Tax & Budget

Tell Congress to Fix the Rest of the Sequester

Tell Congress to Fix the Rest of the Sequester

Congress prevented airport delays, now it's time to stop the cuts hurting women & their families. 

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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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Corporate Tax Loopholes

Tax Breaks for Families — or Corporations?

Some of the richest Americans pay a lower tax rate than middle-class families do — and some very profitable corporations manage to pay no federal income tax at all.

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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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Highlights

Reports & Toolkits | The High Price of Tax Loopholes

August 20, 2013

Americans for Tax Fairness and the National Women's Law Center co-authored a report outlining the high price of tax loopholes. The choice is clear: more tax cuts for the rich and big corporations, or more service cuts that hurt average Americans and fewer investments that offer opportunities for a better future.

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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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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 | The Fall 2013 Fiscal Fights: A Political Drama with Real Consequences for Women and Families

September 12, 2013

This fact sheet details the important budget decisions Congress will face this fall.

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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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Fact Sheet | Women and Children Last - Again: An Analysis of the President's FY 2007 Budget

February 15, 2006
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Fact Sheet | President Obama's Budget: Investments for Women and Families

January 05, 2006

Investments for women and families

President Obama's detailed budget for Fiscal Year 2010 makes investments critical to the well-being of women and their families, especially in the areas of health care and education. Yet the fine print also retains restrictions on reproductive health that should be lifted. Overall, the budget represents an important change in direction from the past eight years. However, given the enormous challenges that families and communities are facing, this budget could and should do even more to address rising needs.

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Reports & Toolkits | 2005 Supplement to Making Care Less Taxing

March 02, 2005
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