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  • media mention   July 26, 2016

    Money Talks News: Slash Back-to-School Spending on Sales Tax Holidays

    “The effectiveness of the annual tax holidays as a policy tool is debatable. A recent report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy determined that these tax-free periods are…
  • media mention   July 22, 2016

    St. Louis Post Dispatch: Editorial: Tennessee as tax-cut role model? Never mind

    “Tennessee’s gains are being subsidized by the poor and working class. The poorest 20 percent of Tennesseans pay 8.9 percent of their income on sales and excise taxes, according to…
  • media mention   July 22, 2016

    News Press: Large tax breaks to corporations must change

    “In a new report, published by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), findings show many of the largest and most profitable corporations in the U.S. pay insufficiently or…
  • media mention   July 22, 2016

    Dallas Voice: Not in my America!

    “And by the way, those illegal immigrants pay taxes. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, in 2013 they paid $7 billion in sales taxes, $1.1 billion in…
  • media mention   July 21, 2016

    Politico: Morning Tax: Trump tax plan edges closer

    “JUST SAY NO TO SALES TAX HOLIDAYS: So says the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, just as 17 separate states plan to hold a sales tax holiday. The…
  • media mention   July 20, 2016

    Politico: Morning Tax Freedom Caucus back at it

    “FROM THE OTHER SIDE: The liberal Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy is out with a new study urging Alaska, which is seeking new revenue sources, to go with an…
  • media mention   July 20, 2016

    Deutsche Welle: Undocumented in the age of Donald Trump

    “In February, the non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that undocumented immigrants pay $11.6 billion in state and local taxes every year.” Read more
  • media mention   July 20, 2016

    CNBC: Sales-tax holidays may not be such a great deal

    “While sales-tax holidays sound like a great way for buyers to save money, they disproportionately benefit wealthier shoppers, according to a report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy,…
  • media mention   July 18, 2016

    Inc. Com: Believe It or Not, Undocumented Immigrants Pay a Ton in Taxes

    “I recently spoke to Matthew Gardner, the executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that works on federal, state, and local…
  • media mention   July 18, 2016

    Governing: The Week in Public Finance: Unbalanced Budgets, Alaska’s Tax Battle and Creditor Complaints

    “The problem with all this is that the sales tax is regressive, meaning it places a bigger burden on lower-income residents. An analysis released this week by the Institute on…
  • media mention   July 18, 2016

    The Hill: Airbnb collecting taxes on convention rentals

    Airbnb is collecting taxes on rentals during the political party conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia, according to a tax analyst. Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and…
  • media mention   July 6, 2016

    Santa Cruz Sentinel: Many of California’s illegal immigrants feel they’re in the driver’s seat

    “Research suggests those 3 million people give back to the economy. The nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that California’s illegal immigrants contribute more than $3.1…
  • media mention   July 6, 2016

    NJ Spotlight: Fine Print: Transportation Funding Puts Sales Tax-Cut Under Microscope

    “Alarms are being sounded, however, about the proposed sales-tax cut by New Jersey Policy Perspective, a liberal think tank based in Trenton. A joint analysis by NJPP and the Institute…
  • media mention   June 30, 2016

    USA Today: These states will hike gas taxes ahead of record 4th of July travel

    “Despite the fluctuations, most states have also gone years without changing their rates, according to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Sixteen states have gone at…
  • media mention   June 29, 2016

    Voice of America: Undocumented Valedictorian: I’m Cheating No One Out of College

    “A 2016 report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows that undocumented immigrants pay well over $11 billion a year in state and local taxes. Contributions range from…
  • media mention   June 28, 2016

    Bloomberg BNA: Property Tax Post: Homestead Tax Exemption Fraud is on the Rise, but Lawmakers Are Cracking

    “The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy explains that flat-dollar exemptions usually benefit low-income homeowners as they exempt “a specified dollar amount from the value of a home before a…
  • media mention   June 28, 2016

    Courier Journal: Future now uncertain for thousands of immigrants

    “The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that undocumented immigrants in Kentucky pay $37 million a year in state and local taxes.”  Read more
  • media mention   June 28, 2016

    The Nation: American dream turns to nightmare for undocumented immigrants

    “Nationwide, undocumented immigrants collectively pay almost $12 billion a year in state and local taxes, with more than $3. 1 billion coming from California alone, according to The Institute on…
  • media mention   June 28, 2016

    The China Post: Nightmare for undocumented immigrants to US

    “Nationwide, undocumented immigrants collectively pay almost US$12 billion a year in state and local taxes, with more than US$3.1 billion coming from California alone, according to The Institute on Taxation…
  • media mention   June 28, 2016

    The Bakersfield Californian: California policies create ‘de facto state citizenship’ for the undocumented

    “The nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates undocumented immigrants in California contribute more than $3.1 billion annually in state and local taxes.” Read more
  • media mention   June 28, 2016

    Yahoo Finance: How the Supreme Court is hurting the economy by killing immigration reform

    “Meanwhile a report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found this year that while around 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US pay $11.64 billion in state…
  • media mention   June 23, 2016

    WSB-TV Atlanta: Social media ad sparks concern about some losing homes

    “A recent study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that one in three undocumented immigrants in the U.S. own their own homes and pay billions of dollars…
  • media mention   June 22, 2016

    Washington Examiner: California is going to try charging drivers by the mile

    “Carl Davis, research director at the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, told the Washington Examiner there’s no short-term fix for the “congested and crumbling infrastructure,” but added he’s encouraged…
  • media mention   June 22, 2016

    VT Digger: Margolis: Why ‘cure’ Vermont’s economy if it isn’t sick?

    “These assessments are somewhat oversimplified but not entirely inaccurate. Lower-income Vermonters actually pay a smaller percentage of their incomes in state and local taxes than their counterparts in most other…
  • media mention   June 22, 2016

    Indy Week: Meet N.C. Republicans’ Latest Plan to Lock In Trickle Down

    “That’s because the most obvious new revenue stream would be a sales tax increase or expansion, which hits lower-income families the hardest, as they spend a larger portion of their…
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