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  • The IRS Should Collect Racial Data

    The IRS Should Collect Racial Data

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    Sakshi Parihar

    The U.S. tax collection agency, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), currently does not ask tax filers to disclose their race or ethnicity. This well-intentioned policy seeks to prevent racial discrimination and racially-motivated enforcement actions. Yet in a recent paper, George Washington University Law Professor Jeremy Bearer-Friend contends that omitting race…

  • You’ve Been Accepted to College, but How Do You Pay for It? A Proposal to Streamline Federal Financial Aid

    You’ve Been Accepted to College, but How Do You Pay for It? A Proposal to Streamline Federal Financial Aid

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    Kayla Phelps

    A recent research report entitled “Tax Benefits For College Attendance” conducted by Susan Dynarski and Judith Scott-Clayton investigates how the federal government could streamline the existing federal financial aid system and increase uptake for college tax benefits.

  • You Earned It: How Simple Reminders Lead to Increases in Tax Filing and EITC Receipt

    You Earned It: How Simple Reminders Lead to Increases in Tax Filing and EITC Receipt

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    Kayla Phelps

    Participants who received tax filing reminders in both 2014 and 2015 had higher filing rates than individuals who received no reminders, as well as those who only received one in 2014.