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 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 13, 2022 Arizona Center for Economic Progress: $2 Billion Tax Cuts for the Rich are Irresponsible
Last year, the legislature passed huge tax cuts whose benefits will only be seen by the richest Arizonans. Once these new tax cuts go into effect, they will reduce state… -
ITEP Work in Action May 26, 2021 The Arizona Center for Economic Progress: Flat Tax Exacerbates Inequalities for Households of Color
Arizona’s elected leaders have created a tax code that is upside down and regressive– meaning that those with low incomes pay a much higher share of their income in taxes… -
ITEP Work in Action April 28, 2021 Arizona Center for Economic Progress: The flat tax falls flat for most Arizonans
The Arizona legislature is poised to permanently cut over a billion dollars in state revenues, the largest tax cut in the last three decades. This cut will make Arizona’s tax… -
ITEP Work in Action April 13, 2021 Arizona Center for Economic Progress: Arizona’s regressive tax policy contributes significantly to economic and racial injustice
Tax policy plays a role in the fight for economic and racial justice. The type of tax and how it is structured matters. A new report issued by the Institute… -
ITEP Work in Action January 28, 2020 Arizona Center for Economic Progress: In Search of a State Budget That Creates Opportunity for All
While all families in Arizona help pay for health, education and public safety through state and local taxes, low-income and middle-income families pay a larger portion of their income in… -
ITEP Work in Action January 26, 2020 The Arizona Center for Economic Progress: In Search 2020
In Search of State Budget That Creates Opportunity for All When all types of state and local taxes are combined—income, sales, and property—families with income in the lowest 20 percent… -
ITEP Work in Action November 5, 2019 Arizona Center for Economic Progress: More Money for Public Education Will Benefit Arizona Small Businesses
Most small business owners will continue to be taxed at some of the lowest personal income tax rates in the nation. Small business owners whose profits and wages from their… -
ITEP Work in Action July 11, 2019 Arizona Center for Economic Progress: Using Increased Revenues from Conformity on More Tax Cuts is Fiscally Irresponsible
Arizona Should Use Increased Revenues to Prepare for Next Recession Instead of Giving Tax Cuts While a recession does not appear imminent, the current economic expansion began in June 2009… -
ITEP Work in Action February 5, 2019 Wrong Priorities: It Doesn’t Make Sense to Give a Tax Cut to the Rich While Arizona Asks Children in Public Schools to Wait
Arizona stands to gain $130 million to $230 million in General Fund revenues if it conforms the Arizona tax code to the federal tax changes enacted in 2017. Rather than directing those additional revenues to better prepare for the next economic downturn or toward increased investments in our public schools, SB1143 and HB2522 will direct the additional revenues toward a tax cut that will benefit the wealthiest Arizonans.
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ITEP Work in Action January 2, 2019 Arizona Center for Economic Progress: Wrong Priorities: It Doesn’t Make Sense to Give a Tax Cut to the Rich While Arizona Asks Children in Public Schools to Wait
Arizona stands to gain $130 million to $230 million in General Fund revenues if it conforms the Arizona tax code to the federal tax changes enacted in 2017. Rather than… -
ITEP Work in Action May 30, 2018 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Arizona Proposal Would Finance School Funding Boost, Make Tax Code Less Regressive
The measure would also make Arizona’s tax code somewhat less regressive. Currently, the poorest 20 percent of households pay 12.5 percent of their annual income to state and local taxes… -
ITEP Work in Action November 14, 2017 Arizona Center for Economic Progress: Just Like the House GOP Plan, the Senate GOP Tax Plan Is Another Handout to the Wealthiest Households and Large Corporations
Newly published data shows that the new Senate GOP tax plan isn’t much better than the House GOP tax plan for the middle-class, small businesses, and lower-income Americans. The Institute… -
ITEP Work in Action November 6, 2017 Arizona Center for Economic Progress: With Further Analysis Completed, It’s Time to Call the GOP Tax Plan What it Is: Welfare for the Wealthy
A 50-state analysis of the House tax plan released last week reveals that in Arizona the wealthiest 1% of Arizonans will receive the greatest share of the total tax cut in year… -
ITEP Work in Action January 24, 2017 The Arizona Center for Economic Progress: Questions and Answers About Arizona’s State Budget and Taxes 2017
State budgets and taxes are the foundation for achieving our common priorities that will lead to more quality jobs, a strong economy, and thriving communities. This publication provides information and… -
ITEP Work in Action January 10, 2017 The Arizona Center for Economic Progress: Arizona’s State Budget and Taxes: What Every Arizonan Needs to Know About Growing Our Economy
When all types of state and local taxes are combined—income, sales and property—families with incomes in the bottom fifth pay nearly three times what families in the top 1 percent… -
ITEP Work in Action October 21, 2015 Children’s Action Alliance: Arizona’s Individual Income Tax
The balance and fairness of any tax system depends on the impact of all the taxes an individual or family pays. State and local sales taxes always take a bigger… -
ITEP Work in Action October 21, 2015 Children’s Action Alliance: Questions and Answers About Arizona’s State Budget and Taxes
State budgets and taxes are tools to reach our common goals for health, education, security and a vibrant, prosperous future. This publication provides information and analysis to help policymakers,… -
ITEP Work in Action March 6, 2015 Children’s Action Alliance: HB 2069 – S/E Online TPT/Income Tax Reduction Fact Sheet
HB 2069 shifts taxes from the wealthiest Arizonans to low and middle income taxpayers, attempts to limit options available to future legislatures, and depends on a “best guess” to make… -
ITEP Work in Action January 21, 2015 Arise Citizens’ Policy Project: Study on Alabama’s tax system: The less you make, the bigger share you pay
Low- and middle-income Alabamians pay more than twice as much in taxes as a share of their income compared to the state’s wealthiest residents, according to a study released Wednesday… -
ITEP Work in Action June 11, 2014 Arise Citizens’ Policy Project: Out of Step – Alabama’s Unusual State Tax System
Taxes are the tools that Americans use to pay for education, public health, transportation and other elements of the common good. Just as states differ in the scale of services… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Children’s Action Alliance: The Flat Tax Proposal – Winners and Losers – Which One Are You?
Arizona families need a budget that works for them. HB 2636 doesn’t do that. Instead, it provides significant tax breaks to those at higher income levels at the expense of… -
ITEP Work in Action December 17, 2012 Arizona Children’s Action Alliance: Skin in the Game: Who really Pays Arizona taxes?
“In political talking points, the phrase “everyone should have skin in the game” is being used to push unfair revenue schemes around the country. The phrase is used under the…