Reports

Karen Kraut continues the Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative's mission to advance progressive tax policy at the state level with this commentary in the Christian Science Monitor on a more sensible approach to closing state budget gaps. She names the benefits of a more progressive tax structure in terms of economic stimulus, recovery, and the reduced burden on those who are struggling the most.

Unemployment and wealth statistics for Black America speak to a much different reality than is perceived by some polled, says Glen Ford in the Pan-African News Wire. Ford notes that, in the "Age of Obama," the positive economic outlooks held by some African Americans are simply not supported by the facts of their current situation.

Dolores Gregory, tax expert and State Tax blogger at BNA Tax & Accounting, caught wind of the TFOC's recent report, Leaving Money on the Table. The report discusses why states without income taxes should implement them in exchange for a dollar-for-dollar sales tax reduction. See Dolores' thoughts here...

As state budget gaps continue to threaten residents with cuts to crucial services, UFE's Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative (TFOC) teamed up with Public News Service and took to the airwaves to spread a message: Budget cuts are not the only answer.

Karen Kraut, Director of UFE's Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative, makes the case for a state income tax in Wyoming. Eighty percent of Wyoming taxpayers would stand to benefit from a deficit neutral swap of the state's sales tax for an income tax.

New Report: States Without Income Taxes Hike Residents' Federal Tax Bills by Billions a Year

Contact: Mazher Ali, 617-423-2148 x101, malifaireconomy.org

States have the option of reducing residents' federal tax bills substantially, but not all states do so. A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and UFE's Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative shows that if states without income taxes swap a portion of their sales tax for an income tax, they could return billions of dollars of federal income taxes to taxpayers each year and make their overall state tax structures more fair.

Virtually every state is groping for solutions to budget gaps of historic proportions. A new report from UFE's Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative provides states a set of pragmatic Guidelines for closing their budget gaps while also enhancing economic recovery, long-term stability, and more widely shared prosperity.

MEDIA RELEASE – A new set of guidelines released today highlights the essential connection between progressive fiscal policy and the twin goals of state budget repair and economic recovery.

This report from the Insight Center, co-authored by Meizhu Lui, Director of the Closing the Racial Gap Initiative and former UFE staffer, views the US wealth divide through the lenses of race and gender. Key findings indicate a particularly depressing reality for women of color.