The first study came from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which regularly gathers data to show how the tax burden is spread across a state’s population. ITEP’s most…
If nothing has changed in Washington, why are Republicans so tax-happy on the state level—at least when it comes to fuel? “The difference is states have to balance their budgets,”…
Turns out, Arizona missed a new list that looks at the supply-side tax cut to shift income equality. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found ten states passed laws…
Matthew Gardner, executive director of ITEP, talked about the fairness of state and local tax systems in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia and what this…
The analysis is provided by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a national nonpartisan think tank that works on state and federal tax policy issues. The three pieces of…
Wallethub, a personal finance website, analyzed data from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy to determine the impact that income, sales and property taxes have on low-, middle- and…
Matthew Gardner, executive director with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said there are special tax breaks in place to make sure that most small family-owned farms and businesses…
If you’re poor and you live in Washington state, you wind up forking over almost 17 percent of your income in state and local taxes. That’s according to a recent…
“Total personal income” is a broad measure of income used by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). It is based on filers under age 65 and includes adjusted…
Even more detailed figures from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy bear that out. It finds those in the top 1 percent of Arizona earners — those making more…
In general, WalletHub is a font of half-baked statistics (I mean, it declared Tucson the fifth best city in “Efficient Spending on Education” because we spend so little on schools).…
WalletHub used data from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy 2015 report to calculate the tax burdens — which included sales, property and income tax. Read more
The study used data from the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy’s 2015 report to generate estimates of the state-specific tax burdens at three income levels $25,000 (low…
The Wallethub study, using data from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s 2015 report, identified the best states in which to be taxed according to income group. The study…
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s latest report, many taxes, such as payroll, sales, and some state and local taxes, are regressive. That means that they take more…
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, says Washington’s tax system is the most regressive in the nation. That’s because with our state’s heavy reliance…
Washington’s tax system, ranked as the most regressive in the country by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, is not helping. The lowest-earning families in the state “pay about…
“The key thing about a tax system is it absolutely has to be adequate to meet the core public service commitments that we need to be making as a state,”…
Herzenberg pointed out that Illinois was ranked fifth on the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s (ITEP) ‘Terrible Ten’ list of states with the most regressive tax systems. He said…
To identify the best states to be taxed in, according to a taxpayer’s income group, WalletHub generated estimates of the state-specific tax burden on residents at three income levels —…
Another recent study found that Florida’s taxes hit the poor the most, largely through the sales tax. Those at the bottom fifth in income in Florida pay 13 percent of…
Under a compromise plan, the state’s gas tax would rise 5 cents in January and subsequently be increased automatically as gas prices rise, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. But Utah is far…
In fact, a new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy concludes that low- and middle-income taxpayers pay more than their fair share of Indiana taxes. Middle-income taxpayers, those…
According to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, undocumented immigrants contributed an estimated $744,276,000 New York State taxes in 2010. At the federal level, the Social…
