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

June 30, 2016

“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 least two decades without a gas-tax increase, according to the study. Five of those states have seen an increase since at least the 1980s: Alaska, […]

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

June 29, 2016

“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 almost $2.2 million in Montana, which has an estimated 4,000 undocumented residents, the ITEP report says, to more than $3.1 billion in California, home to […]

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

June 28, 2016

“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 tax rate is applied,” where “percentage exemptions provide the same percentage tax cut to homeowners at all income levels.”” Read more

Courier Journal: Future now uncertain for thousands of immigrants

June 28, 2016

“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

The Nation: American dream turns to nightmare for undocumented immigrants

June 28, 2016

“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 Taxation and Economic Policy. Advocates emphasize that they reap no benefits from their contributions.” Nationwide, undocumented immigrants collectively pay almost $12 billion a year in […]

The China Post: Nightmare for undocumented immigrants to US

June 28, 2016

“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 and Economic Policy.” Read more

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

June 28, 2016

“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

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

June 28, 2016

“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 and local taxes, their contribution would increase by $2.1 billion under the comprehensive immigration reform.” Read more

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

June 23, 2016

“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 in property taxes yearly.” Read more

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

June 22, 2016

“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 to see state legislatures experiment.” Read more

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

June 22, 2016

“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 states, according to data compiled by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. But middle-income and wealthy taxpayers pay a higher percentage than they would […]

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

June 22, 2016

“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 incomes on items and services than do wealthier people. Thus, a greater percentage of their incomes will go to sales taxes than rich people’s will. […]

Reboot Illinois: A look at state and local tax revenue from undocumented immigrants in Illinois

June 21, 2016

“Undocumented immigrants living in Illinois pay an estimated $743 million in state and local taxes a year, according to a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The report provides state-by-state estimates of the current state and local tax contributions of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States as of […]

American Press: Tax changes allow for lower income tax rate

June 20, 2016

“As costly and unfair as the deduction is right now, it’s very likely that it will become even more so in the next couple of years,” ITEP said. “States that offer this deduction are especially susceptible to federal tax changes and it seems likely that the federal income taxes paid by the best-off Americans will […]

Washington Post: Kansas cut taxes, California raised them. What happened?

June 20, 2016

“The poorest 20 percent of households — those making less than $23,000 a year — are paying about $200 more, on average, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington. For the middle class, the changes have been a wash, with less-affluent households paying somewhat more and more-affluent households […]

Los Angeles Daily News: California’s investment in immigrants a matter of values and value: Guest commentary

June 17, 2016

“Most people don’t realize the significant economic contributions of undocumented Californians. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, they paid more than $3.1 billion in taxes in 2013. Immigrants and their children — who make up more than 42 percent of our population — contribute more than $650 billion to California’s annual GDP.” […]

Yahoo Finance: Undocumented immigrants pay billions in taxes: study

June 17, 2016

“Immigration reform is an especially contentious issue in this election cycle. But one nonprofit is hoping to set the record straight about at least one aspect of undocumented immigrants: According to a report by The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), undocumented immigrants pay state and local taxes like any other American citizen.” Read […]

Latin Post: Immigration Reform News: Undocumented Immigrants Pay $11.6 Billions in Annual Taxes New Study Finds

June 17, 2016

“A new Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) report concludes that undocumented immigrants living here in the U.S. pay out an estimated $11.64 billion in annual taxes.” Read more

People’s World: Undocumented pay more in state and local taxes

June 17, 2016

“The study, authored by Lisa Christensen Gee, Matthew Gardner and Meg Wiehe, was sponsored by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington D.C. It is not the first study of its kind, but it updates the information on immigrant tax payments and breaks it down state by state. In an election year during […]

Wall Street Journal: Firms That Left U.S. Still Enjoy Perks

June 16, 2016

““If there are competing companies that have maintained their U.S. tax status, that are acting responsibly in their taxpaying behavior, then policy makers should be asking questions about why these companies aren’t being promoted instead of the inverters,” said Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a group arguing against […]

Bayou Buzz: Tax Decision Commeth in Louisiana House Committee today

June 16, 2016

“An economic analysis by the independent Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) found that these bills – House Bills 7 and 17 – would result in $113 million per year in lost revenue to the state. That’s money Louisiana can ill afford to sacrifice at a time when critical health, education and public safety […]

Asbury Park Press: HARRISON: Fulop has best gas tax plan

June 10, 2016

“Fulop notes that our state economy is dependent upon a strong infrastructure, and a variable rate increase in the gas tax — with a low-end threshold to ensure that trust fund budgetary obligations are met — means that New Jerseyans will be protected if gas prices increase drastically. Fulop’s idea to index the tax to […]

Christian Science Monitor: Rich Americans implicated in Panama Papers leak: Where’s the outrage?

June 10, 2016

  “What we’re seeing here is a tax avoidance mechanism that is only available to the most wealthy Americans,” the executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy Matthew Gardner told the Monitor in a phone interview.  “When you allow best-off Americans to take advantage of these shelters,” says Mr. Gardner, “it does […]

The Inquirer: Baer: Four ways to make Pa. taxes fairer

June 10, 2016

“Worse, our PIT is largely responsible for our national ranking by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy as the sixth most regressive tax state.” Read more

The Olympian: Washington state needs tax reform

June 10, 2016

“I read with interest another commentary about an income tax being proposed in Olympia and why that shouldn’t happen. I imagine it means nothing to the writer that the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, D.C., finds our state tax system the most regressive in the nation. We have the lowest paid teachers […]