Jeremy Wayne Tate, CEO of the American education company Classic Learning Test, has recently taken to X to praise Hungary for its initiative to give mothers lifetime income tax exemptions, and call for similar tax credits in the United States.
In his social media post, he writes: ‘Have four or more babies in Hungary and you’ll pay no income tax for life. When are we going to do this in America?’
It appears that Mr Tate is behind the curve on Hungarian family support programmes. If he likes income tax exemption for mothers of four, then he must be really excited when he learns that, as per the announcement from Minister of National Economy Márton Nagy of Hungary earlier this year, the tax exemption scheme will be expanded to mothers of three and two as well.
The tax relief for mothers of three (around 250,000 of them live in Hungary today) is coming into effect this fall; while the exemption for mothers of two (around 600,000 Hungarian women) will be implemented gradually, starting in 2026 and completed by 2030.
Wayne’s X post has garnered quite a lot of engagement. Since it was posted on 2 September, it has received 3,700 likes, 575 retweets, and 450 comments. The vast majority of comments are supportive of the idea, but the responders are doubtful that it could be implemented in the US.
Tate himself has six children with his wife Erin, according to his X bio. His company CLT provides standardized testing to students in grades 3–12 across the US. It has been in business since 2015.
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