Business First: Immigration reform would add $56M to Kentucky, Indiana coffers

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Business First

A newly released study shows that national and state tax revenues in Kentucky and Indiana would increase by nearly $56 million annually if immigration reform passes.

As The Courier-Journal reports, the study by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that millions of undocumented immigrants who would obtain legal work status under reform would pay an additional $2 billion to states and localities.

In Kentucky, those immigrants currently pay almost $59 million each year in state and local taxes; that figure would increase about $23 million, according to the study.

In Indiana, undocumented immigrants pay nearly $109 million, which the study said would increase by $32.8 million.

Staff

Business First

A newly released study shows that national and state tax revenues in Kentucky and Indiana would increase by nearly $56 million annually if immigration reform passes.

As The Courier-Journal reports, the study by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that millions of undocumented immigrants who would obtain legal work status under reform would pay an additional $2 billion to states and localities.

In Kentucky, those immigrants currently pay almost $59 million each year in state and local taxes; that figure would increase about $23 million, according to the study.