This year several states raised income tax rates on high-income people to fund crucial services and make progress toward remedying the regressive tilt of their tax codes.

Nearly one year after the Trump tax law was signed, many of the 42 states with income taxes are declining to incorporate significant parts of the new law into their own tax codes.

Jenell Burns is the Operations Manager at ITEP. She supports the organization’s financial administration, operations, and organizational systems. Formerly with Funders for Justice, Jenell has spent her career supporting mission-driven organizations by strengthening their operations, streamlining processes, and helping teams work more effectively. She is passionate about building sustainable systems, fostering collaboration, and enabling organizations […]

Corporate tax reforms could be more resilient than proposals to tax wealth or unrealized capital gains while achieving the same goal of more adequately taxing the income of billionaires.

Immigrants and their families in as many as 30 states are at risk of seeing their state tax credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) reduced unless state lawmakers act.

The spending plan, signed into law by Gov. Dan McKee today, features a new millionaires’ tax, the state’s first permanent child tax credit, expanded eligibility for its Social Security exemption , and strategic decoupling from federal business tax provisions.

A year after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut a swath of destruction through vital federal agencies including the Internal Revenue Service, Musk’s apparent antipathy toward the IRS suddenly makes more sense.  

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) found that at least 88 of the nation’s largest corporations paid zero federal corporate income tax in fiscal year 2025, despite reporting a combined $105 billion in US pretax income.

As we head into summer, many state legislatures are in the final stretches of their sessions. Rhode Island moved another step closer to joining the ranks of Washington, Maine, and Hawai’i in enacting a new high-income surcharge this year.

As rising costs strain our community and household budgets, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s proposed taxes attempted to patch gaping holes with meager solutions.

Since 2018, however, Idaho households have received $4.5 billion in state and federal income tax cuts—an amount that exceeds current state investments in health and education combined.

According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, “Millionaires are unlikely to move because of taxes. Instead, like most other people, millionaires primarily choose where to live based on community ties, schools, and jobs, and are not likely to uproot their lives based on a marginal tax difference.” Read more.

ITEP cited in a report that outlines wealth and income thresholds to policymakers, explaining why measuring both income and wealth is more difficult than might be expected. Read more.

ITEP cited in a review of Governor Kemp’s spending cut anskewed toward those already earning the highest incomes and away from meeting the needs of working and middle-income families. Read more.

Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Denver, and Milwaukee all struggle with office vacancies and underperforming downtowns due to this rise in remote work. Even apart from remote work, cities are entering a new period of fiscal stress. They may need help from state and national leaders to thrive. Read more.