Accounting Today: Voices Immigration reform could help states seeking additional revenues

“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, proposed that state and local governments could significantly increase revenue collection by legalizing undocumented immigrants. A report released in February by ITEP noted that undocumented immigrants collectively pay an estimated $11.64 billion a year. The state of California, home to more than 3 million undocumented immigrants, collects $3.1 billion annually in state and local taxes.”

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