Federal Tax Policy

We're working for responsible tax policies to ensure that we have the revenues needed to invest in our common future. We're working to reverse the provisions of the 2001-2003 tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest Americans, restore a fair estate tax, close tax loopholes for the wealthy and corporations, and ensure that those with the means to pay their fair share of taxes do so.

Highlights

Fact Sheet | What Extra Tax Breaks for the Richest Americans Cost Women and Families

April 26, 2013

This fact sheet explains what tax breaks for the richest American taxpayers cost women and families. 

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Fact Sheet | What Offshore Corporate Tax Loopholes Cost Women and Families

April 4, 2013

Many programs vital to women and their families are being cut.  Yet, at the same time, our nation is spending billions of dollars each year on unfair tax breaks for large corporations and very wealthy individuals.  

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Fact Sheet | A Roadmap to the 2013 Federal Budget Debates

April 11, 2013

Here is a look at key provisions of the fiscal cliff deal, the timeline for critical choices that remain before Congress, and the guiding principles that will protect women and their families and promote widely shared prosperity.

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Fact Sheet | What Offshore Corporate Tax Loopholes Cost Women and Families

April 04, 2013

Many programs vital to women and their families are being cut.  Yet, at the same time, our nation is spending billions of dollars each year on unfair tax breaks for large corporations and very wealthy individuals.  

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Webinars & Presentations | Fiscal Cliff Notes: What You Need to Know about What's Happened so Far, And What Comes Next

January 29, 2013

Early on New Year’s Day Congress passed a budget deal to delay automatic across-the-board cuts for two months, extend Unemployment Insurance for a year and make permanent some of the middle class tax breaks. With the across-the-board cuts now scheduled to start March 1 and federal borrowing authority due to run out by then, Congress is edging right back to the fiscal cliff. On this webinar, you'll learn about the recently passed budget deal and what's next.

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Fact Sheet | Women Suffer Two-Thirds of Colorado’s Losses if Congress Ends Improved Tax Credits for Working Families

December 07, 2012

Congress faces a series of critical budget choices in the coming months, and must soon decide which federal income tax provisions set to expire at the end of this year should be renewed and which should end. If Congress fails to renew the 2009 improvements to the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, New York families would lose nearly $170 million in tax credits

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Fact Sheet | Women Suffer Nearly Three-Quarters of Louisiana’s Losses if Congress Ends Improved Tax Credits for Working Families

December 07, 2012

Congress faces a series of critical budget choices in the coming months, and must soon decide which federal income tax provisions set to expire at the end of this year should be renewed and which should end. If Congress fails to renew the 2009 improvements to the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, New York families would lose nearly $219 million in tax credits

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Fact Sheet | Women Suffer More Than Two-Thirds of Virginia’s Losses if Congress Ends Improved Tax Credits for Working Families

December 07, 2012

Congress faces a series of critical budget choices in the coming months, and must soon decide which federal income tax provisions set to expire at the end of this year should be renewed and which should end. If Congress fails to renew the 2009 improvements to the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, New York families would lose more than $260 million in tax credits.

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