--- title: Cardi B Demands Transparency in Tax Policy on Instagram description: Cardi B took to her Instagram to demand a more transparent tax policy, claiming that 40% of her income was going to the government. canonical: https://time.com/5213186/cardi-b-on-tax-policy/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-23T19:39:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:36.555Z og:title: Cardi B Demands Transparency in Tax Policy on Instagram og:description: Money moves og:url: https://time.com/5213186/cardi-b-on-tax-policy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cardi B Demands Transparency in Tax Policy on Instagram twitter:description: Money moves twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Cardi B Is Demanding More Transparency When It Comes to Tax Policy  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 23, 2018 7:39 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 23, 2018 7:39 PM UTC Cardi B, queen of the Bronx, has had a glow-up of a year making all of the [money moves](http://time.com/money/4959065/how-cardi-b-escaped-poverty-to-become-the-first-female-rapper-in-19-years-to-top-the-charts/), but money moves are not exempt from taxes, something that’s prompted the rapper to question current tax policy. The [“Bodak Yellow”](http://time.com/4960015/cardi-b-bodak-yellow-what-to-know/) artist took to her Instagram to air her grievances about the lack of transparency when it came to taxes in this country. In the video post, Cardi questions what Uncle Sam is doing with her money, since 40% of her income is being paid in taxes. She even has some valid critiques of New York state for underfunding prisons and the sad state of the MTA. Cardi B’s desire for more information on how her taxpayer dollars are being spent was something that resonated with the Internet, who appreciated her candor. > [](https://twitter.com/yashar/status/977015247793016832) > [](https://twitter.com/GroverNorquist/status/977210532120981504) > [](https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/977016933961949184) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5213186/cardi-b-on-tax-policy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5213186/cardi-b-on-tax-policy/"},"headline":"Cardi B Is Demanding More Transparency When It Comes to Tax Policy","datePublished":"2018-03-23T19:39:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:36.555Z","description":"Money moves","url":"https://time.com/5213186/cardi-b-on-tax-policy/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5213186/cardi-b-on-tax-policy/","name":"Cardi B Is Demanding More Transparency When It Comes to Tax Policy"}}]}] ```