
February 20, 2026 • By Steve Wamhoff
Today the Supreme Court made the right decision in striking down most of the tariffs President Trump has put into motion during his second term.
February 20, 2026 • By Matthew Gardner
The company paid zero federal income tax in 2025 despite reporting $145 million of U.S. profits.
February 20, 2026 • By Amy Hanauer
The Treasury Department is unilaterally cutting corporate taxes with regulations that ignore the statute they claim to implement, disregarding the separation of powers between the branches of government that has defined how America works for more than two centuries.
Homes in Black neighborhoods are more likely to be over-assessed for tax purposes while being undervalued by private appraisers.
February 19, 2026 • By ITEP Staff
State lawmakers are grappling with a range of challenges as their fiscal outlooks deteriorate, federal tax enforcement wanes (after the Trump administration cut the IRS workforce by 25 percent), and a rewritten federal tax code sends states scrambling to decide what changes they might want to make in their own codes.
February 17, 2026 • By Miles Trinidad, Matthew Gardner
A new proposal in Michigan would create a 5-percentage point surcharge on top earners with taxable incomes over $1 million for joint filers and $500,000 for single filers. This would raise about $1.7 billion a year, which would be used for public education priorities.
February 12, 2026 • By Carl Davis
Including NCTI in state corporate tax law is an effective way to neutralize much of the tax avoidance that occurs when multinational companies artificially shift their profits into overseas tax havens.
February 11, 2026 • By ITEP Staff
While some may be excited for a romantic Valentine’s Day this weekend, many state lawmakers are breaking up and decoupling from recent federal tax changes that are poised to leave states with revenue shortfalls – much like a bad date who forgets their wallet and asks you to pick up the tab.
February 11, 2026
While the General Assembly should pass a conformity bill related to federal changes made in H.R. 1, Ohio should decouple from sections that reduce revenue without benefiting the state — and that primarily advantage the wealthiest Ohioans. Read more.
February 11, 2026
The build-out of artificial intelligence data centers along with business-friendly provisions in President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” are combining to make 2025 a banner tax year for Big Tech. Read more.
February 11, 2026
As the legislative session continues and the opportunity to pass reform dissipates, lawmakers will need to conduct a delicate balancing act to ensure they do not solve one conundrum by creating a potentially bigger one. Read more.
February 11, 2026
If Ohio’s property taxes are eliminated, Gov. Mike DeWine says sales tax in the state could spike dramatically. Read more.
February 11, 2026
Several competing proposals to offer Florida homeowners property tax relief have been pushed forward over the last few months, to the dismay of Governor Ron DeSantis, who advocated for one, simple solution—abolishing property taxes. Read more.
February 10, 2026 • By Matthew Gardner
This unilateral corporate tax cut from the Trump administration will cost $10 billion over a decade unless it is reversed.
February 9, 2026 • By ITEP Staff
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February 9, 2026 • By ITEP Staff
Cassidy Sheppard is a policy intern who focuses on state and local tax policy. They are currently pursuing a master’s degree in public administration at the University of Washington. Previously Cassidy worked in labor advocacy for 2 years after earning a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in History from California State […]
February 9, 2026 • By Brakeyshia Samms
The results are a mixed bag, with some states enacting promising policies that will improve tax equity and others going in the opposite direction.
February 6, 2026
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy confirms that “cigarette tax revenues grow more slowly than the cost of almost any public service that could be funded using these taxes” and that “[s]tates that use these taxes to fund public services may be disappointed in the long run.” Read more.
February 6, 2026 • By Kamolika Das
Federal lawmakers passed a bill along party lines that would force the District of Columbia to override the decision of local elected officials and implement all of the costly and inequitable federal tax cuts passed under the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA).
February 6, 2026 • By Matthew Gardner
Four of the corporations whose CEOs flanked President Trump at his 2025 inauguration ceremony have now disclosed that they collectively received $51 billion in federal tax breaks in 2025, much of that likely from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
Despite wintry conditions across much of the country, that hasn’t stopped state lawmakers from debating major tax policy changes.
February 4, 2026
Workers in Washington, D.C., many of whom have federal roles, could be set to experience major disruption over their tax returns this year, as Congress seems likely to pass a joint resolution that would override the district’s tax law—n the middle of the tax season. Read more.
February 4, 2026
For the first time ever, U.S. corporate annual reports now include more granular disclosures of cash tax payments and other tax metrics. We can clearly see the fruit of Congress repeatedly showering tax giveaways on large corporations: major American companies often pay more tax in other countries than they do at home. How American is the world’s […]
February 4, 2026 • By Matthew Gardner
The company paid an effective federal income tax rate of just over 3.5% in 2025, the lowest it has recorded since the company went public as Facebook in 2012.
February 3, 2026
The findings demonstrate that tax changes over the past two decades—including the introduction and reduction of the flat tax and the shift from a five-bracket system with a top rate of 9.90 percent to today’s three-bracket system with a top rate of 5.99 percent—have disproportionately benefited the highest-income filers while steadily draining state revenue. The […]