The Gazzette: Study Maintains Undocumented Immigrants Pay Their Fair Share in Taxes
media mentionColorado’s 163,000 undocumented immigrants pay plenty in taxes, according to a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
The nonprofit think tank on state and federal tax policy estimates undocumented residents contributed $21.4 million in personal income taxes, $35.8 million in property taxes and $82.2 million in sales and excise taxes to the state in 2015.
Thats $139.5 million in state taxes, “dispelling myths that undocumented workers don’t pay taxes and showing the significant amount of revenue that would be impacted by hardline immigration policies,” said the Colorado Fiscal Institute, which released the report Thursday.