I am proud to see philanthropy, including several former employers, stand strong in the face of threats and attempts to restrict fundamental rights and democratic participation.

Because some crimes apparently don’t warrant attention.

Yes! NYS (and more) needs to join in.

Direct File, the free public tax filing option, was a smashing success in its 1st 2 years. In this out today, I explore options for expanding Direct File to independent contractors. While the Trump Admin has shelved it for now, the results are in: free public tax filing works and users love it.

It’s about the Fed, but it’s really about democracy.

Is there a Lisa Cook defense fund? #askingforafriend

The new tax law instructs the IRS to probe public opinion on whether they'd like to keep the Direct File program, which lets many taxpayers file their tax returns for free through the IRS, or whether they'd rather pay Turbotax for that privilege instead. IRS survey on this question is now live:

The IRS's public option for online tax filing - Direct File - was much beloved by users during its first two years of operation as reported here. Which may be why the Trump Administration decided to kill it.

You can’t repeal reality

I received this notice and was deeply offended. Federal agencies shouldn’t be in the business of shilling for any administration and should definitely not send out misleading, politicized propaganda.

Saying the silent part out loud #nokings

It’s not over until it’s over. #ny11

We've been down this road before. Again and again.

The big ugly will take health coverage away from 17 million Americans…to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

New Congressional Budget Office (CBO) numbers confirm what we already knew – the reconciliation bill is getting worse, not better. The Senate bill will cut health care more deeply than the House bill and leave more people uninsured. www.cbo.gov/publication/...

Make no mistake about it, the big ugly is the largest upward redistribution of income ever. Tax cuts for the wealthy paid for by taking health care away from 17 million Americans.

👀The House bill cut Medicaid by $800-863 billion and now the Senate bill as we expected is worse. CBO preliminary score for Senate bill is up to $930 billion in Medicaid cuts.

Prelim CBO estimates confirm that the Senate bill cuts #Medicaid more deeply than the House-passed bill did. www.cbpp.org/charts/senat...

Trump’s Big Bill Would Be More Regressive Than Any Major Law in Decades...this is take from the poor to give to the rich and give the most to the very rich.

"(T)he G.O.P.’s vicious tax and spending plans can’t be separated from the party’s contempt for democracy...Why, then, did House members vote for it? Because they fear Donald Trump more than they fear the voters or because they don’t believe we will ever have fair elections again. Or both."

This is where he admits that U.S. consumers - not foreigners - are the ones that will be shouldering the burden of tariffs.

I’d add granting the Treasury Secretary the unilateral right to terminate nonprofit status to the list if what’s wrong with the bill. Tax breaks for gun silencers? What…not on many bingo cards.

What she said…

Today’s must read. Everything about cryptocurrency is suspect. This just takes it to a new level.

Say what?

To try to stave of tariffs, Vietnam is expediting approvals of a $1.5 billion Trump Organization resort www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

Intentionally falsifying government records. Denying basic rights to individuals who legally received a social security number and permission to work. #shame

The US government holds a tremendous amount of data about US citizens. Now, The Trump administration is trying to access that data and link it together. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

What he said

What could possibly go wrong? 🤔 “Corcos has discussed plans for DOGE to build ‘one new API to rule them all… A ‘mega API’ could potentially allow someone with access to export all IRS data to the systems of their choosing, including private entities.” www.wired.com/story/doge-h...

Destroying the future to try to recreate the past

Absolutely essential for reporters to get right: the Senate Finance Committee is planning to do at minimum $5.3 trillion in new tax cuts, not just $1.5 trillion. They're just pretending that $3.8 trillion of that is free.

this ⬇️

Couldn't agree more...

New research out today from @jeanmross.bsky.social @equitablegrowth.bsky.social confirms 3/4 of QSBS exclusions go to those making $1 million+/year. equitablegrowth.org/the-qualifie... This means millionaires used QSBS to reduce their taxes by ~$23 billion between 2012-2022 (my calculation). 4/

The real inefficiency in government is hidden in the tax code. Take, for example, the Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) Exclusion, which I write about here for @equitablegrowth.bsky.social

It looks like the latest Tax Gap Report - an important resource for understanding who does and doesn't pay taxes - has been disappeared from the IRS website: www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...

This is the guy who wants access to your personal data.

With attn turned to how Rs resolve their process disputes on the budget/tax bill, let’s review what really matters: how the R agenda will take away health care & food assistance from ppl who need it to pay for tax cuts the wealthy definitely don’t need. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

One word for this: outrageous. A non-solution in search of a problem that doesn’t exist.

Bhutan?

Your morning message

Totally agree on this one…the relative silence around Trump Gaza, shilling for Teslas from the WH, crypto boosting, etc. is deafening.

Dysfunction is their goal, not a bug.

aka "cooking the books"

DOGE is reportedly demanding IRS share highly sensitive taxpayer data w/multiple agencies. I don’t see how this abides by bipartisan laws that balance the benefits of responsible data sharing against the risks to taxpayers through careful limits and guardrails. 1/4 medium.com/@taxlawcente...

NEW: DOGE claims credit for “cancelling” contracts that actually ended under George W. Bush. We found new errors that vastly inflated what it has saved. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

The law is clear on this one...for good reason.

A statement from @sharonparrott.bsky.social on the passage of the House budget resolution, which calls for deep cuts in health coverage, food assistance, and college aid—all to pay for huge tax giveaways for wealthy households and businesses: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

In the middle of tax filing season? What could go wrong?