Blog Archive
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Nov 24, 2020
State Rundown 11/24: Lawmakers and Families Thankful to Be Nearing End to 2020 -
Nov 20, 2020
State Tax Policy: Innovations to Embrace, Schemes to Avoid -
Nov 13, 2020
State Rundown 11/13: States Can Find Inspiration in Arizona Ballot Success; Must Look to Congress for More Immediate Help -
Nov 12, 2020
Biden's Economic Policy Agenda Deserves Serious Debate, Not Obstruction -
Oct 28, 2020
State Rundown 10/28: Anti-Tax Horror Stories Proving Less Spooky in 2020 -
Oct 28, 2020
An Underfunded IRS Allows Corporations to Get Away with Probably Illegal Tax Dodges -
Oct 22, 2020
Trump Says Taxes Will Be Too High on the 2% Who Pay More Under Biden’s Plan -
Oct 22, 2020
Voters Have the Chance in 2020 to Increase Tax Equity in Arizona, Illinois, and California, And They Should -
Oct 21, 2020
State Rundown 10/21: States Preparing Ingredients for 2021 Fiscal Debates -
Oct 14, 2020
A Conservative Supermajority on the Supreme Court Could Be a Boon to Wealthy Tax Cheats -
Oct 13, 2020
Supreme Court Would Provide Massive Tax Cut for the Rich if It Strikes Down Affordable Care Act -
Oct 8, 2020
Putting California Proposition 15 in Context -
Oct 7, 2020
State Rundown 10/7: States Looking Inward for Needed Revenue -
Oct 7, 2020
New ITEP Report Shows Few Taxpayers in Each State Paying More Under Biden’s Tax Plan -
Sep 30, 2020
Donald Trump and Taxes: Fast and Loose with Loopholes or Fraud? -
Sep 29, 2020
A 2017 Tax Provision Could Have Restrained Trump’s Tax Dodging, But Congress Just Weakened It -
Sep 29, 2020
Real Tax Reform Never Had a Chance Under Trump -
Sep 29, 2020
It's Time to Change the Tax Laws to Make Donald Trump and Corporate Giants Pay Up -
Sep 25, 2020
It’s No Secret—To Save State Budgets End Preferential Treatment of Capital Gains -
Sep 24, 2020
Of Shiny Objects and Scapegoats -
Sep 23, 2020
State Rundown 9/23: Tax Justice Advanced in New Jersey, On the Ballot in Illinois -
Sep 23, 2020
Another Reason to Tax the Rich? States with High Top Tax Rates Doing as Well, if Not Better, than States Without Income Taxes -
Sep 18, 2020
New ITEP Estimates on Biden’s Proposal to Expand the Child Tax Credit -
Sep 17, 2020
Illinois’s Flat Income Tax Amounts to a Tax Subsidy for the Wealthiest Illinoisans that Compounds Income and Wealth Inequalities -
Sep 15, 2020
The Vital Role of Public Programs in Moving People and Families Out of Poverty -
Sep 11, 2020
State Rundown 9/11: Benefits of Progressive Taxation Getting Well-Deserved Attention -
Sep 3, 2020
Millionaire Population Swells in Blue States Despite Migration Fearmongering -
Sep 3, 2020
The Rich Are Weathering the Pandemic Just Fine: Tax Them -
Aug 26, 2020
State Rundown 8/26: Progressive Revenue Ideas Featured in Many States’ Fiscal Debates -
Aug 25, 2020
Missed Opportunity: Flimsy Paper Touts Flawed Program -
Aug 18, 2020
Analysis: Trump’s Proposed Capital Gains Break Almost Exclusively Benefits Top 1 Percent -
Aug 17, 2020
Trump’s Executive Order on Social Security Payroll Taxes Is a Mess -
Aug 14, 2020
Action (lack thereof) on Economic Aid Reflects Longstanding Anti-Government Agenda -
Aug 12, 2020
State Rundown 8/12: States Find Themselves in New Unemployment Pickle -
Aug 12, 2020
IRS Rule Leaves the Door Open for Private/Religious School Voucher Donation Schemes, Broader SALT Cap Workarounds -
Aug 6, 2020
State Rundown 8/6: States Fiscal Solutions Getting Bolder -
Aug 5, 2020
Between the Lines: Amazon Q2 Report Hints It Will Avoid Taxes on This Year’s Record Profit Haul -
Jul 31, 2020
Sorry, States: GOP Senate Ignores Need for Federal Relief to State and Local Governments -
Jul 29, 2020
State Rundown 7/29: There is No Offseason During a Pandemic -
Jul 29, 2020
Biden’s Minimum Corporate Tax Proposal: Yes, Please Limit Amazon’s Tax Breaks -
Jul 29, 2020
A Cautionary Tale on Sales Tax Holidays During a Pandemic -
Jul 28, 2020
A Hero vs a Heel: No Contest -
Jul 28, 2020
A Tax Loophole You Could Drive a Food Truck Through: Senate GOP Proposes Full Deductibility of Business Meals -
Jul 24, 2020
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to Unemployed Workers: Don’t Worry, Get a Bank Loan -
Jul 22, 2020
State Rundown 7/22: The Heat Is On -
Jul 21, 2020
Biden Proposes to Fund Child Care and Elder Care by Shutting Down Tax Breaks for Real Estate Investors -
Jul 21, 2020
New ITEP Report on Trump’s Payroll Tax Holiday -
Jul 17, 2020
SALT Cap Repeal Has No Place in COVID-19 Legislation: National and State-by-State Data -
Jul 16, 2020
State Rundown 7/16: States Still Reluctant to Talk Taxes -
Jul 15, 2020
New Prosperity Now Report Identifies Upside-Down Tax Incentives -
Jul 10, 2020
Adequately Funding the IRS Would Be One Small Step Toward Racial Equity in the Tax Code -
Jul 9, 2020
Congressional Budget Office Confirms That IRS Budget Cuts Lose Money and Benefit the Rich -
Jul 8, 2020
State Rundown 7/8: Many State Legislatures Reconvene for Special or Resumed Sessions -
Jul 1, 2020
State Rundown 7/1: Happy New Year? -
Jul 1, 2020
New Fiscal Year Brings New Challenges and Opportunities in the States -
Jun 26, 2020
State Rundown 6/26: States Take Varying Fiscal Approaches While Awaiting Federal Action -
Jun 26, 2020
Beyond SCOTUS: States Recognize Need for More Inclusive Immigrant Policy -
Jun 23, 2020
McSally “Travel Tax Credit” Is an Invitation for Tax Avoidance -
Jun 22, 2020
ITEP supports Black Lives Matter -
Jun 18, 2020
State Rundown 6/18: States Work to “Finalize” Budgets in Uncertain Times -
Jun 18, 2020
National and State-by-State Estimates of House-Passed Improvements in Tax Credits for Workers and Children -
Jun 11, 2020
State Rundown 6/11: Fiscal Debates Continue Amid Turmoil -
Jun 11, 2020
COVID-19 Unveils Need for Fair Taxation at the State Level -
Jun 2, 2020
White House Incredibly Still Believes Tax Cuts Are the Answer to America’s Problems -
Jun 2, 2020
Trump-GOP Tax Law Encourages Companies to Move Jobs Offshore–and New Tax Cuts Won’t Change That -
May 28, 2020
Trump Administration Stops Pretending to Care About the Economy with Its Capital Gains Tax Proposal -
May 27, 2020
State Rundown 5/27: Some States Finally Talking Revenue Solutions to Revenue Crisis -
May 22, 2020
What Biden Means By No Tax Increases on Anyone “Making Under $400,000” -
May 20, 2020
State Rundown 5/20: State Revenue Crisis Getting Clearer…and Scarier -
May 20, 2020
The HEROES Act Would Correct CARES Act Business Tax Mistakes -
May 20, 2020
A Dimon Memo Will Buy You a Dime's Worth of Social Change -
May 12, 2020
HEROES Act is an Appropriate Recession Response -
May 8, 2020
Which Workers Wouldn’t Be Helped by a Payroll Tax Cut? -
May 7, 2020
State Rundown 5/7: State Fiscal Responses to Pandemic Starting to Get Real -
May 6, 2020
Trump’s Latest Tax Break Proposals Include Everything—Except Helping Regular People -
May 5, 2020
Trump's Payroll Tax Cut Makes Even Less Sense as Job Losses Mount -
May 5, 2020
The Price We Pay for Amazon in Its Prime -
May 4, 2020
Intended Consequences: Deliberate Disinvestment Caused Florida's Unemployment Disaster -
May 1, 2020
Two Pandemics, Separate and Unequal -
Apr 29, 2020
State Rundown 4/29: State Responses and Federal Aid Could Be Among “May Flowers” to Come -
Apr 29, 2020
Economic Catastrophe in States Looms as Federal Relief Lags -
Apr 29, 2020
Pandemic Profits: Netflix’s Record Profit Haul, Past Tax Avoidance Raise Questions about Tax Law’s Weaknesses -
Apr 29, 2020
Sales Tax Policy in a Pandemic: Exemptions for Digital Goods and Services Are More Outdated Than Ever -
Apr 24, 2020
The CARES Act Provision for High-Income Business Owners Looks Worse and Worse -
Apr 24, 2020
Partying Like It’s 2017: How Congress Went Overboard on Helping Businesses with Losses -
Apr 23, 2020
To Avoid the CARES Act’s Flaws, Invest in Automatic Relief -
Apr 22, 2020
State Rundown 4/22: Earth Day Lessons from Pangea to Pandemic -
Apr 20, 2020
It’s Time to Rethink Those Tax Cuts -
Apr 17, 2020
Morally and Economically, Including Undocumented Immigrants Is the Right Thing to Do -
Apr 15, 2020
State Rundown 4/15: Tax Day Delayed but Other Important Work Accelerated -
Apr 14, 2020
History, Economic Justice, and COVID-19 -
Apr 9, 2020
State Rundown 4/9: Pandemic’s Fiscal Effects Slowly Coming into Focus -
Apr 7, 2020
Addressing the COVID-19 Economic Crisis: Advice for the Next Round -
Apr 6, 2020
Trump to Restaurant Owners: “Let Them Eat Skyboxes” -
Apr 6, 2020
Returning to the Economic Status Quo After COVID-19 Crisis Should Not Be an Option -
Apr 3, 2020
State Rundown 4/3: States Welcome Federal Aid, Seek Further Solutions -
Apr 2, 2020
Federal Relief Bill Doesn't Go Far Enough: Q&A with Meg Wiehe -
Apr 2, 2020
Sales Taxes and Social Distancing: State and Local Governments May Face Their Steepest Sales Tax Decline Ever -
Apr 1, 2020
Boeing “CARES” A Lot About its Shareholders—But What about the Rest of Us? -
Apr 1, 2020
Adding Flexibility to Make the EITC Work During the Pandemic -
Mar 31, 2020
House Democrats’ Suggestion of Retroactively Repealing SALT Cap is a Poor Emergency Relief Measure -
Mar 31, 2020
Congress “CARES” for Wealthy with COVID-19 Tax Policy Provisions -
Mar 27, 2020
The Job Is Not Yet Done: ITEP Statement on the $2 Trillion Relief Package -
Mar 26, 2020
State Rundown 3/26: Pandemic’s Health and Fiscal Fallout Continues to Grow -
Mar 25, 2020
How the Tax Rebate in the Senate’s Bill Compares to Other Proposals -
Mar 24, 2020
COVID-19 and the Case for Race-Forward Economic Policy Prescriptions -
Mar 24, 2020
NEW ANALYSIS: House Democratic Stimulus Bill Explained -
Mar 23, 2020
New State-by-State Estimates: Modified Senate GOP Stimulus Bill Still Falls Short -
Mar 20, 2020
Why the GOP Senate Bill Fails to Address the Crisis, and Why a Democratic Bill Looks More Promising -
Mar 19, 2020
Senate Bill Addresses Unprecedented Health and Economic Crisis with Wrong-Headed Corporate Tax Cuts -
Mar 19, 2020
State Rundown 3/19: Spring Is Here but States Brace for Long Winter -
Mar 18, 2020
It’s Time for Some State Fiscal Policy Triage -
Mar 17, 2020
Checks to All vs. Trump’s Payroll Tax Cut -
Mar 13, 2020
New ITEP Report on President’s Misguided Payroll Tax Proposal -
Mar 13, 2020
An Overload of Pie Graphs and Metaphors for Pi Day -
Mar 11, 2020
State Rundown 3/11: Georgia Bucks Trend of Cautious Policymaking Amid Crises -
Mar 10, 2020
Trump’s Proposed Payroll Tax Cut Is Not the Right Answer -
Mar 10, 2020
COVID-19 Is No Excuse for Airline Industry or Any Other Corporate Tax Cut -
Mar 10, 2020
Taxes in a Time of Coronavirus -
Mar 10, 2020
State and Local Cannabis Tax Revenue Jumps 33%, Surpassing $1.9 Billion in 2019 -
Mar 9, 2020
TurboTax Is a Case Study for Why the IRS Should Administer Free File Program -
Mar 6, 2020
Talking Taxes in Alaska -
Mar 4, 2020
State Rundown 3/4: Sun Shining on Progressive Tax Efforts This Week -
Mar 3, 2020
Administration Once Again Touts Misleading Information on 2017 Tax Law -
Mar 2, 2020
The Latest Wildly Misleading Argument Against Taxing the Rich -
Feb 27, 2020
State Rundown 2/27: Leaps Forward Needed for Tax Justice -
Feb 26, 2020
Federal Inaction on the Gas Tax is Costing Us Dearly -
Feb 21, 2020
Tax Cuts Floated by White House Advisors Are an Attempt to Deflect from TCJA's Failings -
Feb 20, 2020
State Rundown 2/20: Property Taxes and School Finance Take Center Stage -
Feb 19, 2020
How Democratic Presidential Candidates Would Raise Revenue -
Feb 18, 2020
States Can Lead on Making the EITC Benefit More Young and Older Workers -
Feb 13, 2020
State Rundown 2/13: What’s Trendy in State Tax Debates This Year -
Feb 12, 2020
2021 Trump Budget Continues 40-Year Trickle-Down Economic Agenda -
Feb 12, 2020
Hearing Witness: Trump Administration Giving Tax Breaks Not Allowed by Law -
Feb 12, 2020
Trends We’re Watching in 2020 -
Feb 11, 2020
Why Today’s Congressional Hearing on “The Disappearing Corporate Income Tax” Is Imperative -
Feb 10, 2020
President Trump’s 2021 Budget: Promises Made, Promises Broken -
Feb 5, 2020
States Can Make Their Tax Systems Less Regressive by Reforming or Repealing Itemized Deductions -
Feb 4, 2020
Trump Already Did Tax Cuts 2.0… For Corporations -
Feb 4, 2020
Washington Is Finally Having the Right Conversation about Taxes -
Jan 31, 2020
From 0% to 1.2%: Amazon Lauds Its Minuscule Effective Federal Income Tax Rate -
Jan 30, 2020
State Rundown 1/30: Flip-Flops and Steady Marches in State Tax Debates -
Jan 29, 2020
ITEP Urges IRS to End SALT Workaround Scheme for Businesses -
Jan 24, 2020
GOP Legacy on IRS Administration: Auditing Mississippi, not Microsoft -
Jan 22, 2020
State Rundown 1/22: “Only Light Can Do That” -
Jan 17, 2020
Why I've Joined the Fight for Tax Justice: Amy Hanauer -
Jan 15, 2020
State Rundown 1/15: State Tax Proposals Are All Over the Map -
Jan 15, 2020
The 2013 Biden-McConnell “Fiscal Cliff” Deal Shows Why the Next President Needs a New Approach to Taxes -
Jan 14, 2020
White House Council of Economic Advisers Crows about Lowest-Income Americans Being Infinitesimally “Wealthier” -
Jan 13, 2020
Time to Throw Cucumbers -
Jan 8, 2020
State Rundown 1/8: States Need Clear Tax and Budget Policy Vision in 2020 -
Jan 7, 2020
Guilty, Not GILTI: Unclear Whether Corps Continue to Lower Their Tax Bills Via Tax Haven Abuse -
Dec 19, 2019
Corporate Tax Avoidance Is Mostly Legal—and That’s the Problem -
Dec 18, 2019
State Rundown 12/18: Utah's Tax Fight Wraps Up As Other States' Ramp Up -
Dec 18, 2019
For the Holiday Wishlist: Child Tax Credit Improvements That Would Lift Millions Out of Poverty -
Dec 18, 2019
Why Corporate Tax Avoidance Matters -
Dec 16, 2019
More of the Same: Corporate Tax Avoidance Hasn't Changed Much Under Trump-GOP Tax Law -
Dec 12, 2019
New ITEP Reports Call for the Repeal of Opportunity Zones and Urge States to Decouple -
Dec 11, 2019
House Democrats’ Latest Bill on SALT Deductions Would Mean Bigger Tax Cuts for the Rich -
Dec 10, 2019
New Report from ITEP Explores the Stock Options Tax Dodge -
Dec 9, 2019
Legal Cannabis and a Tax Cut, Too -
Nov 27, 2019
State Rundown 11/27: Don’t Forget to Thank Taxes! -
Nov 25, 2019
A Lump of Coal for 12 States Not Collecting Marketplace Sales Taxes this Holiday Season -
Nov 6, 2019
State Rundown 11/6: State Voters Show Readiness to Fix Broken Tax Codes -
Nov 1, 2019
Sen. Warren Proposes Sweeping Tax Changes to Finance Medicare for All -
Oct 30, 2019
There’s a lot more to Corporate Tax Reform than Tax Rates -
Oct 28, 2019
A Financial Transaction Tax Could Raise Revenue, Curb Inequality -
Oct 24, 2019
State Rundown 10/24: State Tax Talk Makes Like a Tree and Gets Colorful -
Oct 24, 2019
House Passes Landmark Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on Shell Companies Used for Tax Evasion and Other Crimes -
Oct 18, 2019
Depreciation Tax Breaks Are a Problem that Deserves More Attention -
Oct 15, 2019
Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman’s New Book Reminds Us that Tax Injustice Is a Choice -
Oct 10, 2019
State Rundown 10/10: Always Something Old, Something New in State Tax Debates -
Oct 2, 2019
How a Federal Wealth Tax Can Help the Economy -
Sep 27, 2019
The Nation’s Income Inequality Challenge Explained in Charts -
Sep 26, 2019
State Rundown 9/26: Shady State Business Tax Subsidies Coming to Light -
Sep 26, 2019
A Well-Designed Carbon Tax Could Curb Emissions, Offset Costs for Many Families -
Sep 26, 2019
Maine Reaches Tax Fairness Milestone -
Sep 25, 2019
Wealth Tax Proposals from Warren and Sanders: What You Should Know -
Sep 20, 2019
Business Roundtable Members’ Social Responsibility Pledges are Easily Made, and Easily Broken -
Sep 19, 2019
Capital Gains Tax Breaks Are Finally on the Defensive -
Sep 17, 2019
Julián Castro Provides the Latest Proposal to Expand Refundable Tax Credits -
Sep 16, 2019
The Case for a Federal Wealth Tax -
Sep 12, 2019
Why Are Ideologues Trying to Downplay Poverty and Economic Inequality? -
Sep 12, 2019
State Rundown 9/12: Work Continues to Flip the Script on Backwards Tax Codes -
Sep 12, 2019
Sen. Wyden’s Anti-Deferral Accounting Proposal Could Be a Game-Changer -
Sep 10, 2019
Census Numbers Show the Power of the Tax Code to Direct Resources to Low-Income Families -
Sep 10, 2019
How Tax Policy Can Help Mitigate Poverty, Address Income Inequality -
Sep 4, 2019
Why Local Jurisdictions’ Heavy Reliance on Fines and Fees Is a Tax Policy Issue -
Aug 29, 2019
ICYMI: A Brief Summary of Our August Blogs and Reports -
Aug 29, 2019
New Analysis: A Third of NC Taxpayers Won’t Benefit from Proposed Tax Refund Plan -
Aug 29, 2019
State Rundown 8/29: August or Ugh-ust Summer Tax Debates? -
Aug 28, 2019
Updated Estimates from ITEP: Trump Tax Law Still Benefits the Rich No Matter How You Look at It -
Aug 22, 2019
Why California’s Cannabis Market May Not Tell You Much about Legalization in Your State -
Aug 20, 2019
White House Considers Payroll Tax Cut that GOP Opposed During Obama Years -
Aug 20, 2019
Business Roundtable’s Newfound Devotion to Corporate Responsibility Doesn’t Include Paying Taxes -
Aug 16, 2019
One Tax System for Most Americans, and a Second System for the Wealthiest -
Aug 15, 2019
State Rundown 8/15: A Tax-Subsidy Cease-Fire in Kansas and Missouri -
Aug 13, 2019
IRS’s SALT Workaround Regulations Should be Strengthened, Not Rejected -
Aug 12, 2019
The Mortgage Interest Deduction Is a House of Cards -
Aug 9, 2019
Taxing Offshore Profits and Domestic Profits Equally Could Curb Corporate Tax Dodging -
Aug 7, 2019
State and Local Cannabis Tax Revenue on Pace for $1.6 Billion in 2019 -
Aug 2, 2019
Opportunity Zones Have Nothing to Do with Reparations, Except … -
Jul 31, 2019
A Wealth Tax Might Be Easier to Implement than You Think -
Jul 26, 2019
State Rundown 7/26: The Dog Days of Tax -
Jul 24, 2019
Legislation to Block Corporate Inversions Is Still Needed -
Jul 18, 2019
Many States Move Toward Higher Taxes on the Rich; Lower Taxes on Poor People -
Jul 17, 2019
Follow the Money to See How Sales Tax Holidays Are Poor Policy -
Jul 12, 2019
State Rundown Special Edition: Fiscal Year Wrap-Up -
Jul 10, 2019
Missouri’s Creative Approach to Ending the “Race to the Bottom” in State Business Taxes -
Jul 1, 2019
ITEP Summer Reading (and Watching) List -
Jul 1, 2019
Gaps in Sales Tax Collection Linger at Amazon.com and Among Other E-Retailers -
Jun 28, 2019
Why Trump Administration’s Plan to Index Capital Gains to Inflation Is Just Another Giveaway to the Wealthy -
Jun 27, 2019
State Rundown 6/27: States Look at Raising Incomes at the Bottom, Taxes at the Top -
Jun 27, 2019
ICYMI: A Brief Summary of Our June Blogs and Reports -
Jun 27, 2019
Wealth Tax Is Supported by Basically Everyone Who Is Not a Politician -
Jun 27, 2019
Gas Taxes Rise in a Dozen States, Including an Historic Increase in Illinois -
Jun 27, 2019
Most States Have Raised Gas Taxes in Recent Years -
Jun 26, 2019
Rep. Tlaib’s Tax Credit Proposal Is Most Expansive to Date -
Jun 25, 2019
What to Watch for on Tax Policy During the Presidential Primary -
Jun 24, 2019
The SALT Cap Isn’t Harming State and Local Revenues. Myths About It May Be. -
Jun 20, 2019
UPDATED: New ITEP Data Shows the House Ways and Means Bill to Expand EITC and Child Tax Credit Would Benefit Low- and Moderate-Income People and Families -
Jun 19, 2019
State Rundown 6/19: Juneteenth Highlights Role of State Policy in Racial Equity Fight -
Jun 18, 2019
We're Hiring: Lead Tax Model Platform Developer -
Jun 18, 2019
Calling Progressive Tax Proposals “Extreme” Are Taunts Meant to Distract -
Jun 12, 2019
State Rundown 6/12: Progress in Taxing the Rich, Expanding EITCs, and Taming Tax Subsidies -
Jun 12, 2019
Taxing the Rich Works -
Jun 11, 2019
New SALT Workaround Regulations Narrow a Tax Shelter, but Work Remains to Close it Entirely -
Jun 6, 2019
Congress Steers Away from Entrenching So-Called Free File Program -
Jun 5, 2019
State Rundown 6/5: Illinois Gets Busy -
Jun 5, 2019
Tax Credit Wins and Continued Debates in the States -
Jun 5, 2019
ITEP Resources on Proposed SALT Workaround Regulations -
Jun 4, 2019
File Under “No Surprise”: Wealthiest Taxpayers Use Offshore Tax Shelters More Than the Rest of Us, New Research Finds -
Jun 4, 2019
Things Get Worse for Uber: Ride-Sharing Giant’s Taxes Under Scrutiny -
May 30, 2019
ICYMI: A Brief Summary of Our May Blogs and Reports -
May 30, 2019
Congressional Research Service Calls Three Strikes on the Trump Tax Cuts -
May 29, 2019
State Rundown 5/29: In Taxes and Television, Endings Can Be Hard -
May 24, 2019
Unlike Trump-GOP Tax Law, There Are Tax Plans That Would Actually Deliver on Promise to Help Working People -
May 22, 2019
State Rundown 5/22: (Some) State Lawmakers Can (Partly) Relax This Weekend -
May 22, 2019
Proposals for Refundable Tax Credits Are Light Years from Tax Policies Enacted in Recent Years -
May 21, 2019
Gas Taxes Have Gone Up in Most States, but Decades-Long Procrastinators Remain -
May 17, 2019
Bootstraps Remain an Ineffective Tool for Combatting Poverty -
May 16, 2019
State Rundown 5/16: Tensions Remain High Over Budgets and School Finances in Several States -
May 9, 2019
State Rundown 5/9: Illinois Moves Closer to a Progressive Income Tax -
May 6, 2019
Proponents of Trump Tax Law Cite ITEP with Obvious Lack of Context -
May 1, 2019
State Rundown 5/1: Teacher Uprisings Continue on May Day -
Apr 26, 2019
State Rundown 4/26: Capital Gains Taxes Make Gains and Regressive Proposals Regress -
Apr 25, 2019
ICYMI: A Brief Summary of Our April Blogs and Reports -
Apr 23, 2019
So-Called Opportunity Zones Provide Opportunity for Whom? -
Apr 18, 2019
State Rundown 4/18: It’s Peak Season for State Fiscal Debates -
Apr 17, 2019
States Could Lift Millions of Children Out of Poverty by Enacting State-Level Child Tax Credits -
Apr 15, 2019
Some Helpful Facts for Tax Day 2019 -
Apr 12, 2019
$4.3 Billion in Rebates, Zero-Tax Bill for 60 Profitable Corps Directly Related to Loopholes -
Apr 12, 2019
The IRS Could Calculate Taxes for the Vast Majority of Taxpayers—But a Bipartisan Measure Would Ban It -
Apr 12, 2019
You Can't Tax Stolen Land -
Apr 11, 2019
State Rundown 4/11: An Estate Tax Win, Opioid Progress, and Teacher Uprising Updates -
Apr 10, 2019
The Working Families Tax Relief Act Would Boost Incomes and Economic Security for Workers and Children -
Apr 4, 2019
State Rundown 4/4: Ohio Gas Tax and Maryland Minimum Wage Get Needed Updates -
Apr 3, 2019
Making a Case to Tax the Rich -
Apr 2, 2019
Sweeping Reform Would Tax Capital Gains Like Ordinary Income -
Apr 1, 2019
What to Watch for When the IRS Releases Its SALT Workaround Regulations -
Mar 29, 2019
ICYMI: A Brief Summary of Our March Blogs and Reports -
Mar 27, 2019
The Trump Tax Law Further Tilted an Already Uneven Playing Field -
Mar 27, 2019
State Rundown 3/27: Spring Bringing Smart State Tax Policy So Far -
Mar 25, 2019
Corporate Profits ?, Corporate Federal Tax Collections ? -
Mar 22, 2019
Unfair State Tax Codes Also Exacerbate Racial Inequity -
Mar 15, 2019
Rep. Doggett and Sen. Whitehouse Reintroduce Bill to End Offshore Tax Avoidance -
Mar 14, 2019
State Rundown 3/14: Tax Fairness Proposed in Illinois -
Mar 11, 2019
North Dakota Senate Should Put the Freeze on House Tax-Cut Plan -
Mar 6, 2019
State Rundown 3/6: March Tax Debates Contain Sanity Amid Usual Madness -
Mar 6, 2019
How State Tax Systems Worsen the Economic Divide - in Charts -
Feb 27, 2019
State Rundown 2/27: Temperatures and Tax Fights Continue to Polarize -
Feb 26, 2019
Overdue Gas Tax Hikes are Back on the Agenda in Statehouses -
Feb 20, 2019
State Rundown 2/20: February and Regressive Tax Cuts, The “Meanest Moons of Winter” -
Feb 14, 2019
State Rundown 2/14: We ♥ Taxes! -
Feb 13, 2019
Fact-Checking on Trump Tax Law Needs a Fact Check -
Feb 13, 2019
Fear, Not Facts: Netflix Misleads Media Reporting on Corporate Tax Avoidance -
Feb 13, 2019
SALT Deduction Cap Should be Reformed, Not Repealed -
Feb 13, 2019
Amazon in Its Prime: Doubles Profits, Pays $0 in Federal Income Taxes -
Feb 11, 2019
A Tale of Two States: How State Tax Systems Perpetuate Income Inequality -
Feb 7, 2019
Trends We’re Watching in 2019 -
Feb 7, 2019
Trends We're Watching in 2019: Attempting to Double Down on Failed Trickle-Down Regressive Tax Cuts -
Feb 7, 2019
Trends We're Watching in 2019: Cannabis Tax Implementation and Reform -
Feb 7, 2019
Trends We’re Watching in 2019: Consumption Taxes: the Good, Bad and the Ugly -
Feb 7, 2019
Trends We're Watching in 2019: Addressing Lingering Federal Conformity Questions and Opportunities -
Feb 7, 2019
Trends We're Watching in 2019: Raising Revenue and Spending Surpluses to Prioritize Critical Public Investments -
Feb 7, 2019
Trends We're Watching in 2019: The Use of Targeted Tax Breaks to Help Address Poverty and Inequality -
Feb 5, 2019
New ITEP Report Shows How Congress Can Meet Public Demand for Progressive Taxes -
Feb 5, 2019
Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in Taxes -
Feb 1, 2019
Senator Sanders Proposes to Reform the Estate Tax -
Jan 31, 2019
State Rundown 1/31: Governors and Teachers Dominate Headlines, Much More in Fine Print -
Jan 30, 2019
Data for the Win: Advocating for Equitable State and Local Tax Policy (Webinar) -
Jan 30, 2019
Why We Should Talk about Progressive Taxes Despite Billionaires' Objections -
Jan 24, 2019
State Rundown 1/24: States Reflect on MLK’s Dream and Teacher Uprisings -
Jan 24, 2019
Yes, It’s Time to Talk about Progressive Taxes, Even a Wealth Tax -
Jan 23, 2019
Thoughts about a Federal Wealth Tax and How It Could Raise Revenue, Address Income Inequality -
Jan 23, 2019
Cannabis Tax Debates are Ramping Up; Here’s What We’ve Learned from Five Years of Cannabis Taxation Thus Far -
Jan 18, 2019
State Rundown 1/18: Governors’ Speeches Kick Off State Fiscal Debates -
Jan 17, 2019
How States Can Help Shut Down Tax Havens by Cracking Down on Profit Shifting -
Jan 10, 2019
State Rundown 1/10: States Should Resolve to Pursue Equitable Tax Options -
Jan 9, 2019
A New Quick-Start Guide to “Who Pays?” -
Jan 8, 2019
How to Think About the 70% Top Tax Rate Proposed by Ocasio-Cortez (and Multiple Scholars) -
Dec 24, 2018
ITEP's 12 Days of Tax Policy -
Dec 20, 2018
ITEP Winter Reading (and Listening) List -
Dec 19, 2018
State Rundown 12/19: Time to Rest and Recharge for Big Year Ahead -
Dec 17, 2018
Five Things to Know on the One-Year Anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act -
Dec 12, 2018
End-of-Year Tax Measure Would Give Deficit-Financed Tax Cuts to Wealthy Families and Corporations -
Dec 7, 2018
Morgan Stanley Report Confirms Tax Cut Promises Made Are Promises Unkept -
Dec 5, 2018
State Rundown 12/5: Familiar Questions Returning to Fore as 2019 Approaches -
Dec 4, 2018
Housing for All? Developers Bulldoze Taxpayers in Affordable Housing Debate -
Nov 29, 2018
New Legislation Aims to Change Tax Law Provisions That Incentivize Outsourcing -
Nov 27, 2018
GM Announcement Confirms Tax Cuts Don't Prevent, May Encourage Layoffs -
Nov 19, 2018
New ITEP Report on Depreciation Breaks: The Most Important Tax Giveaway that People Don’t Know About -
Nov 16, 2018
House Democrats Falter with Proposed Rule to Restrict Tax Hikes -
Nov 16, 2018
State Rundown 11/16: Election Results Clarify Agendas as Real Work Begins -
Nov 13, 2018
Three Tax Takeaways on Amazon’s Expansion Announcement -
Nov 13, 2018
15 Companies Report an Average 10.4 Percentage Point Drop in Effective Tax Rates Since 2017 -
Nov 8, 2018
State Rundown 11/8: Top Tax Takeaways from Tuesday -
Nov 8, 2018
The Post-Midterms Tax Policy Outlook: Small Ball and Real Tax Reform Debate -
Nov 6, 2018
Amazon HQ2 Finalists Should Disclose the Financial Incentives They Promised -
Nov 5, 2018
New Report Finds Tax Transparency Is Not Just Ethical: It Has a Real Fiscal Impact -
Nov 5, 2018
Post-TCJA, International Corporate Tax System Still Leaking Hundreds of Billions in Profits -
Oct 31, 2018
State Rundown 10/31: Trick or Treat Advice to Savor for Tonight -
Oct 25, 2018
State Rundown 10/25: Ballot Initiative Special -
Oct 24, 2018
Shaking up TCJA: How a Proposed New Credit Could Shift Federal Tax Cuts from the Wealthy and Corporations to Working People -
Oct 23, 2018
Tax Policies Have Increased Inequality, and So Would Entitlement Cuts -
Oct 18, 2018
Lawmakers Want Working People to Foot the Bill for Top-Heavy Tax Cuts -
Oct 18, 2018
State Rundown 10/18: States Learn “Who Pays”! -
Oct 17, 2018
New Report Finds that Upside-down State and Local Tax Systems Persist, Contributing to Inequality in Most States -
Oct 17, 2018
Low-Tax States Are Often High-Tax for the Poor -
Oct 12, 2018
State Rundown 10/12: Local Jurisdictions Fighting for Revenues, Independence -
Oct 10, 2018
'Financial Exposure' Showcases Tax Misconduct by Powerful Individuals and Corporations -
Oct 4, 2018
State Rundown 10/4: Ballot/Election Season in Full Swing -
Oct 2, 2018
Twelve States Offer Profitable Tax Shelter to Private School Voucher Donors; IRS Proposal Could Fix This -
Sep 27, 2018
So-Called “Universal Savings Accounts” in Tax Cuts 2.0 Are a Giveaway to the Most Affluent Taxpayers -
Sep 26, 2018
State Rundown 9/26: States Cleaning Up from Florence, Gearing Up for November -
Sep 25, 2018
An Unhappy Anniversary: Federal Gas Tax Reaches 25 Years of Stagnation -
Sep 20, 2018
Oxfam Report Finds Pharmaceuticals Profiteering Off Crises in Developing Countries -
Sep 20, 2018
State Tax Codes Can Help Mitigate Poverty and Impact of Federal Tax Cuts on Low- and Middle-Income Families -
Sep 20, 2018
IRS Reopens Tax Loophole Sought by Sen. Toomey, but it Won’t Work in Pennsylvania -
Sep 19, 2018
State Rundown 9/19: Don’t Call it a Comeback -
Sep 12, 2018
Observations from Census Data on Poverty and Income -
Sep 12, 2018
We Crunched Some Numbers to Show What Tax Reform for Working People Really Looks Like -
Sep 11, 2018
Repealing the Federal Tax Law’s Cap on State and Local Tax (SALT) Deductions Is No Improvement -
Sep 10, 2018
Latest GOP Tax Package Is Also Skewed Toward the Rich -
Sep 7, 2018
New Study Confirms Offshore Earnings are Flowing into Stock Buybacks, Not Jobs and Investments -
Aug 22, 2018
State Rundown 8/22: Wayfair Fallout Could Hit the Pavement Soon -
Aug 16, 2018
State Rundown 8/16: November Ballots and 2019 Debates Coming into Focus -
Aug 15, 2018
1964: Unconditional War on Poverty; 2018: Unconditional War on the Poor -
Aug 10, 2018
How Opportunity Zones Benefit Investors and Promote Displacement -
Aug 9, 2018
Insult to Injury: Why Tax Cuts 2.0 Makes No Sense -
Aug 8, 2018
State Rundown 8/8: States Setting Rules for Upcoming Tax Decisions -
Aug 7, 2018
Updating Sales and Excise Taxes to Reflect Today’s Economy -
Aug 1, 2018
State Rundown 8/1: States Stay Busy During Summer "Break" -
Aug 1, 2018
The Preferential Tax Treatment of Capital Gains Income Should Be Curbed, Not Substantially Expanded -
Jul 24, 2018
The Fight for Education Funding: State Revenue Needs and Responses in 2018 -
Jul 19, 2018
State Rundown 7/19: Wayfair Fallout and Ballot Preparation Dominate State Tax Talk -
Jul 17, 2018
How to Fix the Broken International Corporate Tax Code -
Jul 12, 2018
18 States Will Take Holidays from Sound Tax Policy This Year -
Jul 11, 2018
The Immediate Economic Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Could be Even Less Than Expected -
Jul 10, 2018
Building on Momentum from Recent Years, 2018 Delivers Strengthened Tax Credits for Workers and Families -
Jul 10, 2018
State Rundown 7/10: Budget Brinksmanship and Ballot Battles -
Jul 3, 2018
An Update on State Responses to the Federal Tax Bill -
Jul 2, 2018
ITEP Summer Reading (and Listening) List -
Jun 28, 2018
State Rundown 6/28: Budget Deals Reached in Nick of Time -
Jun 27, 2018
Rigging the System and Poor Shaming (Rightly) Are Incompatible Political Strategies -
Jun 26, 2018
Gas Taxes Rise in Seven States, Including an Historic Increase in Oklahoma -
Jun 22, 2018
What's at Stake in South Carolina's Upcoming Tax Conformity Debate -
Jun 21, 2018
State Rundown 6/21: Wayfair Decision Is Way Fair -
Jun 21, 2018
Supreme Court Decision in Wayfair Is a Leap Forward for Sales Tax Modernization -
Jun 13, 2018
State Rundown 6/13: Budget Crunch Time Sets in as State Fiscal Years Come to Close -
Jun 13, 2018
All Bets are Off: State-Sponsored Sports Betting Isn’t Worth the Risk -
Jun 6, 2018
New Legislation Would Close Significant Offshore Loopholes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act -
Jun 1, 2018
State Rundown 6/1: Time Is Ripe for Closer Look at Intergovernmental Relations -
May 30, 2018
Facebook Facing Shareholder Scrutiny for Its Offshore Tax Avoidance -
May 24, 2018
As IRS Prepares to Act, Red-State Taxpayers Profit from Use of SALT “Workaround Credits” -
May 24, 2018
New Jersey Policy Perspective: Fast Facts: Proposed Tax Changes Would Bring More Balance to New Jersey’s Tax Code -
May 24, 2018
New Legislation Would End Tax Incentives to Move Jobs and Profits Offshore -
May 23, 2018
State Rundown 5/23: Special Sessions Abound Amid Budget Vetoes, Stalemates, Federal Tax Bill -
May 22, 2018
Most States Have Raised Gas Taxes in Recent Years -
May 21, 2018
Debate Over New Jersey’s Millionaires and ITEP’s Data -
May 17, 2018
State Rundown 5/17: Don't Bet on Legal Sports Betting Solving State Budget Woes -
May 16, 2018
Why Proponents of the Trump-GOP Tax Law Can’t Get their Story Straight -
May 15, 2018
There Is No Evidence That the New Tax Law Is Growing Our Economy or Creating Jobs -
May 15, 2018
NC Teachers’ March on Raleigh and the Tax Cuts that Led Them There -
May 10, 2018
No Work Requirements for the Richest 1 Percent — Most of Their Tax Cuts Are for Unearned Income -
May 9, 2018
State Rundown 5/9: Iowa Digs a New Hole as Other States Try to Avoid or Climb Out of Theirs -
May 9, 2018
New Tax Subsidy for Private K-12 Tuition in Massachusetts Creates a Host of Problems -
May 4, 2018
In the Face of the Trump Administration's Anti-Immigrant Agenda, We Must Rely on Evidence to Highlight the Contributions of and Dispel Myths About Dreamers -
May 4, 2018
Tax Wars: 3 Lessons about Tax Policy from the Star Wars Universe -
May 3, 2018
Under Pressure, Trump Organization Abandons Risky Sales Tax Avoidance Strategy in New York. Will It Face Penalties for Taxes it Did Not Collect? -
May 3, 2018
State Rundown 5/3: Progressive Revenue Solutions to Fiscal Woes Gaining Traction -
May 2, 2018
New UK Law May Shut Down the Biggest Tax Havens — Aside from the U.S. -
May 2, 2018
Apple’s Three-Month Tax Savings under President Trump’s New Tax Law: $1.68 Billion -
May 1, 2018
Newly Unveiled Ballot Initiative Aims to Tax Arizona’s Top 1 Percent to Fund Education -
May 1, 2018
No Need for the MythBusters, the Millionaire Tax Flight Myth is Busted Again -
Apr 27, 2018
State Rundown 4/27: Arbor Day Brings Some Fruitful Tax Developments, Some Shady Proposals -
Apr 27, 2018
Trump Administration’s Spending Priorities Echo Tax Cut Priorities: Punish the Poor and Lavish the Rich -
Apr 26, 2018
15 Companies Report Tax Savings of $6.2 Billion in First Three Months of 2018 -
Apr 20, 2018
State Rundown 12/31/9999: IRS Glitch and Legislative Impasses Extend Tax Season -
Apr 20, 2018
Trends We're Watching in 2018, Part 5: 21st Century Consumption Taxes -
Apr 19, 2018
Congressional Budget Office: New Tax Law Helps Foreign Investors Even More than You Thought -
Apr 16, 2018
Key Takeaways from John Oliver’s Segment on Corporate Tax Avoidance -
Apr 13, 2018
State Rundown 4/13: Teacher Strikes, Special Sessions, Federal Cuts Haunting States -
Apr 11, 2018
ITEP Resources on Amazon and the Online Sales Tax Debate -
Apr 11, 2018
What to Expect if the Supreme Court Allows for Online Sales Tax Collection -
Apr 11, 2018
A Paul Ryan Retrospective: A Decade of Regressive Budget and Tax Plans -
Apr 10, 2018
New ITEP Report: Extension of the Temporary TCJA Provisions Would Be Just as Regressive as TCJA Itself -
Apr 6, 2018
Is the Trump Organization's Sales Tax Avoidance More Aggressive Than Amazon's? -
Apr 5, 2018
State Rundown 4/5: Education Funding Issues Take Center Stage -
Apr 5, 2018
Passing the Buck: Forcing Spending Cuts through a Balanced Budget Amendment -
Apr 4, 2018
Trends We're Watching in 2018, Part 4: Tax Cuts & Tax Shifts -
Apr 3, 2018
Cities Fail to Disclose Tax Incentives in Bids for Amazon’s HQ2 -
Mar 30, 2018
Teachers’ Strikes Are Emblematic of Larger Tax Challenges for States -
Mar 30, 2018
Amazon’s Local, State and Federal Tax Issues Explained -
Mar 30, 2018
State Rundown 3/30: Several Major Tax Debates Will March on into April -
Mar 26, 2018
Trends We’re Watching in 2018, Part 3: Improvements to Tax Credits for Workers and Families -
Mar 26, 2018
Amazon and Other E-Retailers Get a Free Pass from Some Local-Level Sales Taxes -
Mar 23, 2018
Unintended Consequences of the New Tax Bill Keep Cropping Up -
Mar 22, 2018
State Rundown 3/22: Some Spring State Tax Debates in Full Bloom, Others Just Now Surfacing -
Mar 15, 2018
The Public Interest Consensus Against the Tax Extenders -
Mar 14, 2018
State Rundown 3/14: States Turn Fiscal Focus Inward -
Mar 14, 2018
Boeing Paid Tax Rate of 8.4% in Previous Decade, But Trump to Speak About Why It Needed His Corporate Tax Cut -
Mar 12, 2018
Trends We're Watching in 2018, Part 2: State Revenue Shortfalls and the Impact on Education and Other Services -
Mar 9, 2018
Pounds, Dollars, It’s Still Comparative Crumbs for Workers -
Mar 8, 2018
State Rundown 3/8: March Tax Debates "In Like a Lion" -
Mar 5, 2018
Trends We’re Watching in 2018, Part 1: State Responses to Federal Tax Cut Bill -
Mar 2, 2018
Five Ways States Can Recoup Corporations’ Massive Federal Tax Giveaway -
Feb 28, 2018
State Rundown 2/28: February a Long Month for State Tax Debates -
Feb 23, 2018
Why the Minute Federal 529 Provision Has Huge Consequences for States -
Feb 22, 2018
State Rundown 2/22: State Tax Debates Grind On -
Feb 21, 2018
Cuomo’s Tax Overhaul Response Is a Missed Opportunity -
Feb 20, 2018
Why We're Not Eternally Grateful for $1,000 Crumbs -
Feb 15, 2018
Mnuchin’s Not So Grand Stand on the Carried Interest Loophole Explained -
Feb 14, 2018
State Rundown 2/14: To Couple or Not to Couple? -
Feb 14, 2018
A Gas Tax Hike Is the Obvious Answer to Infrastructure Funding -
Feb 14, 2018
GOP Dilemma: Love the Tax Cut, Hate the Agency that Administers It -
Feb 13, 2018
Amazon Inc. Paid Zero in Federal Taxes in 2017, Gets $789 Million Windfall from New Tax Law -
Feb 9, 2018
The More Things Change: PG&E Records a Tenth Straight Year of No Federal Income Taxes -
Feb 9, 2018
How the Latest Budget Deals Expose the Failure of “Tax Reform” -
Feb 8, 2018
State Rundown 2/8: State Responses to Federal Bill Gaining Steam -
Feb 3, 2018
How Much Will Typical Middle-Class Workers Really See Their Paychecks Change? -
Feb 1, 2018
How the U.S. Became a Top Secrecy Jurisdiction -
Jan 31, 2018
State Rundown 1/31: Low-Income Families' Taxes Getting Some Much-Needed Attention -
Jan 31, 2018
How Exxon’s Empty $50 Billion Promise Made Its Way into Trump’s SOTU -
Jan 31, 2018
Fact-Checking Trump’s State of the Union Address on Tax Issues -
Jan 26, 2018
Moody’s and Conservative Economists Agree: The Trump Corporate Tax Cut Is Not Helping Workers -
Jan 26, 2018
Federal Tax Law Will Have Mixed Effect on Taxpayers' State Tax Bills and States’ Revenue -
Jan 25, 2018
IRS Can and Should Block “Charitable Contribution” Schemes -
Jan 25, 2018
State Rundown 1/25: States Begin Tax Debates while Still Racing to Understand Federal Bill -
Jan 24, 2018
It’s a Small Bonus After All -
Jan 19, 2018
Olympics-like Bidding for Amazon's HQ2 Is a PR Stunt Meant to Extract Tax Subsidies -
Jan 18, 2018
Apple Gambled on Congressional Spinelessness on Tax Policy— and Won -
Jan 17, 2018
State Rundown 1/17: Budget Deficits, Online Sales Tax, and More -
Jan 17, 2018
Repealing, or Working Around, the Cap on State and Local Tax Deductions Would Make the Trump-GOP Tax Law Even More Unfair -
Jan 16, 2018
We Must Protect Dreamers -
Jan 12, 2018
The Problems with State Workarounds to the Federal SALT Deduction -
Jan 12, 2018
The Walmart Smiley Face Is Lying: Corporate Tax Cuts Are Not Causing Pay Raises and Bonuses -
Jan 12, 2018
State Rundown 1/12: Tax Cut Tunnel Vision Threatens to Bore State Budget Holes Even Deeper -
Jan 12, 2018
Walmart’s Minimum Wage Hike: Did the Tax System Make Them Do It? -
Jan 11, 2018
Using Private Debt Collectors as a Substitute for the IRS Is a Bad Deal -
Jan 10, 2018
New Tax Breaks for Craft Beer Are a Drop in the Barrel: 76 percent of Tax Bill’s Beer Tax Cut Goes to a Handful of the Biggest Producers -
Jan 9, 2018
New Tax Law Allows Affluent Taxpayers to Write off K-12 Private School Tuition -
Jan 4, 2018
State Rundown 1/4: Will States Show Resolve in a Challenging Year? -
Dec 22, 2017
Corporate America, You Just Got a $650 Billion Tax Cut! What Are You Going to Do Next? -
Dec 20, 2017
State Rundown 12/20: The Days Get Longer from Here -
Dec 19, 2017
Final Tax Bill Hits Parents of College Students Harder than Other Taxpayers -
Dec 19, 2017
The Trump-GOP’s Big Giveaway to Multinational Corporations -
Dec 18, 2017
Corker Claims Provisions Benefiting Him Could Not Have Changed His Vote Because He Never Read the Bill -
Dec 17, 2017
Final GOP-Trump Bill Still Forces California and New York to Shoulder a Larger Share of Federal Taxes Under Final GOP-Trump Tax Bill; Texas, Florida, and Other States Will Pay Less -
Dec 15, 2017
Final Tax Bill Reported to Provide Senator Rubio With Much Smaller Improvement for Children than He Demanded -
Dec 15, 2017
GOP Leaders Scrounge Up Money to Lower Top Tax Rate for the Rich But Not to Help Low-Income Working Families with Children -
Dec 14, 2017
ITEP Resources for the Tax Reform Debate -
Dec 14, 2017
Private Schools Donors Likely to Win Big from Expanded Loophole in Tax Bill -
Dec 13, 2017
State Rundown 12/13: Supermajority Laws Considered in Some States Even as They Confound Others -
Dec 13, 2017
Latest “Compromise” for Tax Plan Is Even Worse than Previous Proposals, Would Reduce the Plans’ “Losers” by Less than 17,000 Taxpayers -
Dec 13, 2017
Parents of College Students: The Tax Plans’ Losers that No One Is Talking About -
Dec 13, 2017
All I Want for Christmas is a Clean DREAM Act -
Dec 12, 2017
Who Is “America First” Under the Tax Plan? The Rich First, Foreign Investors Second, Then the Rest of Us. -
Dec 12, 2017
Treasury’s 1-Page Memo Reasserts False Claims that Tax Cuts Largely Pay for Themselves — But Only When Accompanied by Spending Cuts -
Dec 10, 2017
“Compromises” Under Discussion for the State and Local Tax Deduction Do Not Fix Flawed Tax Bills -
Dec 10, 2017
Even with Potential SALT Compromises, Senate Bill Forces California and New York to Shoulder a Larger Share of Federal Taxes While Texas, Florida, and Other States Will Pay Less -
Dec 7, 2017
State Rundown 12/7: States Try to Plan While Awaiting Federal Tax Decisions -
Dec 7, 2017
Charitable, Property Tax, and Mortgage Interest Deductions Would Be Wiped Out for Two-Thirds of Current Claimants Under Congressional Tax Plans -
Dec 4, 2017
They Can’t Help Themselves: GOP Leaders Reveal True Intent Behind Tax Overhaul -
Dec 1, 2017
Senate “Pass-Through” Deduction Threatens to Undermine State Tax Systems -
Dec 1, 2017
New ITEP Report Explains How Tax Reform Should Eliminate Breaks for Real Estate Investors Like Trump -
Dec 1, 2017
Senator Collins Pushes Hard for a Property Tax Deduction that Very Few of Her Constituents Will Be Able to Claim -
Nov 30, 2017
Republican Senators Debate Size of “Pass-Through” Break, But Proposed Compromises Will Make No Difference to Anyone Who Is Not Well-Off -
Nov 30, 2017
A Corporate Tax Cut Would Benefit Coastal Investors, Not the Heartland -
Nov 30, 2017
Lawmakers Are Allowing Monied Interests to Trump the Voices of Their Constituents -
Nov 30, 2017
Chained CPI Would Raise Everyone’s Personal Income Taxes in the Future, Would Hurt the Poor Right Away -
Nov 29, 2017
State Rundown 11/29: Thanksgiving Leftovers Edition -
Nov 22, 2017
Mick Mulvaney and the 19 States Paying Higher Taxes Under the Senate Tax Bill -
Nov 21, 2017
The Senate Tax Plan’s Big Giveaway to Multinational Corporations -
Nov 21, 2017
Resources for Your Thanksgiving Dinner Tax Policy Debates -
Nov 14, 2017
The Bottom 40 Percent Has Grown Poorer, So Why Are Tax Cut Plans Focused on the Rich and Corporations? -
Nov 14, 2017
Shopping for a Tax Haven: How Nike and Apple Accelerated Their Tax Avoidance Strategies, according to the Paradise Papers -
Nov 14, 2017
House Tax Plan Offers an Exceptionally Bad Deal for California, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland -
Nov 13, 2017
House Tax Bill Would Put Property Tax Deduction Out of Reach for Most Households -
Nov 9, 2017
Flawed Data from House Leadership Attempts to Hide Tax Hikes Under Proposal -
Nov 8, 2017
State Rundown 11/8: Online Sales Tax Fight and Tax Subsidy Absurdity Go National -
Nov 8, 2017
House Tax Plan Would Make Offshore Tax Avoidance Substantially Worse -
Nov 6, 2017
House Tax Bill Would Reserve Charitable Giving Subsidies for a Small Subset of Wealthier Households -
Nov 5, 2017
Mortgage Interest Deduction Wiped Out for 7 in 10 Current Claimants Under House Tax Plan -
Nov 3, 2017
House Plan Slashes SALT Deductions by 88%, Even with $10,000 Property Tax Deduction -
Nov 1, 2017
House Tax Plan Will Keep 39.6% Top Rate, But That Won’t Matter for Most Types of Income Going to the Rich -
Nov 1, 2017
State Rundown 11/1: Connecticut Balances Budget, Leaves Tax Code Out of Whack -
Oct 31, 2017
Trump Administration Might Propose a Long-Overdue Gas Tax Increase -
Oct 30, 2017
The Manufacturing Deduction Is a Case Study in Tax Policy Gone Wrong -
Oct 25, 2017
State Rundown 10/25: Marijuana Taxes a Bright Spot amid Underperforming State Revenues -
Oct 25, 2017
The Framework’s Tax Increases and Tax Cuts by State -
Oct 24, 2017
GOP Tax Plan Will Mainly Benefit Millionaires Even If Top Rate Remains 39.6 Percent -
Oct 20, 2017
The Jig Is Up: Republican Budget Resolution Finally Admits That Deficit Will Soar Under GOP Tax Plan -
Oct 19, 2017
The Dishonest Pitch for Trump-GOP Tax Cuts -
Oct 18, 2017
The Corporate Tax Code is in Dire Shape, But Trump-GOP Plan Would Make It Worse -
Oct 18, 2017
State Rundown 10/18: Ballot Initiative Efforts Being Finalized -
Oct 18, 2017
Tax Foundation Updates Its Problematic Wishlist for State Tax Policy -
Oct 13, 2017
State Rundown 10/13: Soda Taxes, Business Subsidies, and Gas Taxes Considered in Several States -
Oct 11, 2017
Middle-Income More Likely Than the Rich to Pay More Under Trump-GOP Tax Plan -
Oct 5, 2017
The Data Belie the Trump-GOP Tax Cut Rhetoric -
Oct 4, 2017
State Rundown 10/4: Wildfires in Montana and Tax Cuts in Kansas Wreak Budget Havoc -
Sep 29, 2017
Indiana’s Tax Cuts Under Mike Pence Are Not a Model for the Nation -
Sep 28, 2017
State Rundown 9/28: Wisconsin Budget Finalized, Oklahoma Special Session Underway -
Sep 25, 2017
State Rundown 9/25: No Rest for the Weary as State Tax and Budget Debates Wind Down, Ramp Up -
Sep 15, 2017
Poverty is Down, But State Tax Codes Could Bring It Even Lower -
Sep 14, 2017
Census Data Reveal Modest Gains for Working People; GOP Tax Overhaul Could Reverse These Gains -
Sep 13, 2017
State Rundown 9/13: The Year of Unprecedented State Budget Impasses Continues -
Sep 12, 2017
Census Data Shows Importance of Refundable Tax Credits in Reducing Poverty, But Lawmakers Move to Restrict Them -
Sep 7, 2017
State Rundown 9/6: Most Statehouses Quiet, Many Pondering Harvey's Impacts -
Sep 6, 2017
New ITEP Report: Trump’s Proposed Territorial Tax System Would Increase Corporate Tax Dodging -
Aug 31, 2017
Tax Reform Principles Released by GOP in August Raise More Questions Than They Answer -
Aug 31, 2017
Trump (Sort of) Used Our Data on Corporate Tax Avoidance, But He Missed the Point -
Aug 31, 2017
State Rundown 8/31: Modernizing Taxes is Sometimes a Sprint, Sometimes a Marathon -
Aug 30, 2017
Sorting Through the Fallacies in Trump's Missouri Tax Speech -
Aug 30, 2017
Private School Voucher Credits Offer a Windfall to Wealthy Investors in Some States -
Aug 23, 2017
State Rundown 8/23: Few Lingering Budget Debates Cannot Linger Much Longer -
Aug 23, 2017
GOP Leaders Tout Corporate Tax Cuts at Boeing and AT&T, Companies that Already Have Single-Digit Tax Rates -
Aug 22, 2017
Inaccuracies Pile Up During Speaker Ryan’s Town Hall Meeting -
Aug 17, 2017
Context Is Everything -
Aug 10, 2017
The Many Reasons for the Seattle Income Tax -
Aug 9, 2017
State Rundown 8/9: And Then There Were Three -
Aug 9, 2017
It’s a Fact: Voucher Tax Credits Offer Profits for Some “Donors” -
Aug 4, 2017
How to Think About the Problem of Corporate Offshore Cash: Lessons from Microsoft -
Aug 4, 2017
Trump Administration May Make Corporate Inversions Great Again -
Aug 2, 2017
State Rundown 8/2: Legislative Tax Debates Wind Down as Ballot Initiative Efforts Ramp Up -
Jul 31, 2017
The Problems with the Multi-Million-Dollar Effort to Secure Millionaire and Corporate Tax Cuts -
Jul 28, 2017
Art Laffer and Stephen Moore’s Misleading Case for the Trump Tax Cuts -
Jul 27, 2017
State Rundown 7/27: State Legislative Debates Winding Down but Tax Talk Continues -
Jul 27, 2017
GOP Leaders in Congress and the White House Set Out Goals for Tax Reform that Their Plans Fail to Meet -
Jul 27, 2017
Reviving U.S. Manufacturing, One Cheesecake Factory at a Time -
Jul 26, 2017
Trump Touts Tax Cuts for the Wealthy as a Plan for Working People -
Jul 24, 2017
Sound Tax Policy Made a Comeback in 2017 -
Jul 21, 2017
Tax Avoidance: Nike “Just Did It” Again, Moving $1.5 Billion Offshore Last Year -
Jul 21, 2017
States May Be Finally Learning Their Lesson on Back-To-School Sales Tax Holidays -
Jul 19, 2017
State Rundown 7/19: Handful of States Still Have Their Hands Full with Tax and Budget Debates -
Jul 18, 2017
FedEx Pays Just 7.5% of Its Profits in Taxes While Pushing for a Lower Corporate Tax Rate -
Jul 11, 2017
State Rundown 7/11: Some Legislatures Get Long Holiday Weekends, Others Work Overtime -
Jul 6, 2017
Why We Need to End the Era of Anonymous Shell Corporations -
Jun 29, 2017
CBO Just Shot Down Trump’s Economic Forecast -
Jun 28, 2017
State Rundown 6/28: States Scramble to Finish Budgets Before July Deadlines -
Jun 28, 2017
Gas Taxes Will Rise in 7 States to Fund Transportation Improvements -
Jun 26, 2017
Senate Health Care Reform Bill Just as “Mean” as the House Version -
Jun 23, 2017
Inverter Mylan Finds Yet Another Way to Avoid Taxes -
Jun 22, 2017
Explaining our Analysis of Washington State’s Highly Regressive Tax Code -
Jun 21, 2017
West Virginia Lawmakers Settle on Imperfect Budget, Delay Tax Debate for Next Session -
Jun 21, 2017
State Rundown 6/21: Crunch Time for Many States with New Fiscal Year on Horizon -
Jun 16, 2017
The GOP Health Plan Cuts Medicaid to Lower Taxes for the Richest 3 Percent -
Jun 15, 2017
Which States Benefit from the Tax Cuts in the GOP Health Plan? -
Jun 14, 2017
State Rundown 6/14: Some States Wrapping Up Tax Debates, Others Looking Ahead to Next Round -
Jun 13, 2017
How to Recover from A Failed Tax Experiment: Part 1 -
Jun 12, 2017
The Best Way to Radically Simplify Tax Filing -
Jun 8, 2017
Kansas May Have Saved Us All -
Jun 7, 2017
State Rundown 6/7: Kansas Success Story and Other State News -
Jun 2, 2017
Oklahoma’s Budget Signed by Governor, but Long-Run Challenges Remain -
Jun 2, 2017
What a Populist Budget Proposal Really Looks Like -
May 31, 2017
State Rundown 5/31: Budget Woes Spurring Special Legislative Sessions -
May 30, 2017
Avocado Toast, iPhones, Billionairesplaining and the Trump Budget -
May 26, 2017
Besides Eviscerating the Safety Net, Trump Budget Would Put States in a Fiscal Bind -
May 25, 2017
Congressional Hearing Highlights Problems with the Border Adjustment Tax -
May 24, 2017
23 Million Uninsured Americans Is Too Great a Cost to Finance Tax Cuts for the Rich -
May 24, 2017
State Rundown 5/24: Several States Scramble to Finalize Budgets -
May 23, 2017
Trump Budget Plan Would Eliminate Child Tax Credits for Working Families Due to Parents’ Immigration Status -
May 22, 2017
ITEP's Commitment to Being a Voice for Low-, Moderate- and Middle-Income People in Tax Policy Debates -
May 18, 2017
State Rundown 5/18: Tax Debate Heat Wave Hitting States -
May 18, 2017
Tax Avoiding Companies Well Represented at Tax Reform Hearing -
May 17, 2017
Investors and Corporations Would Profit from a Federal Private School Voucher Tax Credit -
May 12, 2017
South Carolina's Gas Tax Deal: Could Have Been Worse, Could Have Been Better -
May 10, 2017
State Rundown 5/10: Spring Tax Debates at Different Stages in Different States -
May 10, 2017
Gas Taxes Increases Continue to Advance in the States -
May 9, 2017
Representative John Delaney's Bills Take the Wrong Approach on Funding Infrastructure -
May 5, 2017
Key Resources for Digging into the Trump and GOP Tax Reform Agenda -
May 4, 2017
EITC Victories Await in Both Hawaii and Montana -
May 4, 2017
Nebraska Vote Is Latest Defeat for Tax-Cut "Trigger" Gimmick -
May 4, 2017
Apple: A Case Study in Why a Tax Holiday for Offshore Cash is Indefensible -
May 3, 2017
State Rundown 5/3: Lawmakers See Value in State EITCs, Danger in Tax Cut Triggers -
May 2, 2017
Critical Anti-Tax Evasion Legislation Under Attack -
May 1, 2017
Time to Repeal State Deductions for Federal Income Taxes -
Apr 27, 2017
President Trump's Corporate Tax Outline: At Least He Didn't Use a Napkin -
Apr 27, 2017
New State Corporate Study: 3 Percent and Dropping -
Apr 27, 2017
Undocumented Immigrants' Tax Contributions in California: County-by-County Analysis -
Apr 27, 2017
State Rundown 4/27: States Finally Reaching Resolution on Gas Taxes -
Apr 27, 2017
Tax Justice Digest: Trickle-down revived, corps aren't paying state taxes, young immigrants and taxes, etc. -
Apr 25, 2017
Young Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes Too -
Apr 25, 2017
Income Tax Offers Best Bang for the Buck in Alaska -
Apr 25, 2017
Does a 15 Percent Corporate Tax Rate Sound Low? For Dozens of Major Corporations, Maybe Not -
Apr 21, 2017
No Room to Swing a CAT in Louisiana Legislature -
Apr 21, 2017
The Trump Administration Should Not Reopen Offshore Loopholes Closed by Recent Regulations -
Apr 19, 2017
State Rundown 4/19: Alaska's Long Income Tax Freeze May Be Thawing -
Apr 14, 2017
Tax Justice Digest: Resources for Tax Day 2017 -
Apr 12, 2017
State Rundown 4/12: Season in Transition as Some States Close, Others Open Tax Debates -
Apr 7, 2017
How to Shut Down Offshore Corporate Tax Avoidance, Full Stop -
Apr 6, 2017
Two New Bills Would Plug Major Loopholes in Our Offshore Corporate Tax System -
Apr 5, 2017
State Rundown 4/5: Focus on Major Tax Bills Intensifies -
Mar 31, 2017
All Is Peachy in Georgia, for Now -
Mar 31, 2017
Tax Justice Digest: Offshore Cash, Gas Tax and BAT -
Mar 30, 2017
A Comparative Analysis: Tax Rates Paid by Companies for and Against the Border Adjustment Tax -
Mar 29, 2017
Seeking the Right Balance in Alaska -
Mar 29, 2017
The April Fool's Joke Is on Consumers: April 1 Marks Record-Breaking Procrastination on Federal Gas Tax Policy -
Mar 29, 2017
State Rundown 3/29: More States Looking to Raise or Protect Revenues Amid Fiscal and Federal Uncertainty -
Mar 28, 2017
The $767 Billion Money Pot Driving Tax Reform -
Mar 24, 2017
What to Watch in the States: State Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) on the Move -
Mar 23, 2017
Taxing the Gig Economy -
Mar 23, 2017
Tax Justice Digest: 50-State Analysis of GOP Health Care Plan, Ensuring State Sales Taxes Keep Pace with Our Changing Economy -
Mar 22, 2017
GOP Healthcare Bill Cuts Insurance Coverage for Millions to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Wealthy; ITEP State-By-State Estimates -
Mar 22, 2017
State Rundown 3/22: Springtime Tax Debates Blossom Nationwide -
Mar 21, 2017
Amazon Will Collect Every State Sales Tax by April 1 -
Mar 15, 2017
State Rundown 3/15: Responses to Revenue Shortfalls Vary Widely -
Mar 9, 2017
Debunking the 35 Percent Corporate Tax Myth -
Mar 9, 2017
Tax Justice Digest: New Eight-Year Data Reveals Corporations Aren't Paying Their Fair Share -
Mar 8, 2017
State Rundown 3/8: Much Ado About Consumption Taxes -
Mar 8, 2017
A Tax Perspective on International Women's Day -
Mar 7, 2017
GOP Obamacare Repeal Would Slash Taxes on the Wealthy At the Expense of Middle- and Low-Income Families -
Mar 2, 2017
Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes -
Mar 2, 2017
Tax Justice Digest: Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes and Fact-Checking President Trump -
Mar 1, 2017
Fact-Checking Tax Policy Points in President Trump's Address to Congress -
Mar 1, 2017
State Rundown 3/1: Will Tax Cut Proposals Be "In Like a Lion, Out Like A Lamb"? -
Feb 28, 2017
Return of the Moderate: A Kansas Force Awakens -
Feb 28, 2017
What to Watch in the States: State-Federal Relationship Shifting -
Feb 27, 2017
States Should Require Combined Reporting of Corporate Income -
Feb 24, 2017
Why, West Virginia, Why? -
Feb 24, 2017
Tax Justice Digest: The Problems with a Border Adjustment Tax -
Feb 23, 2017
State Rundown 2/23: Regressive Tax Proposals Multiplying -
Feb 22, 2017
The Border Adjustment Tax Creates More Problems Than It Solves -
Feb 15, 2017
What to Watch in the States: Modernizing Sales Taxes for a 21st Century Economy -
Feb 15, 2017
State Rundown 2/15: Tax Overhauls Debated Around the Country -
Feb 13, 2017
'IMPROVE' Act Fails to Improve Tennessee's Regressive Tax Code -
Feb 9, 2017
Tax Justice Digest: What to watch in the states, debunking the supply-side myth -
Feb 8, 2017
Lawmakers Should Not Use Disproven Trickle-Down Myth to Ramrod Tax Cuts for the Rich -
Feb 8, 2017
State Rundown 2/8: Lessons of Kansas Tax-Cut Disaster Taking Hold in Kansas, Still Lost on Some in Other States -
Feb 6, 2017
Dodging Tough Fiscal Decisions with State Tax Cut Triggers and Phase-Ins -
Feb 2, 2017
What to Watch in the States: Gas Tax Hikes and Swaps -
Feb 2, 2017
What to Watch in the States: Further Attempts to Weaken or Eliminate Progressive Taxes -
Feb 1, 2017
State Rundown 2/1: 2017 State Tax Debates Getting Real -
Jan 30, 2017
And Then There Were Six: Amazon Expands Its Sales Tax Collection -
Jan 27, 2017
What to Watch in the States Series: Tax Policy 2017 -
Jan 26, 2017
A Visual Tour of Who Pays State & Local Taxes -
Jan 26, 2017
An Overview of State Tax Trends in 2017 -
Jan 26, 2017
Tax Justice Digest: A Visual Tour of Who Pays, 2017 State Tax Trends -
Jan 25, 2017
State Rundown 1/25: Revenue Shortfalls and How to Avoid Them -
Jan 25, 2017
47 Years Later, Alaska Considers Playing Catch-Up with its Motor Fuel Tax -
Jan 19, 2017
Tax Justice Digest: Kansas again, state budget woes, and corporate tax cuts -
Jan 18, 2017
Trump Plan to Give Billions in Tax Breaks to Multinational Corporations May Have Bipartisan Support -
Jan 18, 2017
Kansas State of the State: Worlds Apart -
Jan 18, 2017
State Rundown 1/18: Revenue Woes Piling Up Faster Than Solutions -
Jan 17, 2017
Congress Shouldn't Defy Public Opinion and Good Policy by Cutting Taxes for Corporations and the Wealthy -
Jan 17, 2017
State of Play: The Coming Debate Over the Ryan and Trump Tax Plans -
Jan 11, 2017
State Rundown 1/11: State Legislative Sessions Kick Off Amid Uncertainty -
Jan 4, 2017
State Rundown 1/4: Revenue Shortfalls, Gas Tax Changes Dominate Early Debates -
Aug 24, 2016
The Little-Known Effect of State Tax Changes: More or Less Money to the Federal Government -
Aug 9, 2016
Tim Cook's Disingenuous Argument to Justify Apple's $215 Billion Offshore Cash Hoard -
Aug 3, 2016
Fiscal Policy Shake-up Comes to Energy States -
Jun 24, 2016
Weird New Jersey Tax Debates Continue -
May 26, 2016
New Research Shows Millionaires Less Mobile than the Rest of Us -
Jan 28, 2016
Michigan's "Customer" Service Fail Is a Cautionary Tale about Cutting Taxes and Disinvestment -
Sep 3, 2015
H&R Block Uses Corporate Lobbying Might to Make Sure Poor People Use Its Services -
Jan 20, 2015
Who Pays? Report Brings out the Red Herring Brigade -
Sep 18, 2014
What's the Matter with Kansas Is What Ails All 50 States -
Sep 16, 2014
Poverty Data Not Surprising, No Matter How You Spin It -
Mar 11, 2014
Kansas Supreme Court Case Shows Public Services Suffer When Tax Breaks for Wealthy Take Priority