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Category: State Corporate Taxes


  • Carl Davis
    Carl Davis
    Research Director
    November 13, 2018

    Three Tax Takeaways on Amazon’s Expansion Announcement

    Today Amazon announced major expansions in New York and Virginia, where it intends to hire up to 50,000 full-time employees. The announcement marks the culmination of a highly publicized search that lasted more than a year and involved aggressive courting of the company by cities across the nation. The following are three tax-related observations on the announcement.
  • Aidan Davis
    Aidan Davis
    Senior Policy Analyst
    October 17, 2018

    New Report Finds that Upside-down State and Local Tax Systems Persist, Contributing to Inequality in Most States

    State and local tax systems in 45 states worsen income inequality by making incomes more unequal after taxes. The worst among these are identified in ITEP’s Terrible 10. Washington, Texas, Florida, South Dakota, Nevada, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Wyoming hold the dubious honor of having the most regressive state and local tax systems in the nation. These states ask far more of their lower- and middle-income residents than of their wealthiest taxpayers.
  • Carl Davis
    Carl Davis
    Research Director
    October 17, 2018

    Low-Tax States Are Often High-Tax for the Poor

    A new ITEP analysis reveals that many states traditionally considered to be “low-tax states” are actually high-tax for their poorest residents. The “low tax” label is typically assigned to states that either lack a personal income tax or that collect a comparatively low amount of tax revenue overall. But a focus on these measures can cause lawmakers to overlook the fact that state tax systems impact different taxpayers in very different ways, and that low-income taxpayers often do not experience these states as being even remotely “low tax.”
  • Aidan Davis
    Aidan Davis
    Senior Policy Analyst
    April 27, 2017

    New State Corporate Study: 3 Percent and Dropping

    States are experiencing a rapid decline in state corporate income tax revenue, and the downward trend has become increasingly pronounced in recent years. Despite rebounding bottom lines for many corporations, a new ITEP report, 3 Percent and Dropping: State Corporate Tax Avoidance in the Fortune 500, 2008 to 2015,finds that effective tax rates paid by […]
  • Lisa Christensen Gee
    Lisa Christensen Gee
    Senior Policy Analyst
    April 21, 2017

    No Room to Swing a CAT in Louisiana Legislature

    The Louisiana Legislature has been in session for two weeks now. The stage has been set for fiscal reform and the stakes are high. The state faces a $1.3 billion loss of revenue starting July 1, 2018 when the temporary sales tax base expansion and rate increase expires if lawmakers fail to close the gap […]
  • Dylan Grundman
    Dylan Grundman
    Senior Policy Analyst
    February 27, 2017

    States Should Require Combined Reporting of Corporate Income

    An important aspect of a 21st century tax code is ensuring that corporate income taxes are easy for corporations to follow, but not easy for them to avoid. As our newly updated policy brief on Combined Reporting of State Corporate Income Taxes explains, “combined reporting” remains an essential tool for states to achieve these goals. […]

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