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Carl Davis
Research DirectorAugust 6, 2024
Minnesota Stands Out for Its Moderately Progressive Tax Code
Minnesota stands apart from the rest of the country with a moderately progressive tax system that asks slightly more of the rich than of low- and middle-income families. Recent reforms signed by Gov. Tim Walz have contributed to this reality. -
Neva Butkus
State Policy AnalystFour states expanded or boosted refundable tax credits for children and families, and the District of Columbia is poised to create a new Child Tax Credit. These actions — in Colorado, Illinois, New York, Utah, and D.C. — continue the recent trend of improving the well-being of children and families with refundable tax credits. -
State lawmakers will have a lot to discuss when they compare notes on how they spent their summer vacations this year... -
Aidan Davis
State Policy DirectorJuly 18, 2024
Five Tax Takeaways from 2024 State Legislative Sessions
Major tax cuts were largely rejected this year, but states continue to chip away at income taxes. And while property tax cuts were a hot topic across the country, many states failed to deliver effective solutions to affordability issues. -
July 11, 2024
State Rundown 7/11: Mansion Taxes in the Spotlight
While Massachusetts legislators recently dropped a real estate transfer tax from their major housing bill, the District of Columbia council sent a budget to the mayor that includes a mansion tax that would increase the tax rate on properties valued over $2.5 million. Meanwhile, lawmakers in New Jersey and South Carolina continue to, respectively, raise and reduce needed revenues. -
Amy Hanauer
Executive DirectorTwo of the last five presidents won office over the objection of the majority of the people; California, with 65 times more people, has the same voting power in the U.S Senate as Wyoming; and the U.S. Supreme Court just permitted South Carolina lawmakers to dilute Black votes in drawing districts. These obvious flaws undermine our claim to be a strong democracy. One less appreciated but similarly undemocratic trend is our extreme inequality that supercharges the power and wealth of corporations and the uber-rich, weakens what the public sector can deliver, and often feeds on itself. -
Eli Byerly-Duke
State Policy AnalystKeeping the Kentucky income tax on a march to zero would mean tax hikes for working families or widespread cuts to education, health care, and other public services. Reversing course is certainly the wiser course of action. -
Many families are heading out on summer vacations, but legislators across the country are heading back to statehouses for special sessions...
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Brakeyshia Samms
Policy AnalystWell-designed property tax circuit breaker programs allow states to reduce the impact that property taxes have on the upside-down tilt of their tax codes. -
Steve Wamhoff
Federal Policy DirectorThe Supreme Court matters, for tax fairness as for every other part of our lives. Whether or not we ever have a government that taxes billionaires as much as it taxes the rest of us will depend on how the Supreme Court rules in the future and who appoints justices to the Court. -
Brakeyshia Samms
Policy AnalystJune 17, 2024
Tax Policy is a Part of the Black American Story
Juneteenth is a reminder of the hard-fought victories that helped Black Americans secure their delayed freedom, justice, and suffrage. And in the chapters about tax policy, the tales are no less fraught. From America’s prologue to the last paragraph of the Civil War, governments raised more tax revenue from the taxation of Black bodies than […] -
State budgets are falling into place as lawmakers near the end of their legislative sessions...
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June 6, 2024
State Rundown 6/6: A Tale of Two Tax Laws
This week, it was the best of times or, in some cases, the worst of times for tax policy in two different states... -
May 30, 2024
State Rundown 5/30: Sessions Are In for Summer
Legislative sessions across the country are still very much in for summer, which means more pencils, more budgets, and more tax plans... -
Jon Whiten
Deputy DirectorWhile there is plenty of room to expand Direct File at the federal level, states can take matters into their own hands and bring this benefit to their residents by opting into the program. -
State legislatures are wrapping up, but don’t stray too far from your state capital or you’ll miss out on the action...
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Alex Welch
Assistant Communications DirectorMay 16, 2024
Better Tax Codes Help Boost Teacher Pay
There are a variety of factors that affect teacher pay. But one often overlooked factor is progressive tax policies that allow states to raise and provide the funding educators and their students deserve. -
May 15, 2024
State Rundown 5/15: The Merry Merry Month of May(be)
Uncertainty abounds in state tax debates lately... -
May 9, 2024
State Rundown 5/9: Special Sessions in the Air
This week, special sessions with major tax implications are in the air... -
Eli Byerly-Duke
State Policy AnalystAs Iowa lawmakers change the state’s graduated personal income tax to a single flat rate, they are designing a state tax code where the rich will pay a lower rate overall than families with modest means. -
This week, many states took steps toward enacting tax cuts...
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ITEP Staff
April 26, 2024
ITEP Comment on Proposed IRS Rule REG-123376-22
Increased information transfer from the IRS would improve the quality of data at the Census Bureau and expand opportunities for tax policy research. This is critical for researchers who rely on Census Bureau data and products to fill the informational gaps present in tax data. -
April 24, 2024
State Rundown 4/24: It’s Crunch Time
Many state legislative sessions are wrapping up... -
Brakeyshia Samms
Policy AnalystIn his new book, The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America, Professor Andrew Kahrl walks readers through the history of the property tax system and its structural defects that have led to widespread discrimination against Black Americans. -
Amy Hanauer
Executive DirectorThis op-ed originally appeared in MSNBC Tax preparation behemoth Intuit (maker of TurboTax) recently unveiled a new campaign branding itself as a feminist company. “When it comes to the complexities of the tax code, women encounter distinct challenges,” reads a post on the company’s official blog, “and here at Intuit, we’re committed to empowering prosperity for […]
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