Featured Publications & Resources
Report
Property Tax Relief for DC’s Low-Income Residents: Improvements Needed in DC’s “Schedule H” Credit
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 8, 2008 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
DC’s Earned Income Tax Credit Supports Working Families Across the District
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 8, 2008 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Budget Toolkit
Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Toolkit Archive
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 7, 2008 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Research Associate, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, for the Public Hearing on FY 2009 Budget Request Act of 2008
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 4, 2008 • Revenue & Budget
Report
Good Deal for DC Homeowners: Property Taxes Are Lowest in the Region
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 28, 2008 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
DC’s High-Tech Tax Incentives Are Not Working: Proposal to Expand Tax Breaks for High-Technology Businesses Has Little Merit
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 22, 2008 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Katie Kerstetter, Research Associate, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, for the Public Hearing on Fiscal Year 2007 and 2008 Spending and Performance by the Department of Human Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 20, 2008 • Income & Poverty
Testimony
Testimony of Lindsay Clark, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute For the Public Hearing on Bill 17-0506: Hecht’s Warehouse Economic Development Act of 2008 District of Columbia Committee on Finance and Revenue
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 25, 2008 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director for the Public Hearing on Bill 17-549, the District of Columbia Possessory Tax Stabilization Act of 2008 District of Columbia Committee on Finance and Revenue
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 25, 2008 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute at the Public Oversight Roundtable On Poverty Issues: Developing a Public/Private Strategy Aimed at Eliminating Poverty Among District Residents District of Columbia Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 17, 2008 • Income & Poverty
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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