ITEP Work in Action
Minnesota Budget Project: Governor Walz Releases FY 2024-25 Budget Priorities
February 16, 2023
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 of Minnesotans. Read more.
Minnesota Budget Project: Minnesota Ranks High for Tax Fairness in 50-State Study
October 17, 2018
In an era of income inequality and growing concentration of wealth, a new 50-state study released today analyzes whether state tax systems make income inequality better or worse. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) finds that nearly every state fails basic measures of fairness, but Minnesota is among a small number of states where income inequality is reduced by state tax policy.
Minnesota Budget Project: Governor Dayton’s Proposed Supplemental Budget Makes Investments In Education, Health And Human Services, Economic Development, Saves For The Future
May 16, 2018
Governor Mark Dayton released his FY 2018-19 supplemental budget proposal today, focused on making strategic investments to support Minnesota’s economic success, prioritizing working Minnesotans in responding to the federal tax bill, and leaving some of the state’s projected surplus unspent “to cushion against risk.”
Minnesota Budget Project: Families With Children Could Pay Higher Taxes Under Tax Conformity
March 28, 2018
The complex set of tax changes in the recent federal tax bill creates a set of challenging decisions for states like Minnesota. Because Minnesota’s state income and corporate taxes use federal tax law as their starting points, when federal laws change, Minnesota policymakers need to decide whether to incorporate those changes into our tax system. Read more […]
Minnesota Budget Project: 4 Reasons DACA should be restored ASAP
December 18, 2017
DACA results in increased economic activity in our communities and increased tax revenues. DACA recipients in Minnesota contribute an estimated $15 million in state and local taxes annually. Read more here
Minnesota Budget Project: DACA recipients make important tax contributions to Minnesota
June 22, 2017
Minnesota’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients pay an estimated $15 million in state and local taxes, according to a report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). They are contributing to our communities and our economy, and the report shows they would contribute even more if given the opportunity to apply […]
Minnesota Budget Project: Undocumented Immigrants Pay $83 Million in State Taxes, Would Pay More with Immigration Reform
March 9, 2017
Undocumented immigrants play a vital role in Minnesota’s economy and currently pay an estimated $83 million in state and local taxes, according to a new report from the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). Under immigration reform that provides a path to legal status, ITEP estimates these contributions would substantially increase.
Minnesota Department of Revenue: 2015 Minnesota Tax Incidence Study
March 13, 2015
“Given the questions raised about how Minnesota compares to other states, this section summarizes the results of a 50-state study of state and local tax incidence. That study, entitled Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of Tax Systems in All 50 States (5th Edition), was published by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) in […]
Minnesota Budget Project: Tax Increases Don’t Prompt High-Income Households to Move Out of State
April 16, 2013
As Minnesotans debate an income tax increase on the highest-income households, they should do so knowing that a large and growing body of economic research makes it clear that such factors as job opportunities, housing costs, climate and being close to family are much more often behind moves from state to state – not changes […]
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