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STATEMENT: Sen Warren s Wealth Tax Would Rebalance the Tax Code and Combat Income Inequality

Date: March 1, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. Today, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Brendan Boyle (D-PA) unveiled the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act, which would levy a 2 percent annual tax on households and trusts worth between $50 million and $1 billion, as well an additional 1 percent annual surtax on assets above $1 billion. Following the announcement of the bill, Alexandra Thornton, senior director of tax policy at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: The Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act recognizes that our tax system has become extremely unbalanced over the past few decades, contributing to wealth and income inequality. Income from work salaries and wages is taxed much more heavily than income from wealth. Even during the pandemic, while many low- and moderate-income people have lost wages and struggled to put food on the table, the stock market has continued to climb, enriching the wealthy, and those

RELEASE: Expanding the Child Tax Credit Would Lead to a Stronger and More Equitable Recovery

RELEASE: Expanding the Child Tax Credit Would Lead to a Stronger and More Equitable Recovery Date: February 23, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C.  A new analysis from the Center for American Progress examines the benefits of expanding the child tax credit along the lines of what is proposed in the American Rescue Plan. The issue brief finds that provisions of the child tax credit expansion in the American Rescue Plan would have a dramatic impact on child poverty and be more effective at reducing child poverty than previous expansions. Key benefits include: Reducing child poverty by 45 percent, lifting nearly 5 million children out of poverty

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