🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 We've teamed up with ColorOfChange to release a report titled “How Tax Fairness Can Promote Racial Equity.” Read the report by Portia Allen-Kyle, COC’s Managing Director, and David Kass, ATF’s Executive Director. ➡️ coc.is/TaxFairnessRep…

The IRS has opened its free tax filing service to every state for the 2025 tax filing season. Here are the states that have joined Direct File so far. itep.org/irs-direct-fil…

The IRS has collected nearly $1.3 billion in overdue taxes from wealthy households since last fall. That's a major result of increased funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. cnn.com/2024/09/06/pol…

Our system asks far too little of wealthy people and corporations, writes Amy Hanauer of Citizens for Tax Justice. commondreams.org/opinion/trump-…

Exempting tips from taxes isn’t a new idea. It’s been proposed before and always abandoned because it’s practically impossible to do without creating new avenues for tax avoidance. itep.org/no-tax-on-tips…

The racial wealth gap in the United States is the result of over a century of policy decisions that have favored white taxpayers, millionaires, and corporations. Americans For Tax Fairness and ColorOfChange examine the tax reforms that can change this system. americansfortaxfairness.org/tax-fairness-c…

After the temporary Child Tax Credit expansion cut child poverty in half in 2021 (the largest drop ever recorded), we have essentially lost those dramatic gains made in the fight against child poverty. itep.org/new-census-dat…

The Child Tax Credit expansion led to the largest drop in child poverty rates ever recorded. After seeing that success, lawmakers decided to let the expansion lapse. The latest Census data make clear it’s beyond time Congress takes action. itep.org/new-census-dat…

A huge share of income of extremely rich U.S. households goes untaxed ever year. Without policy changes, the wealthiest people in the country will continue through life without paying taxes on much or all of their income each year, or ever. cbpp.org/research/feder…

Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7B in taxes in 2022. T-Mobile, Office Depot and 21 other major profitable corporations paid $0 in taxes from 2018-2022 while getting billions in taxpayer subsidies. Just in case you thought it was immigrants who weren't paying their fair share.

LIVE: Senate Finance Cmte hearing on next year's tax fight In 2025, the Trump tax scam is up for renewal. Congress can give billionaires & corporations more tax breaks, or unrig the tax code for working families. Everyone should be paying attention to this. finance.senate.gov/hearings/the-2…

The House Ways & Means Committee has advanced a bill to create an unprecedented school voucher tax credit designed to funnel more public resources into private K-12 schools. Our analysis shows this tax shelter would overwhelmingly benefit rich people. itep.org/school-voucher…

31 states plus the District of Columbia now have an Earned Income Tax Credit. Since 2021, 17 states and D.C. have enacted or boosted EITCs. itep.org/state-earned-i…

"One of the wisest investments we could possibly make." 'Indi' Dutta-Gupta talks about how beneficial the Child Tax Credit expansion could be for kids and society.

Maine will soon shed some light on corporate tax base erosion through new tax transparency rules--and other states may join. See my story in Bloomberg Tax news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-repo…

15 states plus the District of Columbia now provide Child Tax Credits to reduce poverty and boost economic security. State Child Tax Credits are larger than ever before, collectively amounting to a multibillion-dollar investment in kids each year. itep.org/state-child-ta…

The richest 1% of Americans would receive an average tax cut of $45,790 if the 2017 Trump tax law’s temporary provisions are fully extended. Find our updated national and state-by-state estimates of these tax changes here: itep.org/trump-tax-law-…