Featured Publications & Resources
Report
Taxes on DC Families Remain Lowest in the Region
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 16, 2011 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere at The Public Hearing on the Adams Morgan Hotel Real Property Tax Abatement Act of 2010
By Ed Lazere • October 8, 2010 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
New Income Tax Rates for High Earners: A Progressive Approach to Addressing DC’s Budget Shortfall
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 29, 2010 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, at the Public Hearing on Bill 18-400, the Exemptions and Abatements Information Act of 2009, District of Columbia Committee on Finance and Revenue
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 14, 2010 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere on the District Job Growth Incentive Act
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 17, 2010 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Sign-On Letter to Oppose Business Tax Breaks
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • December 9, 2009 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
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
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
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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
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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