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19 States Cut Income Taxes to Benefit Wealthy — With Help of Dark Money Groups
According to the states’ own estimates, the revenue hit could be more than $10 billion in fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
House Republicans Are Pushing to Make the US Tax Code Further Serve the Rich
Several dozen hard-right lawmakers want to replace the country’s progressive tax code with a sales tax of 30 percent.
Spain Passes “Solidarity” Wealth Tax on Top 0.1 Percent
Spanish taxpayers who own more than $2.9 million in assets will be subject to the new measure.
Tax Cuts and Voter Suppression Laws Are Working Together to Lock in Plutocracy
State lawmakers are moving hard and fast to keep their wealthy backers wealthy.
7 Wealthiest Americans Have Enough Wealth to Cover a Third of $3.5T Budget Plan
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Larry Ellison pay almost no income tax.
Leading Manhattan DA Candidate Has Repeatedly Paid Almost No Federal Income Tax
Tali Farhadian Weinstein and her husband paid nothing (or almost nothing) to the IRS four times in six years.
DOJ Sues Trump Ally Roger Stone for Nearly $2 Million in Unpaid Taxes
The Department of Justice alleged the longtime GOP operative owes millions in unpaid federal income tax.
Outrage as Pelosi Pushes Tax Rule That Would “Kneecap the Progressive Agenda”
Critics say the rule would make single-payer and other progressive priorities impossible to enact.
Tax Day 2018: A Bonanza for Corporations and the Military
Gone are the days when corporations paid more taxes than individuals.
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Grateful for Dirty Dishes. And Taxes
Valerie Tarico suggests a new healthier attitude toward taxes as April 15 approaches: gratitude.