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State Rundown 6/20: Federal tax policy heats up, states wrap sessions and weigh impacts
June 18, 2025 • By ITEP Staff
As state legislative sessions come to a close, decisions on tax policy are being made. Several southern states have cut taxes, while the northeast is making some more measured reforms.
Alabama Sunsets its Expensive ‘No Tax on Overtime’ Policy
June 18, 2025 • By Neva Butkus
Exempting overtime pay from income tax has become a hot topic at both the state and federal levels. Alabama became the first state to pass the exemption – albeit temporarily – in 2023. Numerous states and the federal government are considering following their lead, touting it as a way to…
House Bill’s Deduction for Car Loan Interest Would Not Offset Tariff-Related Auto Price Increases for Most Buyers
June 12, 2025 • By Carl Davis, Sarah Austin
The auto loan interest deduction that recently passed the House is designed, at least in part, to mitigate the impact of tariff-induced price increases on vehicles assembled in America. But the deduction is incapable of offsetting even small-scale price increases, especially for working-class families and others with moderate incomes.
State Rundown 6/11: States in The Eye of a Fiscal Hurricane?
June 11, 2025 • By ITEP Staff
State legislatures are enjoying a relatively quiet period right now, though it is merely a temporary calm before the storm of the federal tax and budget debate begins raging again.
North Carolina Tax Proposal Prioritizes Millionaires Over Everyone Else
June 11, 2025 • By Dylan Grundman O'Neill, Miles Trinidad
North Carolina Senators are proposing to yet again ignore the core needs of the majority of North Carolinians in favor of more income tax cuts for the wealthy few. The Senate's budget would take the personal income tax rate to 1.99 percent as soon as 2031 if certain revenue triggers…
ITEP in the News
The Wall Street Journal: The Tax Bill Would Deliver a Big Win for Private Schools – and Investors
USA Today: Trump Orders ICE to Expand Efforts in NYC, LA, Chicago: See How Many Immigrants Live in Major Metros
WHYY News: ‘Every dollar counts’: Critics Say Plan to Increase Fees, Taxes and Tolls Will Disproportionately Hurt Poor Delawareans
Christian Science Monitor: US Economy Faces Reckoning as Some Immigrants Avoid Workplaces
The Washington Post: The U.S. is Giving Up on Taxing Inheritances
ITEP Work in Action
Video: ITEP's Amy Hanauer Discusses 2025 Tax Bill on Power at Work Blogcast
League of Women Voters: What's Happening with Medicaid, Tax Cuts, and Budget Bills?
EdTrust: The Great American Heist: Taxing Education, Not Billionaires or Corporations
Testimony: ITEP's Amy Hanauer Discusses the House Reconciliation Bill During a Senate Spotlight Forum
Economic Policy Institute: How Anti-Worker Policies, Crony Capitalism, and Privatization Keep the South Locked Out of Shared Prosperity
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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 6/20: Federal tax policy heats up, states wrap sessions and weigh impacts
As state legislative sessions come to a close, decisions on tax policy are being made. Several southern states have cut taxes, while the northeast is…
Taxes on Adult-Use Cannabis in Each State
Twenty-three states have legalized the sale of cannabis for general adult use, and sales are already underway in 21 of those states. Every state allowing…
State & Local Tax Policy
Alabama Sunsets its Expensive ‘No Tax on Overtime’ Policy
June 18, 2025 • By Neva Butkus
North Carolina Tax Proposal Prioritizes Millionaires Over Everyone Else
June 11, 2025 • By Dylan Grundman O'Neill, Miles Trinidad
D.C.'s Budget Crisis Demands Fairer Business Tax System
June 9, 2025 • By Nick Johnson
