Tax & Budget

Breaking Down The Budgets

Breaking Down The Budgets

Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray have released their budgets for the next ten years.

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States Can't Afford to Extend Bush-Era Tax Cuts for Wealthy Few

States Can't Afford Tax Cuts for Wealthy Few

New state-by-state reports show how competing tax plans would affect vital services.

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President's FY 2014 Budget

President's FY 2014 Budget

NWLC has analyzed President Obama's 2014 budget's effects on programs and policies important to women and families.

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Federal Budget
Paying Their Fair Share
FY 2014 Budget

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 | The Ryan House Budget FY 2014: Once Again, Gutting Vital Programs for Women and Families, Giving Trillions in Tax Cuts to Millionaires and Corporations

March 20, 2013

The budget for Fiscal Year 2014 introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), like his Fiscal Year 2013 budget, proposes deep funding cuts that would devastate programs especially important to women and their families: Medicaid, Medicare, child care, education, SNAP, and much more.

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Fact Sheet | The FY 2014 Murray Senate Budget: A Fairer Path Forward for Women and Families

March 18, 2013

The FY 2014 budget introduced by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) presents a clear alternative to the plan proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI).

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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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More Resources

Fact Sheet | The "Second Look" Line Item Veto Raises Serious Constitutional Problems

January 15, 2007
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Legal Briefs & Testimony | Letter to the IRS Re: Proposed Regulations Regarding the Credit for Household and Dependent Care Services Necessary for Gainful Employment

August 17, 2006
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Legal Briefs & Testimony | Legal Briefs & Testimony of Cristina Martin Firvida Before the Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Oversight Hearing on the Constitution and the Line Item Veto

April 27, 2006
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Reports & Toolkits | 2006 Making Care Less Taxing: Improving State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions

April 15, 2006

This essential report provides recommendations for state policymakers and advocates on ways to develop the best tax policies for families that must pay for costly child and dependent care to be gainfully employed.  It also provides a review and analysis of all state child and dependent care tax provisions in effect for tax year 2005.

See also the Making the Grade for Care report card, which ranks 31 tax provisions in 27 states based on the tax assistance they provide to working families with child and dependent care expenses in tax year 2005.

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Reports & Toolkits | 2006 Making the Grade for Care: Ranking State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions

April 15, 2006

This state-by-state report card, a companion piece to the 2006 report Making Care Less Taxing, ranks 31 tax provisions in 27 states based on the tax assistance they provide to working families with child and dependent care expenses in tax year 2005.

To read its 2006 companion piece, see Making Care Less Taxing report.

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