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ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Maine Center for Economic Policy: Now is the Time for Tax Reform: Can LD 1088 Deliver?
Taxes are central to our individual and collective well-being. Taxes provide the revenue that supports the physical infrastructure, the education, health care, and environmental protections that we have collectively decided… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: Unbalanced: How the Arkansas Tax and Budget System is Hurting Low-and Middle-Income Families
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ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Alabama Arise: The 2009 Tax Fairness Amendment: Answers to Some Common Questions
Answers to some frequently asked questions about the 2009 Tax Fairness Amendment. Read the Full Report (PDF) -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 California Budget Project: Uncharted Waters: Navigating the Social and Economic Context of California’s Budget
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ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Wisconsin Budget Project: Taxation of Capital Gains Income
Wisconsin is one of nine states that provide a broad tax break for capital gains. That tax exclusion has become a key budget issue after the state Senate voted on… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Public Assets Institute: A Balanced Way to Balance the Budget
In the end, the Vermont Legislature found a balanced solution to balancing the state budget for fiscal year 2010, which begins July 1. After a gubernatorial veto—the first budget veto… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Will Poor, Working Families Be Roadkill?
The Jobs and Transportation Act’s Regressive Tax and Fee Increases Will Set Back Low-Income Working Families With Children Unless the Legislature Enacts a Modest EITC Expansion Read the Full Report… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 North Carolina Budget and Tax Center: The House Budget: Deteriorating Revenue Picture Forces Tough Decisions
Members of the House of Representatives faced a daunting task when they began to craft their proposed two-year budget. In the weeks after the Senate voted on its budget, the… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 North Carolina Budget and Tax Center: The Estimated Impact of the Senate’s Proposed Modernization Plan
The Senate Finance Committee’s proposed tax modernization plan would require an additional 0.3% of income ($32 average annually) from the lowestincome earners, 0.1% of income ($32 average annually) from middle-income… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Louisiana Budget Project: Eliminating State Income Tax: Good for Whom?
Several bills introduced in the current regular legislative session would eliminate Louisiana’s state income tax, without mandating any replacement revenues. Adoption of any of these measures would be detrimental to… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Connecticut Voices for Children: Fiddling While Rome Burns: Connecticut’s Multi-Million Dollar, Money Losing Subsidy to the Entertainment Industry
While intended to spark a home-grown entertainment industry in Connecticut, Connecticut Voices’ analysis of recently-released data from the Commission on Culture and Tourism shows that the tax credits have largely… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 North Carolina Budget and Tax Center: The Dead Tax Plan: Just How Regressive Would it Have Been?
The proposed $1 billion compromise tax plan released the week of July 20th featured a 1-cent sales tax increase and 2% personal income tax surcharge. This plan, if enacted, would… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Kansas Action for Children: The Kansas Budget Gap: How Did it Happen and Who Gets Hurt?
As is the case in any state, Kansas revenue and budget circumstances vary from year to year depending on a number of factors, including the health of the economy, the… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center: Keeping Score: More Pennsylvania Businesses are Losers Under the Single Sales Factor
Budget negotiators are considering adopting the Single Sales Factor (SSF)1, a targeted tax break promoted by a small group of Pennsylvania corporations. The SSF would cost the Pennsylvania Treasury around… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 New Mexico Voices for Children: Revenue Generators
The current debate over immigration – and particularly over immigrants without legal residency status – often centers on whether or not this group of people contributes to the economy or… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Maine Center for Economic Policy: TABOR II: A Danger to Maine’s Economy, Communities, and People
After soundly rejecting TABOR I in 2006, this November Maine voters will face another TABOR initiative. Despite claims by proponents that TABOR I’s many flaws have been corrected, TABOR II… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Connecticut Voices for Children: Connecticut’s Unified Gift and Estate Tax: A Key Source of Revenue That Makes Connecticut’s Tax System More Fair
The Governor has proposed eliminating the unified gift and estate tax. As part of her most recent package of proposed budget changes to balance the State Fiscal Year 2010-2011 (SFY… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Rhode Island Poverty Institute: Tax Incentive Disclosure and Accountability
“During the 2008 General Assembly session, legislation was enacted to require greater disclosure and accountability of tax credits received by corporations. The legislation required that information about six tax credits… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center: Sales Taxation of Admission to Cultural Events Across the U.S.
The 2009-10 Pennsylvania state budget agreement announced in principle by the lawmakers includes a proposal to eliminate the sales tax exemption currently in place for admissions to cultural events (live… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 California Budget Project: COTCE Proposals Would Increase Budget Gaps, Tax Low- and Middle-Income Californians
The core of the COTCE proposals would reduce the state’s reliance on the personal income tax by reducing the number of rates and the maximum tax rate, eliminate the corporate… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 California Budget Project: Fatally Flawed: What Would the Commission on the 21st Century Economy’s Recommendations Mean for California?
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ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 DC Fiscal Policy Institute: Expanding the District’s Sales Tax Can Raise Revenue, While Increasing Tax Fairness
In response to the most recent revenue shortfall, the DC Council voted in July 2009 to raise the District’s sales tax rate from 5.75 percent to 6 percent. Raising revenue… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: A Step Toward Balance: Measures 66 and 67 Move Oregon Closer to a Tax System Based on Ability to Pay
Today, low-income Oregonians pay a larger share of their income in state and local taxes than wealthy Oregonians. In fact, the highest-income Oregonians pay the lowest share of their income… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: Tapping Top Earners to Meet Ohio’s Needs
In order to balance the Ohio state budget, Gov. Ted Strickland has proposed temporarily restoring the last year of a five-year, 21 percent income-tax cut approved in 2005. This October… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 DC Fiscal Policy Institute: Tell It Like It Is: Combined Reporting Improves DC’s Tax System By Making Corporations Disclose Their Profits and Pay Their Fair Share
Mayor Fenty and the DC Council recently approved an important reform to the District’s corporate income tax which will prevent large corporations from avoiding taxes. The law, known as “combined…