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How to Make the Rich and Corporations Pay for This Unpopular War
March 25, 2026 • By Michael Ettlinger
The war is widely unpopular. Whether the cost of the war ends up being $200 billion, more than that amount, or less, let’s at least have it paid for by those who can most afford it.
States Like Missouri Are Seeking to Raise Taxes on the Working Class to Cut Taxes for the Rich
March 25, 2026 • By Eli Byerly-Duke
A proposal to replace the Missouri personal income tax with a higher sales tax would increase costs for low- and middle-income households while giving the richest Missourians an average annual tax cut of almost $40,000.
These States Are Most Impacted by the Spike in Gas Prices
March 23, 2026 • By Carl Davis
The recent spike in gasoline prices is on pace to cost American drivers an extra $9.4 billion per month. Gas prices are up dramatically across the country, but the South has been hit hardest and is on pace to pay $4.2 billion more per month.
We Must Focus on Black Women to Reduce Inequity in the Tax Code
March 19, 2026 • By Brakeyshia Samms, Francine Lipman
As nice as it is to celebrate Women’s History Month, if we want a brighter future for women, we need to forge public policies that reduce inequity and include all of us.
State Rundown 3/18: New Mexico Enacts Most Significant Corporate Tax Reform of the Year
March 18, 2026 • By ITEP Staff
As states lawmakers continue to weigh their linkages to the federal tax code in light of the recent federal tax law, New Mexico provides a blueprint for limiting multinational corporate tax avoidance.
ITEP in the News
Remapping Debate: With IRS Enforcement Down, State and Local Tax Revenues Could Suffer, Too
Newsweek: Plan To Scrap Property Tax Could See Other Taxes Rise
Barron's: Tax the Rich or Kill Income Taxes? States Are Divided on What To Do.
Yahoo Finance: Property Taxes Are Skyrocketing. But States Are Learning That Cutting Them Has Major Consequences.
Los Angeles Times: Ted Cruz and His GOP Colleagues Are Pushing Yet Another Tax Break for the 1%
ITEP Work in Action
Maine Center for Economic Policy: Nurses and Plumbers Shouldn’t Pay the Same Tax Rate As Multi-Millionaires. LD 229 and LD 1089 Change That.
FACT Coalition: ITEP Cited in Review of Multinational Disclosures
Testimony: ITEP’s Nick Johnson on D.C. Amendment to SALT Cap Workarounds
Sen. Warren Probes Meta, Microsoft, Target, Companies on Mass Layoffs Despite Strong Financials and Trump Tax Handouts
ITEP Data Cited in The Working Americans' Tax Cut
Across the States
Tax Watch
State Tax Watch 2026
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 3/18: New Mexico Enacts Most Significant Corporate Tax Reform of the Year
As states lawmakers continue to weigh their linkages to the federal tax code in light of the recent federal tax law, New Mexico provides a…
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
States Like Missouri Are Seeking to Raise Taxes on the Working Class to Cut Taxes for the Rich
March 25, 2026 • By Eli Byerly-Duke
These States Are Most Impacted by the Spike in Gas Prices
March 23, 2026 • By Carl Davis
States Should Be Doing More About Corporate Tax Avoidance. New Mexico’s Tax Conformity Law Shows How.
March 17, 2026 • By Carl Davis
Washington Millionaires’ Tax, Expanded Working Families Tax Credit Make Tax Code Fairer
March 12, 2026 • By Dylan Grundman O'Neill, Marco Guzman
