Showing posts with label taxes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taxes. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

killing the group behind project 2025

in case you haven't heard, the heritage foundation is the 501(c)3 group that wrote the extremely right wing christo-fascist project 2025 - basically a how-to manual for the next gop president to undo american democracy, civil rights, and more than 200 pages of other things you probably don't want to lose, like social security and healthcare.

but did you know that the heritage foundation is guilty of acts that violate its tax-exempt status? and did you know that you can petition the irs to remove that status, making them less attractive to the far-right donors who fund them?

well, you can.

Thursday, January 11, 2024

richest 1% pay less local taxes in 41 states

currently in the u.s., the top 1% of wage earners pay less in state and local taxes than all other wage earners in 41 states.

as an example, the richest 1% in florida have a 2.7% tax rate, but the lowest-income folks in that state pay 13.2% - almost 5 times more.

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

how a religious organization can lose its tax-exempt status

you may not be surprised to hear that many religious organizations are heavily involved in politics, and always have been.

what may surprise you about it is that here in the united states, we have fairly strict laws about behavior that can cause a religious organization to lose its tax-exempt status. and about auditing them regarding it.

and if you spot this behavior, you - yes, YOU - can set the ball rolling.