Impacts of Federal Policy Actions on Taxes
Publications
Research-based analysis of how federal actions affect taxes in the United States
Opinion | Tax Changes in the Federal Budget Bill Are a Disaster for Many Orange County Families
By Kelley Fong
Fong explains that the new budget bill's tax changes will make it even harder for American families to afford basic needs and will increase child poverty.
Published in The Fulcrum on July 3rd, 2025
Opinion | The federal budget bill goes against Utah’s family values.
Reynolds warns that proposed federal cuts to the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit would harm Utah’s most vulnerable families.
Published in Utah News Dispatch on June 27th, 2025
Opinion | How Awful Is the Republican Megabill? Here Are Four of the Worst Parts.
By Jacob Hacker and Patrick Sullivan
Hacker and Sullivan detail how the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” is a deceptive and regressive policy package that favors the wealthy at the expense of working families.
Published in The New York Times on June 25th, 2025
Opinion | Under Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ child poverty will rise again
Baiocchi warns Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” would exclude millions of poor and immigrant children from the Child Tax Credit, increasing child poverty.
Published in The Sacramento Bee on June 23rd, 2025
Opinion | The GOP wants to expand the child tax credit — but not for poor kids
By Megan Curran, Sophie Collyer and Jane Waldfogel
The authors detail how the GOP’s proposed expansion of the Child Tax Credit would mainly benefit higher-income families while excluding millions of low-income children.
Published in The Washington Post on June 20th, 2025
Opinion | Republican budget has a few big winners, many losers
Howard argues the Republican budget bill favors the wealthy with big tax breaks while cutting key support for low-income families.
Published in The Virginian-Pilot on June 19th, 2025
Opinion | Here’s how the Big Beautiful Bill will hurt Coloradans most in need of assistance.
Greenfield writes that Congress’s proposed budget bill would deepen poverty in Colorado while handing large tax cuts to the wealthy.
Published in The Denver Post on June 18th, 2025
Opinion | The federal tax plan that leaves Watauga’s kids behind
Hamilton warns that the new federal tax bill would strip essential support from working families in Watauga County while handing permanent tax cuts to the wealthy.
Published in the Watauga Democrat on June 17th, 2025
Opinion | How the budget bill would make taxes worse for poor families
Haselswerdt cautions that the federal budget bill would severely undercut support for the most vulnerable by slashing Medicaid and altering key tax credits.
Published in The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch on June 12th, 2025
Opinion | Trump’s “big, bad bill” helps millionaires and hurts working families
Witko explains that the "Big, Beautiful Bill" gives tax cuts to millionaires, increasing debt, while reducing support for working families via the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit.
Published in PennLive on June 10th, 2025
Opinion | GOP Tax Bill Will Hurt Children and Families.
Morrissey argues that a small child tax credit increase in the House bill can’t offset deep cuts to programs like Medicaid and SNAP.
Published in The Progressive on June 2nd, 2025