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Today, the Washington Post reported that four big drug companies plan to deduct opioid-abuse settlements from their corporate taxes, saving each company roughly $1 billion, at the expense of American taxpayers. And those deductions are supercharged thanks to a provision in the coronavirus-relief CARES Act enacted last March. Companies generally may not write off amounts […]

The Trump-GOP tax cut law, formally known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), passed Congress Dec. 20, 2017, and was signed into law by President Trump two days later. As we approach the law’s first anniversary, Americans for Tax Fairness recaps the major elements of the plan and analyzes its effects so far […]

Letter to Congress urges members to sponsor the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act Today, more than 50 national organizations sent a letter urging members of Congress to co-sponsor the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act, which would overhaul the new international tax system put in place by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to ensure that multinational […]

A new analysis by Americans for Tax Fairness estimates that Charles Koch and David Koch and/or Koch Industries could save between $1 billion and $1.4 billion combined in income taxes each year from the Trump tax law―and that doesn’t even count how much the brothers might save in taxes on offshore profits or how much […]

MEMORANDUM FR:       Frank Clemente, Executive Director Americans for Tax Fairness RE:       Post-Election Polling Shows the Public Opposes Tax Cuts for Corporations and the Wealthy DT:       February 7, 2017 Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are misguided in their efforts to claim a mandate to cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations.  […]

Compiled by Americans for Tax Fairness Source for all platform language is here: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/platforms.php Note: These are noteworthy excerpts of discussions about tax issues from past Democratic platforms. The excerpts are not comprehensive; often there are brief mentions of tax issues throughout a lengthy platform document. 2012 Note: there are many references in the platform […]

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Comparing Billionaires’ Fortunes with The Public Services they Could Fund: Who Needs the Money More? America’s 885 billionaires shattered all previous records when their collective wealth rocketed past $7 trillion at the close of business June 3, 2025, according to the latest Americans for Tax Fairness analysis of Forbes data. That is up an astounding $4.1 […]

Republican Tax & Service Cuts, Plus Trump Tariffs, Would Cost Employees in Heavily Latino Industries Around $1,500 On Average Next Year Latino workers and their families would pay a steep price for proposed Republican tax and service cuts, combined with President Trump’s tariffs, according to a new analysis by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF). The average […]

2017 Trump Tax Law Was a Windfall to Rich and Big Corporations AMT: Restoring Fairness To The Alternative Minimum Tax Close The ‘Stepped-Up Basis’ Loophole For The Rich Estate Tax: Strengthen Rather Than Weaken To Curb Dynastic Wealth Keep IRS Funded To Catch Rich Tax Cheats Let the Skewed-To-The-Rich Pass-Through Loophole Expire ‘Opportunity Zones’ Are […]