From Americans for Tax Fairness (https://americansfortaxfairness.org/): Last week, millions of people filed their annual tax returns, spending an average of 11 hours and $200 on paid filing services.[1] But did you know you could be filing your taxes for free? … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): The American Rescue Plan, signed by President Biden in March, made substantial investments in children, youth, and families―cutting child poverty in half. But these investments only last one year. A coalition of partners has come together … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The American Rescue Plan effectively responded to urgent needs with temporary help—cutting childhood poverty in half. But only for one year. That legislation is an effective first step. Now we have more work … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): We are moving full steam ahead on making sure our elected leaders pass universal childcare, paid leave for all, help for struggling families and working people, and creating a fairer tax code for women, moms, families, … Continued
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (http://www.cbpp.org): FEBRUARY 9, 2021 BY CHUCK MARR, KRIS COX, STEPHANIE HINGTGEN, KATIE WINDHAM AND ARLOC SHERMAN PDF of this report (13 pp.) ON THIS TOPIC BLOG Jobs Recovery Still Long Way Off, Especially for Low-Wage Workers and Workers of … Continued
From Friends Committee on National Legislation (http://www.fcnl.org): As you know, Congress will be returning next week, and we’re focusing on getting another COVID bill that meets the depth and scope of the crisis. Two critical policies are enabling mixed status … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The pandemic shows no signs of disappearing any time soon. But the Senate has yet to act to help struggling families, the poor and vulnerable throughout our country. Nearly half of all households … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Call Monday, December 9! “We need you to ensure that any tax package passing this year must include improvements to the low-income tax credits: the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Right now, Congress is looking to add bipartisan tax legislation to the end-of-year budget package. It is imperative that if there is any tax legislation helping businesses and the rich that we also … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) help working families and individuals better provide for basic needs. These two tax credits together lift 8.9 Million people out of … Continued