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Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute At the Public Hearing on Bill 16-35, the “Standard Deduction and Personal Exemption Coupling Act of 2005†Bill 16-115, the “Standard and Itemized Deduction Filing Election Act of 2005†Bill 16-139, the “Commercial Utility Tax Amendment Act of 2005” District of Columbia Committee on Finance and Revenue
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 14, 2005 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, Dc Fiscal Policy Institute At the Public Hearing on Bill 16-18, The Estate and Inheritance Tax Re-Coupling Act of 2005 Bill 16-19, The Pension or Other Retirement Income Exclusion from Income Tax Amendment Act of 2005, and Bill 16-22, The Public School Teachers Income Exclusion Act of 2005 District of Columbia Committee on Finance and Revenue
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 9, 2005 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, At the Public Hearing on Bill 15-1028, the Ballpark Omnibus Financing and Revenue Act of 2004 District of Columbia Committee on Finance and Revenue District of Columbia Committee on Economic Development
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 28, 2004 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
The Mayor’s Proposed Stadium Deal: Many Financial Risks, Few Benefits for the District
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 26, 2004 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Should Baseball Be First In Line? Paying $440 Million For A Baseball Stadium Would Limit The District’s Ability To Fund Other Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 23, 2004 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
DC Council Caps Property Tax Increases At 12 Percent, Raises Homestead Deduction
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 29, 2004 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Proposed $40 Million Subsidy to the Corcoran Gallery of Art Is an Inappropriate Use of DC’s Tax Increment Financing Program
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 7, 2004 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
DCFPI Testimony on Tax Increment Revenue Bonds Corcoran Gallery of Art Project Approval Resolution of 2004
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 28, 2004 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
DCFPI Testimony on Sales Tax Holiday Amendment Act of 2003
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 5, 2004 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
The DC Tax System Is Regressive and Tax Burdens on Near-Poor Families Have Increased Since 1989
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 20, 2004 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
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Press Release
Leaders of Direct Service, Anti-Poverty Organizations in Letter to DC Council: “We are Deeply Alarmed by Proposed Budget”
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 1, 2025
Testimony
The Council Must Fund Childcare in DC
By Anne Gunderson • June 17, 2025 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Press Release
Trump’s Military Parade Another Imposition on District Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 17, 2025
In The News
Bowser Budget Proposal Would Scale Back Health Care for Immigrants, Others
The Washington Post • June 16, 2025
In The News
Bowser's budget would avoid tax hikes, move 25K DC residents off Medicaid
NBC News Washington • June 16, 2025
Testimony
The DC Budget Needs to Equitably Grow the Economy
By Shira Markoff • June 12, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
The Council Needs to Improve Nutrition for Residents Incarcerated in the DOC
By Connor Zielinski • June 12, 2025 • Health Equity
