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  • media mention   May 4, 2021

    New York Times: Amazon Had a Big Year, but Paid No Tax to Luxembourg

    Matthew Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning research group in Washington, said Amazon’s Luxembourg filing showed why there was such urgency, not…
  • media mention   May 4, 2021

    Daily Kos: Study: Non-wealthy to benefit most from Biden’s tax and spending plans, especially in red states

    For those who aren’t policy wonks—and who somehow can’t decide whether Joe Biden is a compassionate family man or a rapacious baby’s blood aficionado—it can be difficult to suss out…
  • media mention   May 4, 2021

    Yahoo! Finance: Only the ‘lucky few’ will pay higher taxes under Biden’s plan, analysis finds

    President Joe Biden is planning to raise revenue to fund his infrastructure plans through numerous tax hikes that would mostly hit the top 0.7% of Americans, a new analysis found.…
  • media mention   May 3, 2021

    MarketWatch: The fight over SALT is heating up. What’s next?

    “I’m surprised that it just continues to come up,” said Tracy Gordon, acting director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. “In Washington there seems to be this broad consensus that…
  • media mention   May 1, 2021

    New York Times: Why a $10,000 Tax Deduction Could Hold Up Trillions in Stimulus Funds

    There’s no debate that the SALT deduction goes mostly to wealthier taxpayers. About 85% of its benefits accrue to the richest 5% of households, according to an analysis by the…
  • media mention   May 1, 2021

    Business Insider: America’s wealthiest added $195 billion to their fortunes in Biden’s first 100 days

    While the richest Americans saw gains under Biden, he’s making moves to tax them more heavily to offset the cost of his next big expenditure: an infrastructure package that encompasses everything from…
  • media mention   May 1, 2021

    The Sacramento Bee: California parents would get big tax breaks under Biden proposal. Here’s how much to expect

    Low and middle income families struggling to pay for child care and other expenses would see big new tax breaks through 2025 under the White House’s new child tax credit…
  • media mention   April 30, 2021

    Coinspeaker: Joe Biden to Fund Education and Childcare by Implementing American Families Plan

    According to a report by ITEP (institute On Taxation And Economic Policy), the top part of the scheme will restore the top personal income tax rate to 39.6%. The plan…
  • media mention   April 30, 2021

    NBC News: The soul of the post-Trump GOP isn’t in D.C., it’s in the nation’s statehouses

    All in all, the proposed capital gains and income tax hikes would affect less than 1 percent of taxpayers, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic…
  • media mention   April 30, 2021

    Associated Press: A Look At How US Corporations Manage the Tax System

    Last year, more than 50 of the largest U.S. companies actually paid nothing in federal income taxes, even though they reported $40 billion in pretax profits as a group, according…
  • media mention   April 30, 2021

    NBC News: Venture capitalists spar over Biden plan to raise their taxes

    President Barack Obama’s White House put out a proposal similar to the one Biden’s White House is now offering, according to Steve Wamhoff, the director of federal tax policy at…
  • media mention   April 30, 2021

    Fox Business: Biden’s tax plan would cost wealthiest 1% an extra $160K per year, study shows

    That’s according to a new analysis published this week by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which found that the wealthiest 1% of Americans would pay an extra $159,010…
  • media mention   April 30, 2021

    Associated Press: Biden’s corporate tax plan takes aim at income inequality

    “It’s a terrific plan,” said Matthew Gardner, senior fellow at the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “We cannot have a sustainable corporate tax system until we solve this…
  • media mention   April 29, 2021

    The Hill: Biden: ‘Trickle-down economics has never worked’

    “It’s time for corporate America and the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans to just begin to pay their fair share,” Biden said. “Just their fair share.” The president referenced a…
  • media mention   April 29, 2021

    Yahoo! Finance: Corporate tax hike would require Duke energy to ‘minimize impact’ for customers: CEO

    Fifty-five of the largest U.S. companies paid no federal corporate income taxes last year, including Duke Energy, according to a study released by the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic…
  • media mention   April 29, 2021

    Bonners Ferry Herald: House Bill 380 Could be a Double Hit to Revenue and Federal Fiscal Aid (Idaho)

    House Bill 380 – which would reduce the number of income tax brackets from seven to five, reduce the remaining income and corporate tax rates as well as provide a…
  • media mention   April 29, 2021

    USA TODAY: Biden cites left-leaning study that 55 of top U.S. companies paid no federal income taxes

    The ITEP report was based on a review of annual financial records by the nation’s largest publicly traded companies for their most recent fiscal year. Wamhoff noted that Biden on…
  • media mention   April 29, 2021

    Business Insider: Under Biden’s plan, the top 1% of Americans would pay an extra $100,000 in taxes every year

    A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) finds that only the highest-earning Americans would see their taxes change if President Biden’s proposed increases to the…
  • media mention   April 29, 2021

    NBC News: How Biden’s taxes hit the richest but skip the suburban base

    Biden’s capital gains tax increase would only take effect for people who make more than $1 million per year in total income. Many households with six-figure incomes could even see…
  • media mention   April 29, 2021

    CNBC: Biden wants to raise $1.5 trillion by taxing the rich. Here’s how

    The richest 1% of taxpayers, who have an average income of $2.2 million, would shoulder the burden of the tax hike, according to an analysis published by the Institute on…
  • media mention   April 29, 2021

    Bloomberg: N.Y., New Jersey, California Hit Hardest by Biden Tax Changes

    President Joe Biden’s plan to ramp up the income tax rate and capital gains tax rate as part of a $1.8 trillion stimulus plan would hit high-tax states like New…
  • media mention   April 28, 2021

    Forbes: What’s in Biden’s American Families Plan?

    ARPA expanded the CTC from $2,000 per child to $3,000 per child ages 6 to 17, and $3,600 for children under 6. The plan also gives the option of receiving…
  • media mention   April 28, 2021

    The Center Square: New Jersey politicos want repeal of SALT cap, but report indicates it will worsen racial, wealth ‘inequities’

    The ITEP analysis found that repealing “the SALT cap would worsen the racial income and wealth divides by primarily benefiting wealthy white households. It would also likely crowd out other,…
  • media mention   April 28, 2021

    Washington Post: Fact-checking Biden’s 2021 address to Congress

    In a report released in April, the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) concluded that 55 profitable companies in the Fortune 500 did not pay any federal income…
  • news release   April 28, 2021

    American Families Plan Proposes Transformational Investments and More Equitable Tax Reform

    Following is a statement by Amy Hanauer, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, regarding President Biden’s remarks on the American Families Plan. “Longstanding inequities, deepened by…
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