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Bloomberg Tax: Weaker Minimum Book Tax Rules Save Meta, Qualcomm Billions

July 30, 2026

“It’s pretty clear these two things are potentially at odds,” said Matthew Gardner, senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “The more Treasury tries to gut CAMT, the more the side-by-side agreement potentially falls apart.”

USA TODAY: States are relying more on sales taxes. Here’s why that matters

July 30, 2026

Over time, some states have slashed corporate and personal income taxes while also raising the sales tax rate. In 11 states, “all three of those things have happened,” said Sarah Austin, a senior analyst at ITEP and author of the report. 

CBS Missouri: What would eliminating income tax mean for Missourians?

July 30, 2026

"The state isn't going to raise any money, but that doesn't mean it's going to be net neutral for each person," Eli Byerly-Duke, a state policy analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said.

The QSBS exclusion allows investors who buy stock in a “qualified business” to write off as much as 100 percent of their capital gains when they sell that stock, in some cases delivering millions of dollars in tax breaks. 

Business Insider: States want to tax the rich less. They’re taxing your purchases more.

July 27, 2026

As many voters clamor for higher taxes on the ultrawealthy and corporations, many states have moved in the opposite direction: lowering taxes on high earners and raising them on everyday goods.

Barron’s: Back to School Spending Expected to Set Records as Shoppers Hunt for Bargains

July 27, 2026

Shoppers are especially focused on value and spacing out purchases as they shop for back to school this summer, but overall spending is still expected to reach record levels.

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen led their colleagues in reintroducing the Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act, legislation to provide transparency around corporations’ use of tax havens and incentives to offshore jobs.

In early August, Missouri voters will decide one of the most consequential state tax policy questions in recent memory: whether to eliminate their state’s personal income tax.

Proposition 3 will appear on the November 2026 statewide ballot, asking California voters whether to make permanent the higher-income tax rates on the state’s highest earners. 

Immigrants made up 29 percent of Napa County’s workforce as of 2019–23, with those working in the wine and hospitality industry generating an estimated $1.5 billion in county GDP.

The Bell Policy Center: Colorado Ballot Guide 2026

July 13, 2026 • By ITEP Staff

According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, immigrants without documentation contributed $436.5 million in state and local taxes in Colorado in 2022.

“Congress often tinkers with the tax code from one year to the next, so state conformity debates happen all the time, says Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “But they’re usually much more minor considerations.”

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found the OBBBA “will increase taxes for most Americans, significantly expand income inequality, and add trillions to the national debt, while delivering substantial tax cuts to high-income households, corporations, and foreign investors.”

CBS News: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is 1 year old. Here are the winners and losers.

July 13, 2026

"The top 1%, in fact, are in line to get $1 trillion in tax cuts from the law over a decade," Jon Whiten, deputy director of the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, or ITEP, told CBS News.

Yahoo News: Hawaii’s new ‘millionaire tax’ rivals top tax rate among other states

July 13, 2026

Nick Johnson, senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, another Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit and nonpartisan tax policy organization, told the Hawaii Tax Review Commission during a June 16 meeting that the state's personal income tax is "quite progressive" given its graduated rate structure and low-income tax credits.

Lexington Herald-Leader: How are gas prices set in KY? From oil to the pump, here’s what to know

July 9, 2026

In the South, rising costs averaged to about an additional $39.42 in monthly expenses on gas, according to data from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

The recent explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) and the construction of data centers threatens to swallow the US economy and transform society. 

Under H.R. 1, the federal tax package passed last year, the richest 1% of Arizonans are set to receive an average tax cut of nearly $80,000, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The lowest-income 20% of Arizonans will receive about $10. Read more.

Wall Street Journal: Coke Takes on IRS With $20 Billion at Stake

June 22, 2026

Coca-Cola is waging a high-stakes corporate battle with more than $20 billion at stake, and the opponent isn’t Pepsi or even Dr Pepper. It’s the Internal Revenue Service.

Public Citizen: The Current Price of Zero

June 11, 2026 • By ITEP Staff

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) found that at least 88 of the nation’s largest corporations paid zero federal corporate income tax in fiscal year 2025, despite reporting a combined $105 billion in US pretax income.

Reuters: Hawaii Considers Gasoline Tax Suspension as Pump Prices Soar

June 11, 2026

Hawaii Governor Josh Green said he is considering pausing the state's gasoline tax as ‌pump prices surge three months into the Iran war.

Time: Trump Demands Israel and Iran ‘Stop Shooting’ as World Leaders Urge Restraint Amid Renewed Hostilities

June 9, 2026

President Donald Trump said Israel and Iran “must immediately stop shooting” early Monday morning after the two countries launched a series of strikes at one another.

Since 2018, however, Idaho households have received $4.5 billion in state and federal income tax cuts—an amount that exceeds current state investments in health and education combined.

The Oklahoman: GOP Candidates Say Income Tax Cuts Would End Oklahoma’s Corporate Exodus

June 2, 2026

Several leading candidates in the GOP race for governor are calling to eliminate income taxes as a way to attract and retain businesses in Oklahoma.

NPR: Trump Wants a Gas Tax Holiday. There’s a Much Bigger Problem Looming.

May 29, 2026

President Trump has called for a temporary waiver of the federal gas tax, which costs drivers 18.4 cents per gallon.