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ITEP Work in Action February 28, 2014 Wisconsin Budget Project: New Study Finds Large Number of the Major, Profitable Corporations Pay Little in Corporate Taxes
Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 6:16 PM by Jon Peacock This week, on the same day that GOP legislators in Congress were unveiling a plan to sharply reduce federal income… -
ITEP Work in Action February 27, 2014 Washington State Budget & Policy Center: Corporate Tax Dodge Findings Show Need for Reforms in Washington State
Now that we know nine major corporations with operations in Washington state paid zero or less in federal corporate income taxes in recent years despite reaping huge profits, serious questions… -
ITEP Work in Action February 27, 2014 Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center: Many Profitable Corporations Pay Little or No U.S. Income Taxes
A comprehensive five-year study of 288 highly profitable Fortune 500 companies finds that 111 of them, including six based in Pennsylvania, paid no federal corporate income tax in at least… -
ITEP Work in Action February 27, 2014 Fiscal Policy Center: Profitable companies get free pass on federal income tax
There’s new evidence that many of the country’s biggest companies are getting a free pass on taxes, including several businesses headquartered here in Illinois. In fact, many of these profitable… -
ITEP Work in Action February 27, 2014 North Carolina Justice Center: Duke Energy the subject of another scathing report
One of North Carolina’s largest, most profitable (and most controversial) corporations is the subject of renewed criticism today. A new report co-released last night by the Washington, DC-based groups Citizens… -
ITEP Work in Action February 26, 2014 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Trucking Along, Avoiding Corporate Income Taxes
The same company whose lawsuit made it possible for corporations to side-step Oregon’s corporate minimum tax turns out to be a federal corporate income tax avoider, as well. The trucking… -
ITEP Work in Action February 26, 2014 North Carolina Justice Center: Many of America’s Most Profitable Corporations Pay Little or No Federal Income Taxes; Headquartered Companies in N.C. Top the List
Washington, D.C. (February 26, 2014) – A comprehensive five-year study of 288 highly profitable Fortune 500 companies finds that 111 of them paid no federal corporate income tax in at… -
ITEP Work in Action February 26, 2014 New Jersey Policy Perspective: Many of America’s Most Profitable Corporations Pay Little or No Federal Income Taxes
New Jersey-based Honeywell, which in 2012 was awarded a state tax break of $40 million not to leave New Jersey, paid no federal corporate income taxes in 2009 and 2010,… -
ITEP Work in Action February 26, 2014 Policy Matters Ohio: The Sorry State of Corporate Taxes
Two Ohio companies — American Electric Power and FirstEnergy — were among the 26 major companies that in the aggregate paid no federal income tax over the five-year period between… -
ITEP Work in Action February 26, 2014 Maryland Center on Economic Policy: Major US Corporations Not Paying their Fair Share in Federal Taxes
Maryland residents filling out their tax forms and paying their monthly utility bills might be surprised to find out that one of the companies that 526,000 of them write checks… -
report February 25, 2014 The Sorry State of Corporate Taxes
Many of America’s Most Profitable Corporations Pay Little or No Federal Income Taxes; Multinationals Pay Higher Rates Abroad Than in the U.S.
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ITEP Work in Action February 18, 2014 Open Sky Policy Institute: Data show middle class benefit of LB 1097 paltry compared to higher earners
While some proponents of LB 1097 – a bill to cut Nebraska’s income taxes – talk about the bill’s benefit to the state’s middle class, a look at the data… -
ITEP Work in Action February 18, 2014 Oklahoma Policy Institute: Tax cut will provide little benefit to most Oklahomans
The average Oklahoman would get just $29 from Governor Mary Fallin’s proposed income tax cut, while one-quarter of the total benefit would go to the wealthiest 1 percent of households,… -
ITEP Work in Action February 18, 2014 Missouri Budget Project: Nixon-Kraus Tax “Deal” Would Undercut MO Services, Including Education
According to recent analysis, the tax “deal” between Governor Nixon and Senator Kraus is skewed to benefit Missouri’s wealthiest families, and leaves all services vulnerable to cuts as a result… -
ITEP Work in Action February 14, 2014 Policy Matters Ohio: Income-tax cut would favor well-to-do
An across-the-board cut in rates favored by Gov. Kasich may allow low-income Ohioans to buy a slice of pizza a year, on average. Those in the middle could purchase a… -
ITEP Work in Action February 10, 2014 Kentucky Center for Economic Policy: Measuring the Tax Plan Against Key Principles
Governor Beshear has released his tax reform proposal, and analysis and debate over the plan has begun. It’s important that this discussion keep in mind three principles that are needed… -
ITEP Work in Action February 7, 2014 Open Sky Policy Institute: Looking for Clarity: An Overview of Nebraska Budget and Tax Policy
To help Huskers decode how Nebraska makes budget decisions and creates tax policy, we have created Looking for Clarity: An Overview of Nebraska Budget and Tax Policy. This easy-to-read primer… -
ITEP Work in Action February 7, 2014 Kentucky Center for Economic Policy: Tax Plan Misses Opportunity to Make Overall Tax System Fairer
The combined impact of the tax increases and tax cuts in Governor Beshear’s reform proposal would not help improve the regressive nature of Kentucky’s tax system, according to analysis of… -
ITEP Work in Action February 6, 2014 Open Sky Policy Institute: Income tax cut bills would decimate state budget, lead to cuts, property tax hikes
A pair of bills to cut income taxes would blow holes in the state budget, aren’t aimed at the middle class and are not likely to grow the economy. Furthermore,… -
ITEP Work in Action January 30, 2014 Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED): 2014 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard
In the wake of the recession, policymakers at all levels of government adopted policies aimed at hastening the recovery and increasing financial security and opportunity. Cities, counties and states… -
ITEP Work in Action January 27, 2014 Wisconsin Budget Project: Top 5% of Wisconsin Residents Get 18% of Tax Cuts Proposed by the Governor
The distribution of the tax cuts proposed by the Governor isn’t our chief concern about how he would use the projected state surplus. We’re primarily concerned that Governor Walker’s plan… -
ITEP Work in Action January 24, 2014 Missouri Budget Project: Tax Proposals Before Senate Ways & Means Would Dramatically Reduce State Revenue, Disporportionately Benefit Wealthiest, But Not Create Jobs
The Missouri Senate Ways & Means Committee will hear three major tax bills this week. Though they differ in their components, each would drastically reduce state revenue, disproportionately benefit Missourians… -
ITEP Work in Action January 24, 2014 Open Sky Policy Institute: Typical family pays less tax in Nebraska than in most similar states
Middle-income Nebraskans pay relatively low taxes compared to their counterparts in eight nearby states with similar economies and tax structures. A family earning the median family income in Nebraska ($63,442)… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2014 Michigan League for Public Policy: Tax Cuts Won’t Grow the Economy
Across-the-board income tax cuts will not boost Michigan’s economy but would contribute to rising income inequality, and further drain resources from public schools, community colleges, universities, health care and… -
ITEP Work in Action January 13, 2014 New Jersey Policy Perspective: $elling New Jersey $hort: Across-the-Board Income Tax Cut Would Harm the Garden State
An across-the-board state income tax cut would be detrimental to New Jersey’s future because it would do nothing to create jobs and grow the economy while disproportionately helping those who…