“Georgia, North Carolina, Indiana and Florida will each see modest gas tax increases of less than a penny per gallon, based on automatic adjustments in those states, according to the…
“As Walke pointed out, those who qualify must funnel a higher percentage of their yearly wages to income taxes than their well-heeled neighbors. They also pay sales taxes, and in…
“And, according to the FPI, “Like U.S.-born residents, immigrants pay a lot in property taxes.” Seventy-three percent of Long Island immigrants live in owner-occupied homes, and 40 percent of them…
“Even if the law is a zero-sum proposition, many lawmakers feel there’s an important principle at stake — a level playing field for business. Brick-and-mortar stores located in Colorado are…
“Low-income families generally pay a higher percentage of their earnings on state and local taxes. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, for example, said that in 2015, families earning…
“Contrary to popular belief, undocumented immigrants pay state and local taxes to the tune of $11.64 billion a year. And it is estimated that around 50 percent of undocumented immigrants…
“Property taxes statewide continue to rise despite a state imposed cap. Most municipalities are not able to raise property taxes more than 2 percent without voter approval. The Department of…
“Despite the best efforts of Congress to make sure that the last repatriation holiday spurred investment rather than dividends, it didn’t work out,” said Matthew Gardner, senior fellow at the…
“The last thing we should be doing is rewarding these bad actors with special tax breaks that are unavailable to the rest of us,” said Matt Garner, a senior fellow…
““There’s a crying need for federal oversight” of state economic incentives, Matthew Gardner, senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, writes in an email. “It’s basically a…
“Amazon is now relying on the type of abatement package it received from Nevada, LeRoy said, since the company no longer can avoid collecting sales tax, in general. Although Amazon…
“That loophole, known as deferral, lets corporations avoid paying any United States taxes on their offshore profits until they are brought back here. That’s why, according to a recent survey…
“A mass deportation would have huge, measurable consequences to our economy. For example, according to a study by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, it would reduce our…
“Because of SB 1604, a single mother with two children and working full-time at $10 an hour will experience a tax increase of $231, and a married couple with three…
“And transportation experts warn that plenty of worthy projects would likely fall by the wayside if P3s were the only option. “We’re not going to have private companies filling our…
“Matthew Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, who has critiqued the Trump-Pence Carrier deal in a series of blog posts, told In These Times…
“But gas taxes are also highly regressive, falling most heavily on low- and middle-income families. In this case, an analysis using the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy microsimulation model…
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports that the poorest 20 percent of Nevada families pay 6.1 percent of their income in sales tax. The wealthiest one percent of…
“The bill has nevertheless encountered opposition from various organizations within the District. Richard Phillips, senior policy analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a non-profit, nonpartisan think tank…
“Additionally, some economists say that it’s bad policy for states to offer up tax breaks for companies who agree to locate plants or other operations in certain communities, a practice…
“Opponents of undocumented immigrants often assume that these workers don’t contribute to the economy and leech off public services; this simply isn’t true. Many of these people work and contribute…
“Carl Davis is the research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. ITEP is a non-profit and non-partisan research group that works on federal, state, and local tax…
“‘There are still 20 states that have waited a decade or more since last raising their gas tax rates,’ said Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and…
“Mr Trump also plans to scrap inheritance tax, which is currently only charged on estates worth more than $5.45m (£4.3m) and joint estates of $10.9m (£8.7m), affecting just one in…
“P3s are having a bit of a heyday right now, as local governments experiment with having private investors build everything from toll roads to water projects. The method has limitations.…
