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  • media mention   May 3, 2016

    Vermont Biz: Vermont top state in the East for the ‘Middle Class’

    “Tax fairness. A measure calculated by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (link is external) that compares the tax burden (including all types of taxes) of the middle 60%…
  • media mention   May 3, 2016

    Industry Week: Is Bipartisan Tax Reform Possible?

    “Well, we can follow the example of states that have passed bipartisan tax reform to address the problem of getting corporations to pay a fair share of taxes in their…
  • media mention   May 3, 2016

    Norman Transcript: Not overtaxed

    “In a study recently conducted by a respected Washington think tank, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, income tax cuts over the past decade in Oklahoma reduced this year’s…
  • media mention   May 3, 2016

    Herald & Review: Graduated income tax seen as help for budget woes

    “Matt Gardner, executive director of the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said adopting a graduated income tax would go “right to the heart of the state’s budget woes.”…
  • media mention   May 3, 2016

    VT Digger: Margolis: Spending less isn’t as simple as it sounds

    “It isn’t just that the wealthy — households in the top 1 percent in Vermont whose average income is $978,400 — paid 7.7 percent of their income in total state…
  • media mention   May 3, 2016

    CNBC: UPDATE 1-Conservatives in Congress urge shutdown of U.S. tax collector

    “Matthew Gardner, head of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a tax research group, said most tax reform plans would still need a tax collector with enforcement powers. “It’s…
  • media mention   May 3, 2016

    The Advocate: At Baton Rouge events, John Bel Edwards attempts to build support for budget changes, Medicaid expansion

    “The Rev. Theron Jackson, of Shreveport, citing an analysis from the Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said tax hikes from the special legislative session earlier this year will…
  • media mention   May 3, 2016

    Orange County Register: Chapman Republicans and Democrats get together for spirited debate

    “Democrats: Members of the Young Democrats supported the idea of granting amnesty and full rights, including welfare, to undocumented immigrants, citing a recent report by the Institute on Taxation and…
  • media mention   May 3, 2016

    Herald-Mail Media: Feedback for May 3

    “Responses to April 27 Feedback from Nancy Iden, ‘Donald Trump has my vote’: “Nancy Iden conveniently ignores the fact that illegal immigrants pay a lot of taxes. ‘The 50-state analysis…
  • media mention   May 3, 2016

    Reuters: Conservatives in Congress urge shutdown of IRS

    “Matthew Gardner, head of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a tax research group, said most tax reform plans would still need a tax collector with enforcement powers. “It’s…
  • media mention   May 3, 2016

    Greater Baton Rouge Business Report: Capitol Views: Bill to hike state’s minimum wage temporarily stalls; Edwards talks overhauling state’s tax structure

    “Held at Mount Zion First Baptist Church and hosted by Together Louisiana, a coalition of religious congregations and civic organizations, the event highlighted an analysis of the special session conducted…
  • media mention   April 28, 2016

    Sun Sentinel: Inmigrantes rompiendo un estereotipo

    “Los números de identificación de contribuyentes les permite reportar salarios al IRS y pagar impuestos. Nadie sabe exactamente cuánto pagan en impuestos los inmigrantes indocumentados. El Institute on Taxation and…
  • media mention   April 28, 2016

    Seattle Times: Taxes like Texas: Washington’s system among nation’s most unfair

    “A problem with relying on sales taxes is that, compared with income or property taxes, they hit the poor the hardest. “Low-income people spend most, if not all, of their…
  • media mention   April 28, 2016

    Politifact: Fact-checking Bernie Sanders’ claim that Jim Kenney’s soda tax is regressive

      “Carl Davis, the research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, told Billy Penn last month soda taxes like the one proposed by Philadelphia are “imperfect:” “The…
  • media mention   April 28, 2016

    Politico: Wyden takes aim

    “WHERE OREGON AND WASHINGTON (STATE) DIVERGE: The Seattle Times has a nice primer on how differently the states of Portlandia and grunge rely on taxes. Washington, for instance, collects about…
  • media mention   April 28, 2016

    West Hartford News: Another View: Malloy’s new economic reality

    “According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s data for 2015, Connecticut residents who earned between $46,000 and $76,000 paid double the tax rate (10.7 percent) than those who…
  • media mention   April 25, 2016

    Sun Herald: States weigh costs, benefits of undocumented immigrant parents

    “Overall, unauthorized immigrants already pay $11.6 billion annually in state and local taxes, according to a February study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a tax policy think…
  • media mention   April 25, 2016

    Hawaii Tribune Herald: Your Views for April 23

    “In Hawaii, the top 1 percent pay just 7 percent of their income in taxes, while the middle class (80 percent of our people) pay about 12 percent. The poorest…
  • media mention   April 25, 2016

    Townhall: Voters Have More Confidence in Sanders and Kasich to Handle The Economy Than Trump or Cruz, National Gallup Poll Finds

    “But countless studies, from the IRS to economic think tanks, show that this isn’t true. Wealthier Americans pay the lion’s share of tax revenues. The richest 1 percent, for example,…
  • media mention   April 25, 2016

    Washington Post: How tax falsehoods flourish

    “I’m not the first person to challenge these assertions. Figures from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and economist Peter Fisher, respectively, show the same story as that above…
  • media mention   April 25, 2016

    The Guardian: Trump and Clinton share Delaware tax ‘loophole’ address with 285,000 firms

    “A report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, titled Delaware: An Onshore Tax Haven, said the state’s tax code made it “a magnet for people looking to create…
  • media mention   April 25, 2016

    Times Free Press: Chattanooga to lose roughly $5 million annually after state lawmakers repeal Hall Income Tax

    “Carl Davis, senior policy analyst for the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Tax Policy, said in a statement, “The vast majority of Tennessee residents will not receive a tax…
  • media mention   April 25, 2016

    Record Searchlight: States weigh costs, benefits of undocumented immigrant parents

    “Overall, unauthorized immigrants already pay $11.6 billion annually in state and local taxes, according to a February study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a tax policy think…
  • media mention   April 25, 2016

    Knoxville News Sentinel: Looking back at 2016’s busy legislative session in Tenn.

    “The progressive Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says the reduction and repeal would make Tennessee’s tax system more regressive, with most Tennesseans getting little or no benefit. Meanwhile, Tennessee…
  • media mention   April 22, 2016

    Brentwood Home Page: Brentwood decreasing dependence on Hall Tax revenue as legislators debate elimination

    “According to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the vast majority of Tennesseans would see little to no benefit from a repeal of the Hall Tax…
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