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... -
Taxing the Poor
Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged
Katherine S Newman Rourke O'BrienThis 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...