The 2025 Sunsetting of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA): Tax Justice on the Frontlines

This webinar exposes listeners to what is at risk with the December 31, 2025, sunsetting of the Trump Administration’s 2017 TCJA. Advocates and scholars working on the frontlines of tax justice explain not only what is on the menu for members of Congress to vote on in the next year but the who, what, and why marginalized communities must be at the table (and not on the menu). These tax justice panelists describe specific tax issues Congress may consider next year as the TCJA sunsets that are paramount for families to understand this election season. The webinar starts with an overview of the depth and breadth of the trillions of dollars of substantive tax provisions that are on the table. Next, tax policy experts address concerns and opportunities that especially affect women and their families (National Women’s Law Center) and communities of color (Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy). Finally, a panelist from the Coalition on Human Needs discusses the current political climate in Congress and the potential opportunities for success with these economic justice and tax issues in connection with the November 2024 election. 

Co-Sponsors: ABA Commission on Homelessness & Poverty, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, ABA Section of Taxation, U.S. Feminist Judgments Project

The content of this program does not meet requirements for continuing legal education (CLE) accreditation. You will not receive CLE credit for watching.

Speakers

•  Meredith Dodson – Coalition on Human Needs, Senior Director of Public Policy
•  Amy Royce  – National Women’s Law Center, Senior Counsel for Income Security 
• Brakeyshia Samms – Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy, Policy Analyst 

Moderator

• Francine J. Lipman – William S. Boyd Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Chair of the Editorial Board of the ABA Civil Rights & Social Justice Editorial Board

Resources

Presentations from Francine Lipman, Meredith Dodson, Brakeyshia Samms, and Amy Royce

23A507 Policy urging federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal governments to amend existing laws and/or enact new laws to provide financial support to tenants of rental housing, such as a refundable tax credit for lower income renters, restoration of the Low-Income Child Tax Credit, and/or expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, and that such governments provide administrative agencies with adequate financial resources to implement and administer any such provisions

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Health Insurance Costs Will Rise Steeply if Premium Tax Credit Improvements Expire | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 
By Gideon Lukens

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