ITEP Work in Action
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Complete Reporting Would Make It Hard for Corporations to Hide Profits Overseas
April 10, 2024
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 corporations. That law would make it difficult for multinational corporations to avoid Oregon corporate income taxes by artificially shifting profits earned in Oregon to subsidiaries […]
Audio: ITEP’s Miles Trinidad Talks About Oregon’s Upside-Down Tax Code
February 12, 2024
We’re talking taxes today on Policy for the People, specifically from the vantage point of the Oregonians with the fewest resources, those who are struggling the most to make ends meet. In our first segment, we hear about a brand new tax credit in Oregon designed to shore up the lowest-income families with young children in our state. Tyler Mac Innis of the Oregon Center for Public Policy explains who qualifies for the Oregon Kids’ Credit and why the creation of this new tax credit is a very good thing. But despite the positive development that the Oregon Kids’ Credit…
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Oregon’s Tax System is Fundamentally Unfair, but We Can Fix It
January 23, 2024
If you were designing a tax system from scratch, who would you tax at a higher rate: a low-income family struggling to pay the rent and put food on the table, or a rich family making way more money than they spend?
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Beyond the Water’s Edge: Oregon Can Make it Harder for Corporations to Hide Profits Overseas
April 6, 2023
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 corporations. Read more.
Oregon Center for Public Policy: How to Pay (PAE) for It? Enact Complete Reporting
March 29, 2023
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 by enacting complete reporting. Read more.
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Wealth Inequality in Oregon Is Extreme
November 3, 2022
How extreme is wealth inequality in Oregon? So extreme that, together, three billionaires residing in the state have about twice the wealth as that of the entire bottom half of Oregonians. Read more.
Oregon State Legislature: House Committee On Revenue 06/24/2021
June 24, 2021
Oregon lawmakers discuss a SALT-cap workaround provision. ITEP analysis found that in Oregon more than 91 percent of the tax cut benefits of repealing the SALT cap would go to those earning more than $200,000, and four of five households that benefit are white-led households. Watch here
Oregon Center for Public Policy: A better reality for Oregonians requires flipping the tax system
April 7, 2021
As vaccines for COVID-19 make their way into the arms of Americans, a sense of normality feels within reach. But going back to normal is not what working Oregonians need. We need a reimagined sense of “normal” – one in which workers get paid living wages and the rich pay their fair share. When you […]
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Oregon Can Raise $376 Million by Clamping Down on Offshore Corporate Tax Avoidance
November 15, 2018
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 corporations. That law would make it difficult for multinational corporations to avoid Oregon corporate income taxes by artificially shifting profits earned in Oregon to subsidiaries located abroad.
Oregon Center for Public Policy: It’s Time to Fix Oregon’s Regressive Tax Structure
November 2, 2018
Oregon’s poorest families pay more in taxes as a share of income than any group of taxpayers in the state, while the richest Oregonians pay the smallest share of any group. That is the conclusion of a new report by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP).
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Measure 105 Would Set Oregon Back
October 25, 2018
Immigrants, regardless of their immigration status, give the economy a boost. In Marion County alone, undocumented immigrants pay more than $14 million in taxes every year to local and state authorities. Oregon is better for having immigrants, and will be better for it for generations to come. Read more here
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Oregon Taxes Fall Hardest on Those Who Earn the Least
October 17, 2018
Oregon’s poorest families pay more in taxes as a share of income than any group of taxpayers in the state, while the richest Oregonians pay the smallest share of any group. That is the conclusion of a new report by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP).
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Undocumented Workers in Multnomah County Pay Millions in Oregon Taxes
October 17, 2018
An estimated 27,000 undocumented Multnomah County residents pay nearly $19 million annually in state and local taxes. For perspective, that is enough to hire 217 teachers. Read more here
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Undocumented Workers in Washington County Pay Millions in Oregon Taxes
October 17, 2018
An estimated 27,000 undocumented Washington County residents pay more than $20 million annually in state and local taxes. For perspective, that is enough to hire 232 teachers. Read more here
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Undocumented Workers in Marion County Pay Millions in Oregon Taxes
October 17, 2018
An estimated 18,000 undocumented Marion County residents pay nearly $14 million annually in state and local taxes. For perspective, $14 million is enough to hire 157 teachers. Read more here
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Legislature Leaves Oregon Largely Defenseless Against Corporate Abuse of Tax Havens
June 5, 2018
The repeal of Oregon’s tax haven law flowed from the legislature’s response to the far-reaching tax law passed by Congress at the end of 2017. The federal law required corporations to pay taxes, at a reduced rate, on more than $2 trillion in profits they held abroad. The federal tax law also put in place provisions intended to deter future shifting of corporate profits to avoid taxes.
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Repealing Oregon’s Tax Haven Law is a $20 Million Gamble
February 19, 2018
The Oregon legislature should act prudently and refrain from hastily eliminating the state’s tax haven law. Otherwise, the legislature could be making it easier for multinational corporations to avoid paying Oregon corporate taxes, potentially costing the state millions.
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Reason to Hope for a Commercial Activities Tax (CAT) Accompanied by a CAT Fairness Credit
June 21, 2017
The CAT Fairness Credit would be a credit on personal income taxes based on family size and income. It would cost about the same as the combined impact of the personal income tax changes and EITC increase, and would target relief to low- and middle-income taxpayers.
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Commercial Activities Tax Fairness Credit Would Strengthen the Tax Reform Package
June 9, 2017
Analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) shows that, all else being equal, a tax reform package with a CAT Fairness Credit would be more progressive than a tax reform package with an income tax rate reduction.
Oregon Center for Public Policy: State corporate income taxes continue to shrink
April 27, 2017
As Oregon lawmakers consider raising corporate taxes to prevent cuts to schools and other public services, a new report finds that many of the nation’s largest corporations are paying little or nothing in state income taxes across the country. Despite reporting large profits to shareholders, these corporations are paying less to states in income taxes […]
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Undocumented Workers Pay Millions in Oregon Taxes and Would Pay Millions More Under Immigration Reform
April 17, 2017
Undocumented Oregonians pay taxes. The millions in taxes they pay to help fund schools and other public services that strengthen Oregon’s economy. Oregon would collect even more tax revenue under comprehensive immigration reform that would open a path to citizenship for undocumented workers. Under such a scenario, these immigrant Oregonians and aspiring citizens would contribute […]
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Hundreds of Corporations Escape the Minimum Tax
October 21, 2015
Although Oregon has a minimum income tax for corporations, 492 corporations paid less than the minimum in tax year 2012.Some corporations paid nothing at all.When corporations avoid the minimum tax they deprive the state of revenue to invest in schools and other key public structures. Lawmakers should reinstate the corporate minimum tax for all […]
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Immigration Reform Would Boost Oregon State and Local Budgets
June 15, 2015
How much do undocumented Oregonians contribute in state and local taxes? A recent report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) estimated that 124,000 undocumented Oregonians paid more than $83 million in state and local taxes in 2012. Read the full report here.
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Oregon Tax System Does Better Job Than Most in Not Worsening Income Inequality
January 21, 2015
Every state tax system in the country makes income inequality worse, but Oregon’s tax system does so less than most, according to a report released today by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). Read the full report
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Move Across State Lines for $40 a Month?
October 7, 2014
Say that you’re the sole breadwinner for your family and you earn $100,000 a year in Oregon. Would you pack your belongings and move your family north to Washington for a $40 monthly raise? It’s hard to imagine. That is why any Oregon business worried that it might lose employees to firms in Washington […]
Institute on Taxation
and Economic Policy
ITEP is a non-profit, non-partisan tax policy organization. We conduct rigorous analyses of tax and economic proposals and provide data-driven recommendations to shape equitable and sustainable tax systems.
Subscribe to ITEP Emails
Tax research and policy news in your inbox.
Promote Fair Tax Policy
Your gift to ITEP promotes tax justice. With your help, we do research that supports taxing millionaires and billionaires, taxing big corporations and raising revenue for the things our people, our communities and our planet need.
Together, we can create a country with more economic justice, more racial justice, more climate justice… and more tax justice.