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

November 29, 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 $750 million in tax credits.

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Infographics and Internet Memes | Women Can't Afford More Tax Cuts for the Rich

November 28, 2012

What could the average tax cut per millionaire in 2013 support? Check out our new infographic to see.

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