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The Honorable Richard E. Neal Chairman, House Committee on Ways & Means U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable John Lewis Chairman, Oversight Subcommittee House Committee on Ways & Means U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Mike Thompson Chairman, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures House Committee on Ways & Means […]

“You can have concentrated wealth in the hands of a few or democracy. But you can’t have both.” — Louis Brandeis, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1916-1939 Levying a Millionaires Surtax of 10-percentage points on the income of the richest 0.2% will raise $635 billion for public investments, according to the Tax Policy […]

Talking Points Prepared by Americans for Tax Fairness and Health Care for America Now December 2019 SUMMARY Congress is currently considering legislation to stop drug corporation price gouging and lower the cost of prescription medicines. We all have a stake in the Lower Drug Costs Now Act because taxpayers heavily subsidize drug corporation profits. And […]

Proposal will Raise Significant Revenue, Help Narrow Wealth Gap  Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-Va.) introduced a new tax proposal to help close the gap between the wealthy and everyone else, and raise significant revenue to make new investments that will grow the economy and protect working families. Their […]

Nevertheless, Trump Considering New Tax Cuts for Wealthy Even Though Polling Compilation Shows TCJA Still Underwater with Public  The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the top legislative achievement of the Trump Administration and the GOP Congress, has failed to live up to the many promises by its proponents, according to a year-long compilation […]

‘Trickle Down’ Plan Failed to Spur Growth, Offers Lessons for Federal Tax Policy Last week, CNBC named Kansas number 19 on its list of America’s Top States for Business, a surprising 16-place jump from its 2018 ranking, making Kansas this year’s most improved state. Good news for Kansas, certainly, but the way the Sunflower State […]

Recent CRS Report Finds ‘Discouraging Findings’ About Tax Law’s Impact Seven organizations, including Americans for Tax Fairness, AFL-CIO, Communications Workers of America and Economic Policy Institute, have written to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate tax writing committees urging them to investigate the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in light […]

Tax Day Report and Online Calculator Show How Corporations & Wealthy Could Pay Fair Share Americans for Tax Fairness today released a 65-page report detailing about 40 progressive tax reform and revenue options that would make the tax system much fairer and could raise trillions of dollars for critical needs like protecting and strengthening Medicare […]

Fair Taxes Now: Revenue Options for a Fair Tax System report:   Interactive calculator comparing tax increases on the rich and corporations with investment options for working families: https://americansfortaxfairness.org/calc Three revenue charts from our Fair Taxes Now Report can be found here: Options to Amend or Repeal Trump-GOP Tax Cuts for the Rich & Corporations:  […]

Factsheet The Trump-GOP tax plan, formally known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), was signed into law on Dec. 22, 2017. The biggest broken promises and other worst features of the law are:    #1: Trump and the GOP said “the benefits of tax reform (would) go to the middle class, not to […]