Citizens For Tax Justice

 
Citizens for Tax Justice advocates for "closing corporate tax loopholes" and "requiring the wealthy to pay their fair share." Its stated goal is "to make taxes a better deal for middle- and low-income American families.”

 

 

The group’s Web site currently discloses nothing about its funding, though in the past it has been financed in part by labor unions. Director Robert S. McIntyre offers biting criticisms and expert analysis of tax provisions favoring business and of attempts to repeal the estate tax, among other topics. A spin-off organization, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, is a public chartity that lists mainly foundations as financial supporters. In its advocacy, CTJ makes use of projections generated by ITEP's Microsimulation Tax Model, one of the few existing computer programs capable of projecting how a particular tax provision or tax proposal will affect persons at different income levels.

 
At CTJ's Web site, visitors may search by issue, such as federal tax legislation. A FAQ provides answers for more general questions about the tax system.
 
 

 

The accuracy of CTJ's research is seldom questioned, but the information is selected to support arguments that business and the wealthy should pay a greater share of the tax burden.

 
Liberal
 
 
Domestic Policy; Taxes