The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) made the looming 2025 tax policy reckoning nearly inevitable. While the legislation ...

There’s broad consensus among parents, researchers, policy analysts, advocates, and program administrators that Congress ...

States are finding themselves at the mercy of automatic tax cuts as the consequences of years-old tax policies take aim at state budgets. Budget writers and analysts in several states have begun ...

This week at CBPP, we focused on income security, food assistance, and state budgets and taxes.

Nearly half of the families participating in the child support program do not receive all the child support payments made on their behalf.

During the 2025 tax debate, policymakers have the opportunity to remake the tax code so that it is fairer, works for low- and moderate-income people and families, and advances racial equity. A key ...

Key provisions of the 2017 Trump tax law are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. Given the law’s fundamental problems — its high cost, skew toward high-income people, and failure to produce the ...

Few people understand the impact of Medicaid better than people enrolled in the program, but their perspectives are often underrepresented in official decision-making. New federal rules present an ...

As part of a law passed in 2021, Congress expanded the premium tax credit (PTC) to help make coverage more affordable for people who buy their insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

While a powerful wage booster that benefits millions of families with children each year, the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) provides extremely limited support to adults aged 25-64 who work ...