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

May 17, 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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Legal Briefs & Testimony | Testimony of Judy Waxman Before the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on the Tax-Related Provisions of H.R. 3

March 16, 2011

Testimony of Judy Waxman on the Tax-Related Provisions of H.R. 3 as modified by the manager’s amendment offered in the House Judiciary Committee, which is a dangerous and misleading bill that imposes a devastating tax increase on millions of families and small businesses that want to keep their comprehensive insurance plans that include coverage of abortion.

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Fact Sheet | Defunding the Affordable Care Act in the House 2011 Budget Resolution Will Hurt Women

February 23, 2011

The House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution (“CR”) to fund the federal government for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year. Included in the CR are multiple and duplicative amendments to defund various parts of the Affordable Care Act, which would effectively halt implementation of many key parts of the new law.

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Reports & Toolkits | President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget and H.R. 1, the Continuing Resolution: A Tale of Two Visions

February 18, 2011

The budget is a statement of national priorities, and in February 2011, the nation was presented with two drastically different visions: President Obama's budget for Fiscal Year 2012 and H.R 1, the House Republican bill for funding (or de-funding) the federal government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2011.

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Fact Sheet | McConnell Tax Plan Would Leave 30% of Single Mothers Behind, Deny Working Families $11.6 Billion in Tax Credits

September 15, 2010

A bill introduced by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, S. 3773, would permanently renew all of the provisions of the Bush-era tax cuts, including provisions that benefit only individuals with incomes above $200,000 and couples with incomes above $250,000.  It also would permanently reduce the estate tax on the very wealthiest estates.  However, the bill would not extend the improvements in the CTC and EITC.

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Fact Sheet | Women Need Jobs and Support for Their Families (Fact Sheets for Selected States)

September 15, 2010

Congress will soon decide which federal income tax provisions that expire at the end of this year should be renewed and which should be allowed to expire. These include tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 and improvements to the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) that were included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

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