Items tagged ‘tax-policy’

  • policy paper | May 12, 2014 | Asset Building

    Solving the Retirement Puzzle

    The Potential of myRAs to Build a Personal Safety Net

    The growing recognition that millions of Americans are ill-prepared for retirement has prompted a number of state and federal policy proposals to p...
  • policy paper | February 25, 2014 | Asset Building

    Connecting Tax Time to Financial Security

    Designing Public Policy with Evidence from the Field

    The ability to accumulate and access savings is a fundamental determinant of economic security for many families, especially those with low incomes...
  • policy paper | November 22, 2013 | Asset Building

    Ohio’s Tax Time Coalition

    Building Assets through Free Tax Preparation in Franklin County, 2013

    Throughout the country, a network of over 4,300 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites helps over 1.2 million low-income taxpayers file their...
  • book | February 01, 2011 |

    Taxing the Poor

    Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged

    Katherine S Newman Rourke O'Brien
    This book looks at the way we tax the poor in the United States, particularly in the American South, where poor families are often subject to incom...

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