Big Tech tax breaks could’ve funded benefits for millions, Senator Warren finds

President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is handing out billions in tax breaks, and a new analysis from Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) office is demonstrating just how substantial those sums are. Under the law, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, will save around $17.9 billion in taxes this year, an amount that Warren’s office found could’ve paid for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for 7.5 million Americans. That sum could cover Medicaid for around 2.3 million adults, or 5.4 million children, according to Warren’s office. Amazon’s anticipated tax break for this year is similarly large at around $15.7 billion — enough to provide SNAP benefits for 6.6 million Americans, or Medicaid for 2 million adults. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s estimated $12.5 billion tax cut in 2026 could lower Affordable Care Act (ACA) premiums for 1.9 million people. [Image: This chart shows the federal programs Big Tech’s tax breaks could’ve gone toward. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/tax-break-chart.png?quality=90&strip=all] The Republican-controlled Congress passed the massive budget bill in July, which includes a trove of benefits for Big Tech. In addition to maintaining a lower corporate tax rate, the government is implementing a more generous research and development write-off system. At the same time, it also introduces sweeping cuts and eligibility requirements for federal programs like the ACA, Medicaid, and SNAP. To fund SNAP benefits for the average of 41.7 million people who received them monthly last year, the federal government spent $99.8 billion. Now, with the government still shut down, Trump said he will only partially fund SNAP with a $4.65 billion payment. “Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are knocking millions of Americans off their health insurance and ripping away food assistance from families — all so they can fund giant tax cuts for billionaires and giant corporations,” Senator Warren says in a statement provided to The Verge. “This is a matter of priorities: Trump and Republicans are fighting for their billionaire buddies, while Democrats are fighting for American families.”