What's New
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State Rundown 6/26: Summer Special Sessions Are In, Anti-tax Ballot Initiatives Out
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States Should Enact, Expand Mansion Taxes to Advance Fairness and Shared Prosperity
Carl Davis, June 2024 -
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Property Tax Circuit Breakers Can Help States Create More Equitable Tax Codes
Brakeyshia Samms, June 2024 -
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SCOTUS Rejects Expansion of Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts, Leaves Broader Tax Questions for Another Day
Steve Wamhoff, June 2024 -
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Tax Policy is a Part of the Black American Story
Brakeyshia Samms, June 2024
ITEP in the News
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Sacramento Bee: Governor Gavin Newsom Claims California Is Not a 'High-Tax State.' Is He Correct?
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Education Week: Some Districts Charge for School Bus Rides—If They Offer Transportation at All
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New York Times: Democrats' Dream of a Wealth Tax Is Alive. For Now.
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Forbes: Supreme Court Refuses to Upend the Tax Code in Ruling on Unrealized Gains
Expert's View
Carl Davis
Research Director
The Geographic Distribution of Extreme Wealth in the U.S.
Excessive concentration of wealth runs counter to our national aspiration for genuine equality of opportunity, and it saps the vitality of our democracy through the consolidation of power and influence. Tax policy offers a powerful means of beginning to address our nation’s stark level of inequality, but current law is clearly falling short of its potential.