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media mention March 16, 2021 CNN: Historic Benefits in Stimulus Bill May Answer a Big Question for Democrats
In figures provided exclusively to CNN, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which generally advocates for a more progressive tax code, similarly calculated that households headed by Whites will… -
ITEP Work in Action March 16, 2021 One Voice Mississippi: Bill Analysis: House Bill 1439: Tax Proposal Moves State Away from a Better, More Equitable Mississippi
Mississippi’s House of Representatives recently passed House Bill 1439 (“the Mississippi Tax Freedom Act of 2021”). The House passed the 300-page bill less than 24 hours after they introduced it… -
media mention March 16, 2021 Law360: 3 Questions State Tax Pros Have About The Pandemic Relief Law
Policymakers and state tax specialists noticed almost immediately that if states want to take full advantage of the $350 billion cash infusion the ARPA gives state and local governments, it… -
media mention March 16, 2021 GeekWire: Capital Gains Tax in Washington State: Is it about Fairness and Funding, or Will it Drive Away Startups?
Dylan Grundman O’Neill, a senior state tax policy analyst with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said that research shows that in Washington, more so than in any other… -
media mention March 16, 2021 Fortune: Biden Plots Tax Hikes on Corporations and High-earners to Fund Ambitious Infrastructure Plan
Should the President get the rest of the Democratic caucus on board with his vision of a massive infrastructure bill funded by higher taxes on corporations and wealthy individuals, Biden… -
media mention March 16, 2021 Business Insider: H&R Block Customers Will Get 3rd Stimulus Check, No Delay
H&R Block also gives taxpayers the option to receive their refund on a debit card called the Emerald Card. Anyone who qualifies for the third stimulus check and had their… -
media mention March 16, 2021 Yahoo News: ‘Helping the Country Prosper’: Undocumented Immigrants Pay Billions in US Taxes Each Year — and Have Been for Decades
A report from the office shows that 50% to 75% of undocumented immigrants pay billions in taxes each year — and have been since the Internal Revenue Service created a… -
media mention March 15, 2021 The Columbus Dispatch: Undocumented Immigrants Pay Billions in Taxes Each Year — and Have Been for 25 Years
When it comes to state and local taxes, undocumented immigrants pay more than $11 billion a year, according to a 2017 report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan nonprofit based in… -
media mention March 15, 2021 Bloomberg: Biden’s Rescue Hasn’t Stopped States’ Tax-the-Rich Rally Call
“No amount of federal aid can change the fact that nearly all state tax codes worsen the economic and racial inequalities that this pandemic has laid bare,” said Dylan Grundman… -
media mention March 15, 2021 CNBC: Expecting a $1,400 Stimulus Check by Mail? Here’s What to Watch for
Instead, the checks will be signed by a career official at the Bureau of Fiscal Service, which is working with the IRS to deliver the money. This has been the… -
blog March 15, 2021 Trickle-Down Myths Swamp Tax Policy Debates in Mississippi and West Virginia
Recent proposals in both Mississippi and West Virginia seek to pare back, and ultimately eliminate, each state’s income tax while shifting the responsibility of funding services even more onto low- and middle-income taxpayers through increased consumption taxes. The states are moving forward with this tax experiment even though a similar experiment notoriously and immediately sent Kansas into a financial tailspin.
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media mention March 15, 2021 MinnPost: Is Minnesota’s Tax System Unfair?
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s regular assessment of state taxes concludes that just five states and the District of Columbia have positive scores on progressivity: California, Delaware, New… -
blog March 15, 2021 State and Local Cannabis Tax Revenue Jumps 58%, Surpassing $3 Billion in 2020
Cannabis taxes are a small part of state and local budgets, clocking in at less than 2 percent of tax revenue in the states with legal adult-use sales. But they’re… -
media mention March 14, 2021 Washington Post: Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Relief Bill Is an Extraordinary Achievement (Opinion)
The American Rescue Plan assumes that almost everyone can use a helping hand. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, roughly 85 percent of adults and children will… -
media mention March 12, 2021 Independent Record: GOP Lawmaker Doubles Tax Cut Rate in Montana Senate Bill
Under the un-amended bill, a person earning from $40,000-$63,000 would see a reduction of about $14, according to an analysis of the proposal by the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention March 12, 2021 Fortune: The COVID Relief Bill Doesn’t Raise Taxes on Gig Workers
The new tax revenue is money that should’ve been collected all along, but many workers didn’t have the documentation that serves as a reminder and guide to reporting the incomes… -
media mention March 12, 2021 CNBC: New $1,400 Stimulus Checks Are on the Way. Here’s Who Qualifies for the Money
“If you got a full payment last time, you will get the full payment this time,” provided your income has not substantially changed, said Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax… -
media mention March 12, 2021 Associated Press: COVID Relief Bill Could Permanently Alter Social Safety Net
“The question will be, do they want child poverty to go back up again” by letting that credit expire, said Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax policy for the liberal Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
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media mention March 11, 2021 Forbes: The Historic Child Tax Credit Expansion Could Provide Monthly Payments To Millions Of Households. Here’s How it Would Work
The amount of the credit is being increased, but that’s not the whole story. For the first time in history, families will qualify to receive the child tax credit as… -
media mention March 11, 2021 Epoch Times: Biden Administration Eyes Raising Corporate Tax Rate to Pay for Stimulus
The tax cuts of 2017, which was signed into law by President Donald Trump, reduced the corporate income tax rate to 21 percent from 35 percent beginning in 2018. It… -
media mention March 11, 2021 The Balance: $1.9 Trillion Rescue Bill Hinged On Just 9 Votes
The relief package will send stimulus checks of up to $1,400 per taxpayer and $1,400 per dependent, benefiting an estimated 280 million adults and children, according to estimates from the… -
media mention March 11, 2021 Jacobin: The New COVID-19 Relief Bill Is Good, But Not Good Enough
As a spending bill, the ARP’s impact cannot be overstated. It is the mirror opposite of the Trump tax cuts, targeting most of its benefits to the bottom end of… -
media mention March 11, 2021 The Center Square: Biden Signs $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill into Law
The $1,400 stimulus checks included in the legislation are expected to reach an estimated 85% of Americans and cost $410 billion, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more -
blog March 11, 2021 Rep. Doggett and Sen. Whitehouse Introduce Bill to Crack Down on Offshore Corporate Tax-Dodging
The 2017 tax law simply replaced one set of loophole-ridden rules that favored offshore profits over domestic profits with a new set of loophole-ridden rules doing the same thing. A bill introduced today by Rep. Lloyd Doggett and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse would finally fix this to follow a simple principle: we should tax the offshore profits and domestic profits of our corporations the same way.
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media mention March 11, 2021 Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Texas Parents Get Big Tax Breaks from COVID Relief Bill
Nearly 6.8 million Texans with children could receive monthly checks starting in July, under the new economic relief plan President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday. Nearly one of three…