economy In the NewsOctober 19, 2023 Point: Strong Prevailing Wage Standards Help Grow the Economy In an InsideSources op-ed, Karla Walter argues why the Biden administration’s support of prevailing wage standards will help grow the middle class. Oct 19, 2023 InsideSources Karla Walter
House Ways and Means Proposal Would Hurt Honest Tax Filers and Reward Tax Avoidance ArticleJuly 31, 2023 House Ways and Means Proposal Would Hurt Honest Tax Filers and Reward Tax Avoidance Congress should extend and expand, not weaken, information reporting. Jul 31, 2023 Jean Ross
Maximizing the Benefits of Direct Pay for Clean Energy Tax Credits ReportJuly 27, 2023 Maximizing the Benefits of Direct Pay for Clean Energy Tax Credits To fully realize the potential of direct pay and maximize the deployment of clean energy tax credits, the Treasury and IRS must make the program as accessible as possible. Jul 27, 2023 Rachel Chang
House Appropriations Committee Actions Threaten To Block a Public Option for Online Tax Filing ArticleJuly 10, 2023 House Appropriations Committee Actions Threaten To Block a Public Option for Online Tax Filing A hostile rider would bar efforts to create a no-cost filing option that would save taxpayers money. Jul 10, 2023 Jean Ross, Crystal Weise
House Bill Would Slash Business Taxes and Undermine Efforts To Stem Profit Shifting ArticleJune 20, 2023 House Bill Would Slash Business Taxes and Undermine Efforts To Stem Profit Shifting A new House Republican proposal would cut business taxes, expanding the primary cause of the nation’s increasing debt ratio. Jun 20, 2023 Jean Ross
Biden Tax Proposals Would Correct Inequities Created by Trump Tax Cuts and Raise Additional Revenues ReportApril 14, 2023 Biden Tax Proposals Would Correct Inequities Created by Trump Tax Cuts and Raise Additional Revenues President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 tax proposal would impose new taxes on unearned income, while improving the child tax credit. Apr 14, 2023 Jean Ross
Bank Failures Highlight Need for a Strong and Independent CFPB ArticleApril 10, 2023 Bank Failures Highlight Need for a Strong and Independent CFPB The CFPB faces legal and political challenges amid instability in the banking system. Apr 10, 2023 Lilith Fellowes-Granda, Crystal Weise
Tax Cuts Are Primarily Responsible for the Increasing Debt Ratio ReportMarch 27, 2023 Tax Cuts Are Primarily Responsible for the Increasing Debt Ratio Without the Bush and Trump tax cuts, debt as a percentage of the economy would be declining permanently. Mar 27, 2023 Bobby Kogan
The ‘Fair Tax’ Act Would Radically Restructure the Nation’s Tax System in Favor of the Wealthy ArticleFebruary 8, 2023 The ‘Fair Tax’ Act Would Radically Restructure the Nation’s Tax System in Favor of the Wealthy The Fair Tax Act would replace federal income and payroll taxes with a national sales tax, slashing federal revenues and cutting taxes on the wealthy. Feb 8, 2023 Jean Ross, Kyle Ross
The Biden Administration’s First 2 Years: Stories of Americans Who Benefit From a Government Invested in Their Future ArticleDecember 12, 2022 The Biden Administration’s First 2 Years: Stories of Americans Who Benefit From a Government Invested in Their Future This collection features stories from Americans across the country whose lives and communities have benefited from the legislative and executive actions passed under the Biden administration. Dec 12, 2022 the Center for American Progress Action Fund
Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice We pursue climate action that meets the crisis’s urgency, creates good-quality jobs, benefits disadvantaged communities, and restores U.S. credibility on the global stage.
Restoring Social Trust in Democracy Restoring Social Trust in Democracy Democracy is under attack at home and abroad. We must act to ensure it is accessible to all, accountable, and can serve as a force of good.
Building an Economy for All Building an Economy for All Economic growth must be built on the foundation of a strong and secure middle class so that all Americans benefit from growth.