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Only a Few of the 2001 & 2003 Tax Cuts Benefit Families with Modest Incomes But a Superficial Treasury Analysis Obscures This Fact
Publication Date: August 2008
Publisher(s): Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Jim Horney; Chye-Ching Huang
Special Collection: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Topic: Banking and finance (Taxation and tax policy)
Keywords: Household income; Financial projections; Economic inequality
Type: Report
Abstract:
A recent Treasury report, apparently intended to encourage the extension of all of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, incorrectly implies that many of these tax cuts benefit low- and middle-income taxpayers.