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Conforming to the ‘No Tax on Tips’ Gimmick Just Got Riskier and Costlier for States
November 25, 2025 • By Nick Johnson
An unknown number of workers who previously were assumed to be ineligible for the tax break may nonetheless claim it.
State Rundown 11/24: States Say ‘No Thank You’ to Federal Tax Cuts Reducing State Revenue
November 24, 2025 • By ITEP Staff
Lawmakers in two more states have wisely said “no thank you” to federal tax cuts that would have flowed through to their state tax codes and undermined funding for their priorities
Re-Examining 529 Plans: Stopping State Subsidies to Private Schools After New Trump Tax Law
November 20, 2025 • By Miles Trinidad, Nick Johnson
The 2025 federal tax law risks making 529 plans more costly for states by increasing tax avoidance and allowing wealthy families to use these funds for private and religious K-12 schools.
States Are Opening a Pandora’s Box of Data Centers
November 19, 2025 • By Page Gray
State governments are rushing to offer billions of dollars in subsidies to data center construction, apparently without understanding their full costs.
Local Vacancy Taxes: A Tool but Not a Panacea
November 17, 2025 • By Rita Jefferson
Vacancy taxes will not single-handedly solve problems in cities, but they are worth considering to address housing shortages, land use, and building thriving communities.
ITEP in the News
The Associated Press: Treasury Plans To Change Tax Credit Eligibility In a Move Critics Say Will Hurt Immigrant Taxpayers
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Eliminating Missouri’s Income Tax Would Do Nothing but Shift Costs to the Poor
The New Republic: Trump’s Quiet Giveaway to His Big Business Cronies
The Guardian: How Could Zohran Mamdani Pay for His Bold Agenda for New York? We Broke it Down
Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Tax Cuts are Exposing Companies to Biden’s Tax Hike
ITEP Work in Action
Action Center on Race & the Economy: Pay Us What You Owe Us: Concrete State Solutions to Re-Fund Our Communities
Institute for Policy Studies: FACT SHEET: Federal Policy Threatens Women and Children with Poverty
Georgia Budget and Policy Institute: Breaking the Bank: Eliminating the State Income Tax Harms Most Georgians and Increases the Cost of Living
Economic Policy Institute: Raising Taxes on the Ultrarich
The Commonwealth Institute: Policy Choices to Protect and Increase Investment in Virginia Communities
Across the States
Tax Watch
State Tax Watch 2025
ITEP tracks tax discussions in legislatures across the country and uses our unique data capacity to analyze the revenue, distributional, and racial and ethnic impacts of many of these proposals. State Tax Watch offers the latest news and movement from each state.
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State Rundown & On the Map
State Rundown 11/24: States Say ‘No Thank You’ to Federal Tax Cuts Reducing State Revenue
Lawmakers in two more states have wisely said “no thank you” to federal tax cuts that would have flowed through to their state tax codes…
Taxes on Adult-Use Cannabis in Each State
Twenty-three states have legalized the sale of cannabis for general adult use. Every state allowing legal sales applies an excise tax to cannabis based on…
State & Local Tax Policy
Conforming to the ‘No Tax on Tips’ Gimmick Just Got Riskier and Costlier for States
November 25, 2025 • By Nick Johnson
Re-Examining 529 Plans: Stopping State Subsidies to Private Schools After New Trump Tax Law
November 20, 2025 • By Miles Trinidad, Nick Johnson
States Are Opening a Pandora's Box of Data Centers
November 19, 2025 • By Page Gray
