Featured Publications & Resources
Report
A Proposed Tax Break to Recruit CoStar into the District: High Costs, Questionable Benefits, Bad Tax Policy
By Jenny Reed • December 9, 2009 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
The Middle Class Squeeze: DC’s Tax System Falls Most Heavily on Moderate-Income Families
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • December 1, 2009 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, For the Public Oversight Hearing on Progress in the Implementation of the Pre-K Enhancement and Expansion Act, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
By Jenny Reed • November 13, 2009 • Revenue & Budget
Report
Stop Rewarding the Wrong Behavior: DC Should Eliminate its Tax Break for Investing in Other States’ Bonds
By Jenny Reed • October 26, 2009 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Tell It Like It Is: Combined Reporting Improves DC’s Tax System By Making Corporations Disclose Their Profits and Pay Their Fair Share
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 21, 2009 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Homeless Service Cuts Highlight the Need for Greater Transparency in DC’s Budget
By Jenny Reed • October 21, 2009 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, For the Public Oversight Roundtable on The District of Columbia Public Schools 2009-2010 Equalization Process, Budget Reductions, and Reductions in Force, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
By Jenny Reed • October 16, 2009 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, For the Public Oversight Roundtable on Improving Transparency: Open Government in the District, District of Columbia Committee on Government Operations and the Environment
By Jenny Reed • October 14, 2009 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Katie Kerstetter, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, for the Public Hearing on Options for Human Services Programming Available Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, District of Columbia Committee on Human Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 5, 2009 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Report
What’s in the Amended FY 2010 DC Budget? A Summary
By Jenny Reed • October 2, 2009 • Revenue & Budget
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Testimony
DC Council Should Restore Funding for the Pay Equity Fund, Early Learning Programs
By Anne Gunderson • May 16, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Mayor's Proposed FY25 Budget Would Set Back Progress. DC Council Does Not Have to Follow Suit.
By Erica Williams • May 13, 2024 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Claims that DC Spending is “Out of Control” are Wrong
By Erica Williams • May 13, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
DC Council can Celebrate Mother’s Day by Honoring the Needs of District Moms
By Anne Gunderson • May 8, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
In The News
‘Mayor Bowser, you’re being disrespectful’: Parents and child care workers rally in DC
WTOP • May 6, 2024
Report
DC Must Grow Revenue and Spending to Pursue More Transformative Change
By Erica Williams • May 1, 2024 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Fact Sheets
How Wealthy Households Use a “Buy, Borrow, Die” Strategy to Avoid Taxes on Their Growing Fortunes
By Tazra Mitchell • April 29, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Council Must Choose to Equitably Raise Revenue Over Balancing the Budget on the Backs of Black and Brown Residents
By Tazra Mitchell • April 23, 2024 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Fully Fund the Second Chance Amendment Act
By Michael Johnson Jr. • April 22, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Raising Revenue Through Regressive Traffic Fines While Scaling Back Traffic Safety is Unsound and Unsafe
By Michael Johnson Jr. • April 22, 2024 • Revenue & Budget