Under a Progressive Tax System, Marginal Rates Rise With Income The federal income tax system is progressive, meaning that it imposes a higher average tax ... Read more
Exemptions and Deductions Exemptions and deductions indirectly reduce the amount of taxes a filer owes by reducing his or her “taxable income,” which is the ... Read more
This week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, health, the economy, family income support, and poverty and inequality. On food assistance , Brynne Keith-Jennings ... Read more
A central tenet of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the primary cash assistance program for families with children, is that TANF should provide temporary ... Read more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its 2020 Estimated Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) rate — which measures ... Read more
As Thanksgiving approaches amidst a pandemic-driven economic crisis, just 44 percent of households with children are “very confident” that they can afford needed food over ... Read more
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is seeking to hire a Research Assistant or Research Associate (RA) to work with a team of highly skilled national policy ... Read more
Leer en español Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program ( NAP ) basic household benefits have shrunk significantly over the last three months ... Read more
