Tax Policy for The People

The People’s Tax Page is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Our goal is to create and curate video, audio, and written works that teach advanced tax policy in a manner that anyone can understand. Tax policy affects people directly, so we aim to make it directly accessible for people. We believe that tax does not need to be reserved to politicians and economists, but should be vested directly in the people.

We Love Teaching

We want to produce content that is not only informative, but also engaging and entertaining. We have more videos, podcasts, and lesson plans in the pipeline that will simplify complex policy issues as they arise in current events.

If you have any questions about our organization, we encourage you to contact us here.

Meet the Expert

Professor Edward McCaffery

Professor McCaffery is an internationally recognized expert in tax law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. His scholarship covers many disciplines, including tax theory, tax policy, tax structures, public finance theory, behavioral public finance, property law, intellectual property, and economics. He teaches Federal Income Taxation, Property, Intellectual Property, and Tax Law and Policy. He founded the People’s Tax Page in an effort to reach a wider audience and explain basic concepts of tax and public finance to the people.

The Creative Team

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Kiara Jackson, Co-Executive Director

Kiara is a third-year law student at USC. She grew up in the midwest and earned an undergraduate degree in Digital Marketing and Journalism at the University of Missouri before earning a Master's degree in Education. She later founded an elementary school in South Los Angeles. As an educator, she learned about the many wage and opportunity gaps in under-resourced communities, which sparked her interests in ethical real estate development and financial literacy. She loves hiking, eating ice cream, and binge-watching reality TV shows.

Dawson Sanders, Co-Executive Director

Raised in Alaska, Dawson grew up on activities characteristic of the rural arctic: skiing down Business Boulevard, tracking caribou under the northern lights, and tanning by the lake when the never-setting sun was merciful enough to push the midday temperature above sixty-five. After obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in economics, Dawson worked as a financial analyst for a Fortune 500 company in Chicago. He then moved to Los Angeles to attend law school at the University of Southern California, where he participated in the Hale Moot Court Honors Program, published articles in Business Law Digest, and served as Vice Justice of Finance for the school’s law fraternity. At PTP, Dawson strives to utilize his financial and legal knowledge to promote a better public understanding of tax policy and create a more equitable economic system.

Benjamin Morain, Contributing Editor

Benjamin joined PTP as a rising 2L. He grew up in the Chicago suburbs and studied Political Science at USC during his undergrad After graduating in 2019, Benjamin joined USC Gould. As someone with little personal finance exposure growing up, Benjamin recognizes the vital importance of financial literacy in education and is striving to increase accessibility of this information, particularly to young people, while at PTP. In his free time, Benjamin enjoys chess, tennis, and iced coffee.

Sheila Wang, Graphic Designer

Sheila is a sophomore student at USC studying Art, Technology, and the Business of Innovation in the Lovine Young Academy. She grew up in Beijing, moved to Vancouver in grade seven, and moved to Los Angeles for university. She loves creating art through various media and is always eager to learn something new. She has also worked with different nonprofits and small businesses to promote their missions and create brand images that can be remembered. In her free time, she likes to dance, bake sweets, and explore new places and food with friends.