Today, Americans For Tax Fairness (ATF), along with 79 other national organizations, released a letter to Congress in support of President Biden’s Tax Plan. In the letter, the co-signers, write: “Biden’s plans are big and bold public investments financed by requiring the rich and corporations to pay their fair share of taxes. The president’s economic […]
TOPLINES “Stepped-up basis” is a huge tax loophole for rich people that allows them to avoid taxes on investment gains for their entire lives and pass those assets onto heirs who will never be taxed on that increase in value of the assets. President Biden would close this loophole that most benefits billionaires like Jeff […]
June 9, 2021
POLLSTERS MEMO ON BIDEN’S TAX & ECONOMIC PLANS
To: Interested Parties From: ALG Research, Hart Research and Americans for Tax Fairness Re: Poll shows strong desire for higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations A new national poll commissioned by Americans for Tax Fairness finds that there is strong support for raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations, that it is a top-tier […]
May 28, 2021
BIDEN BUDGET OFFERS BLUEPRINT TO BUILD BACK BETTER
Wealthy and Corporations Will Begin to Pay Their Fair Share as Public Demands, Providing a ‘Job-Creating Juggernaut’ President Biden’s first annual budget, released today, sharply breaks with 40 years of failed trickle-down tax cuts to make major investments in American families and communities and ensure that the wealthy and corporations start paying closer to their […]
Dear Chair Wyden and Senators Brown and Warner: We applaud your taking leadership in the reform of international tax law by presenting your proposal “Overhauling International Taxation”. Your plan would raise significant revenue, curb tax-haven abuse, protect American jobs, and begin to meet the challenge set by the Biden Administration to end the international race […]
TAXING INCOME FROM WEALTH LIKE WAGES, CLOSING LOOPHOLES AND MAKING RICH PLAY BY SAME RULES WOULD HELP REBUILD MIDDLE CLASS AND FUND HEALTHCARE, CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION President Biden’s American Families Plan, released today, would boost funding by $1.5 trillion for healthcare, childcare and education serving working families by cracking down on rich individual and corporate […]
President Biden wants to improve education, healthcare, childcare, income security and more for working families by making the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, especially Wall Street tycoons. His “American Families Plan” (AFP) includes $1.8 trillion in investments and tax credits over 10 years and roughly the same amount of new tax revenue from […]
Today, 84 groups promoting economic and social justice sent a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris in support of their Build Back Better public investment and tax fairness agenda. The groups, representing a diverse coalition of unions, faith, policy and advocacy organizations said in the letter: “Your tax and investment plans were the […]
Dear President Biden, Senators and Representatives: As groups dedicated to social, racial, gender, and economic justice, we are writing to urge the new administration and Congress to make strengthening Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax enforcement a top priority in 2021 and beyond. Fair and adequate tax enforcement is critical for ensuring a tax system and […]
As pollsters for President Biden’s campaign in both the primary and general election, we found that few issues generated broader, more intense support than raising taxes on those earning over $400,000 a year and closing tax loopholes for big corporations. The issue of tax fairness was therefore a core part of the Biden campaign’s messaging […]