ITEP Work in Action
Advocates and policymakers at the state and federal levels rely on ITEP’s analytic capabilities to inform their debates on proposed tax policy changes. In any given year, ITEP fields requests for analyses of policies in 25 or more states. ITEP also works with national partners to provide analyses of federal tax policy proposals. This section highlights reports that use ITEP analyses to make a compelling case for progressive tax reforms.
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ITEP Work in Action May 25, 2023 North Carolina Budget & Tax Center: Tax Changes in NC Senate Budget Plan Benefit Richest, Worsen Racial Inequities
The NC Senate tax plan will double down on the path to zero income tax — keeping in place the elimination of the corporate income tax and reducing the personal… -
ITEP Work in Action May 23, 2023 Arizona Center for Economic Progress: Extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Will Further Solidify An Unequal Federal Income Tax Structure for Generations
A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) predicts that making permanent the temporary provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will cost nearly $290… -
ITEP Work in Action May 17, 2023 Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center: What’s Race Got to Do With It? Some Tax Proposals Would Widen Racial Inequality, Others Would Advance Equity
Lawmakers have proposed a variety of tax cuts, some of which would provide outsize benefits to the most affluent households and widen existing racial and economic disparities. Other proposed tax… -
ITEP Work in Action May 17, 2023 U.S. Senate Budget Committee: Extending Trump Tax Cuts Would Add $3.5 Trillion to the Deficit, According to CBO
According to a report released today by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), extending the Trump tax cuts would add $3.5 trillion to the deficit through 2033. Read more. -
ITEP Work in Action May 16, 2023 Oklahoma Policy Institute: Flat Tax, Tax Triggers Would Make Oklahoma’s Tax System Less Fair, Less Adequate, and less stable
With less than two weeks left in the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers have very little time remaining to reach agreement on, reveal, and adopt the Fiscal Year 2024 state budget.… -
ITEP Work in Action May 11, 2023 OpenSky Policy Institute: Proposed Property Tax Breaks Benefit Wealthy While Restricting School Revenue
The Legislature on Wednesday and Thursday will consider property tax breaks and corresponding income tax cuts that together would restrict the revenue that’s available to fund important programs that all Nebraskans… -
ITEP Work in Action May 3, 2023 Testimony of ITEP’s Amy Hanauer Before the D.C. Tax Revision Commission
The written testimony of ITEP Executive Director Amy Hanauer is below the embedded video of the hearing. Dear D.C. Tax Revision Commission, Thank you for inviting me to testify last… -
ITEP Work in Action April 25, 2023 Policy Matters Ohio: How Ohio’s Income Tax Works – and How the House Budget Would Change It
The proposed changes to the state’s personal income tax in the House substitute budget bill are another blow to Ohio’s only tax that is based on the ability to pay,… -
ITEP Work in Action April 14, 2023 Oxfam: Tax Wealth, Tackle Inequality
Wealth inequality in the US is more extreme and dangerous than income inequality; and we need to change our approach, so we effectively tax wealth as well as income. We… -
ITEP Work in Action April 12, 2023 Video of ITEP’s Amy Hanauer at Bloomberg Government’s 2023 State Policy Breakfast
On April 12, ITEP Executive Director Amy Hanauer joined Bloomberg Government’s 2023 State Policy Breakfast to discuss current legislative trends and developments in State Houses across the country. You can… -
ITEP Work in Action April 10, 2023 Testimony of ITEP’s Marco Guzman Before the Nevada Assembly Committee on Revenue
For a video of Marco’s testimony, click here. Thank you, Assemblywoman Anderson, and thank you chairman and members of the Assembly for the opportunity to speak on the topic of… -
ITEP Work in Action April 6, 2023 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Beyond the Water’s Edge: Oregon Can Make it Harder for Corporations to Hide Profits Overseas
Oregon can clamp down on multinational corporations shifting profits overseas, create a more level playing field for Oregon businesses, and raise millions in revenue by enacting “complete reporting” by large… -
ITEP Work in Action April 6, 2023 Oklahoma Policy Institute: Tax Proposals This Session Fail to Deliver Inflation Relief, Jeopardize State’s Long-term Fiscal Health
With $10.8 billion in recurring revenue and at least $1.6 billion in one-time funds, the Oklahoma Legislature has significant fiscal decisions to make this session. Oklahoma leaders have repeatedly stated their intentions,… -
ITEP Work in Action April 4, 2023 Policy Matters Ohio: Testimony on HB 33 Before the House Finance Committee
This general assembly has the good fortune of budgeting in a time of surplus. Smart federal policy drove cash to people and businesses so when the worst of covid passed,… -
ITEP Work in Action March 31, 2023 Arkansas Advocates for Children: Vital Services At Risk With Income Tax Elimination
We all want to live in a state with great schools, well-maintained infrastructure, thriving communities, and strong families. But Arkansas’s Governor and many legislative leaders have expressed their support for… -
ITEP Work in Action March 30, 2023 New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute: Households with High Incomes Disproportionately Benefit from Interest and Dividends Tax Repeal
New analyses of the elimination of New Hampshire’s Interest and Dividends Tax show that the reduction in tax revenue disproportionately benefits individuals and households with high incomes while significantly reducing… -
ITEP Work in Action March 30, 2023 Maine Center for Economic Policy: Impacts of Proposed Income Tax Rate Reduction
House and Senate Republicans are demanding income tax cuts be part of the budget, and Democrats in the legislature were right to make sure they didn’t have the tools to… -
ITEP Work in Action March 29, 2023 Oregon Center for Public Policy: How to Pay (PAE) for It? Enact Complete Reporting
Making Oregonians more economically secure requires investing in our well-being: housing, education, child care, and more. One fair way to pay for these investments is to fight corporate tax avoidance… -
ITEP Work in Action March 27, 2023 OpenSky Policy Institute Webinar: Data Shows Child Tax Credits Benefit Hardworking Families
New evidence on child tax credits at the federal level has shown “stunning” results in lifting children out of poverty throughout the country and a state-level policy could continue that… -
ITEP Work in Action March 24, 2023 Washington State Supreme Court: Opinion Upholding Capital Gains Excise Tax
In 2021, the Washington Legislature enacted a capital gains tax, levied at a rate of seven percent on the sale or exchange of certain long-term capital assets. Read more. (See… -
ITEP Work in Action March 21, 2023 Massachussets Budget & Policy Center: Taking Measure of the Governor’s Tax Plan
Governor Healey’s tax relief proposal would reduce state revenue available for future investments by $986 million annually. Three proposed tax credits would be progressive, meaning the benefits for lower-income households would… -
ITEP Work in Action March 15, 2023 Policy Matters Ohio: Testimony on HB 1 Before the House Ways and Means Committee
This bill proposes a substantial rewriting of Ohio’s property and personal income taxes. It is an overly complicated, poorly designed bill that does not achieve what the sponsor claimed it… -
ITEP Work in Action March 3, 2023 OpenSky Policy Institute: Policy Brief: Consumption Tax
The consumption tax proposal in LB 79 would require a rate of 22.1 percent to be revenue neutral, OpenSky analysis conducted with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy finds.… -
ITEP Work in Action February 23, 2023 Policy Matters Ohio: Speaker’s #1 priority – Tax cut for the rich
One of Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens’ top-priority bills, House Bill 1, is a massive giveaway to the rich, and the first of two such proposals by leading Republicans in… -
ITEP Work in Action February 16, 2023 Minnesota Budget Project: Governor Walz Releases FY 2024-25 Budget Priorities
The Walz administration’s recently released budget proposal names as their priorities making Minnesota the best state for children, investing in the state’s economic future, and promoting the health and safety…