Featured Publications & Resources
Budget Toolkit
New Local and Federal Revenue Help Advance Tax and Racial Justice and Helps Residents Thrive
By Tazra Mitchell • November 18, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Fact Sheets
Moving Towards Tax Equity and Racial Equity
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 16, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Videos
Video: DC’s Big Win for Tax Equity
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 4, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
A Modest Tax Increase Won’t Drive Out High-Income Residents or Small Businesses
By Tazra Mitchell and Erica Williams • July 19, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Videos
Videos: Why DC’s Wealthiest Should Pay their Fair Share
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 12, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
“Tax Flight” is a Myth; DC Should Raise Taxes on the Wealthy for a Just Recovery
By Erica Williams • June 25, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Tazra Mitchell, DCFPI Policy Director, at the Public Hearing for Tax Proposals to Build Wealth Equity in the District’s Post- Covid-19 Economic Recovery DC Council Committee on Economic and Business Economic Development
By Tazra Mitchell • June 1, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Fact Sheets
Taxing the Wealthy in DC: A Matter of Racial Justice
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 19, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Tax Injustice: DC’s Richest Residents Pay Lower Taxes than Everyone Else
By Tazra Mitchell and Danielle Hamer • March 5, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
DC’s Financial Challenges Remain, Even As its Budget Deficit Shrinks
By Tazra Mitchell • March 3, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
All Publications & Resources
Report
A Holistic and Reparative Agenda for Ending Displacement in DC
By Eliana Golding • November 15, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Report
Taxing Capital Gains More Robustly Can Help Reduce DC’s Racial Wealth Gap
By Tazra Mitchell • October 31, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Better Targeted Property Tax Benefits Would Advance Racial Equity
By Eliana Golding • October 19, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
DC Can Advance Racial Equity and Black Homeownership through the Property Tax
By Eliana Golding • October 17, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Videos
Video: How DC Can Become the First Major City to End Chronic Homelessness
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 28, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Blog
More Teachers Will See Pay Increase with DC’s Temporary Grant Change for Child Care Centers
By Anne Gunderson • September 18, 2023 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Income & Poverty
Blog
DC Made Progress on Poverty Thanks to Public Investment in Residents
By Erica Williams • September 15, 2023 • Income & Poverty
Blog
State Tax Levels Have Little Effect on Where People Choose to Live
By Nikki Metzgar • August 21, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes