This webinar explored ways to expand the financial security of low- and moderate-income families through reform of the U.S. tax code. The call featured presentations from stakeholders deeply engaged in advancing a range of tax policy solutions, with a particular focus on the policy agenda emerging from the Tax Policy Advisory Group of the Asset Funders Network/Tax Policy Project.

Moderator:

• Heather McCulloch, Manager/AFN Tax Policy Project

Speakers:

• Kilolo Kijakazi, The Ford Foundation, Co-Chair/AFN Tax Policy Project
• Chye-Ching Huang, Tax Policy Analyst/Federal Fiscal Policy Team, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Justin King, Policy Director/Asset Building Program, New America Foundation

Sponsors:

Asset Funders Network with co-sponsors: EITC Funders Network; Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities; Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees; Grantmakers Income Security Taskforce; Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families; Neighborhood Funders Group; Philanthropy New York; and Workforce Matters

Resources:

• AFN Tax Policy Project Description
• AFN Tax Policy Advisory Group (TPAG) Members
• AFN Tax Policy Project Guiding Principles
• AFN Tax Policy Project Tax Policy Reform Proposals
• New Perspectives on Homeownership Tax Incentives, by Benjamin H. Harris, C. Eugene Steuerle,and Amanda Eng (Tax Notes, December 23, 2013)
• Tax Subsidies for Asset Development: An Overview and Distributional Analysis, by Benjamin H. Harris, C. Eugene Steuerle, Signe-Mary McKernan, Caleb Quakenbush, Caroline Ratcliffe (Uban Institute, February 2014)
• Strengthening the EITC for Childless Workers Would Promote Work and Reduce Poverty, by Chuck Marr, Chye-Ching Huang, and Nathaniel Frentz (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Updated March 20, 2014)
• Aligning the Means and the Ends: How to Improve Federal Student Aid and Increase College Access and Success (The Institute for College and Success, February 2013)
• Mortgage Interest Deduction Is Ripe for Reform Conversion to Tax Credit Could Raise Revenue and Make Subsidy More Effective and Fairer, by Will Fischer and Chye-Ching Huang (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Revised June 25, 2013)
• Renters’ Tax Credit Would Promote Equity and Advance Balanced Housing Policy, bBy Barbara Sard and Will Fischer (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Revised August 21, 2013)
• Personal Savings and Tax Reform – Principles and Policy Proposals for Reforming the Tax Code, by Reid Cramer and Elliot Schreur (New America Foundation, July 2013)