IRS Direct File Provides Free Tax Filing, Boosts Tax System Equity

Eligible taxpayers in 12 states can file their taxes this year directly with the IRS securely, quickly, and for free using Direct File, a new digital tax filing tool from the IRS. April 15...

Tax Day Highlights IRS Progress and Need to Protect and Replenish Funding

Tax filers are benefiting this tax season from recent improvements to the IRS’ customer service and technology made possible through the supplementary funding provided in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). After more than a decade...

Next Round of ACA Improvements Should Focus on Marketplace Cost Sharing

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces provide comprehensive health coverage to millions of people, and recent enhancements to premium tax credits have made coverage more affordable than ever. However, many marketplace enrollees — like...

Key Senate Republicans’ Reported Position on Child Tax Credit Would Weaken Bill’s Support for Kids and Families, Inserts Poison Pills

As key Senate Republicans continue to block movement on the House tax bill that passed weeks ago with a wide bipartisan margin, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Republican Senator Crapo’s latest proposal to Committee Chair Ron...

For Tax Day, 7 Charts on the 2017 Trump Tax Law and Why Congress Should Set a New Course

A high-stakes tax debate has begun over the scheduled expiration of the 2017 Trump tax law’s individual income tax and estate tax provisions at the end of 2025. Ahead of this year’s tax day, we...

In Case You Missed It . . .

This week at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes, state budgets and taxes, health, and the economy.

• On federal taxes, David Reich underscored that the 2024 appropriations caps continue a pattern of austerity in...

The 2024 Appropriations Caps Continue a Pattern of Austerity in Non-Defense Funding

Now that Congress has finished appropriations bills for 2024 and as it turns to 2025, the two-year limits set last year and modified this January continue to be both an overriding constraint and a source...

Lawmakers Should Reverse Course on Irresponsible Tax Cuts and Continue Positive Momentum on Reforming Criminal Legal Fees

States across the country made huge progress last year in reversing course on the use of criminal legal fees — eliminating some, or even all, of the fees that can be applied to people who...

In Case You Missed It...

This week at CBPP, we focused on state budgets and taxes, food assistance, health, and the economy.

• On state budgets and taxes, Michael Mazerov pointed out that states can fight corporate tax avoidance by...

2024 Appropriations Agreement Fully Funds WIC and Rejects Harmful Food Package Proposals, Creating Opportunities to Reach More Eligible Low-Income Families

The fiscal year 2024 appropriations law enacted March 9 included full funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The $7.03 billion provided for WIC, roughly $1 billion more than...