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).
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 October 17, 2018 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Oregon Taxes Fall Hardest on Those Who Earn the Least
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ITEP Work in Action June 21, 2017 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Reason to Hope for a Commercial Activities Tax (CAT) Accompanied by a CAT Fairness Credit
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.
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ITEP Work in Action June 9, 2017 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Commercial Activities Tax Fairness Credit Would Strengthen the Tax Reform Package
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.
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ITEP Work in Action April 27, 2017 Oregon Center for Public Policy: State corporate income taxes continue to shrink
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… -
ITEP Work in Action April 17, 2017 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Undocumented Workers Pay Millions in Oregon Taxes and Would Pay Millions More Under Immigration Reform
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… -
ITEP Work in Action October 21, 2015 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Hundreds of Corporations Escape the Minimum Tax
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… -
ITEP Work in Action June 15, 2015 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Immigration Reform Would Boost Oregon State and Local Budgets
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… -
ITEP Work in Action January 21, 2015 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Oregon Tax System Does Better Job Than Most in Not Worsening Income Inequality
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… -
ITEP Work in Action October 7, 2014 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Move Across State Lines for $40 a Month?
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… -
ITEP Work in Action April 15, 2014 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Tax Facts That Matter – 2014 Edition
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ITEP Work in Action April 14, 2014 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Tax Facts That Matter
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ITEP Work in Action March 20, 2014 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Profitable Corporations Pay No Oregon Income Taxes
Some highly profitable corporations are finding ways to avoid paying any state income taxes, Oregon and national data show. At least 24 corporations that made a profit in Oregon in… -
ITEP Work in Action February 26, 2014 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Trucking Along, Avoiding Corporate Income Taxes
The same company whose lawsuit made it possible for corporations to side-step Oregon’s corporate minimum tax turns out to be a federal corporate income tax avoider, as well. The trucking… -
ITEP Work in Action September 26, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: A Grandly Flawed Bargain
The revenue package that Governor Kitzhaber has presented to the Oregon legislature to consider in a special session starting September 30 suffers from three major flaws: revenue shrinks after the… -
ITEP Work in Action April 30, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: The Misguided “Small Business Tax Cut”
The desire to help small business owners is understandable, as they are an important component of our economy and communities. However, the granting of preferential tax treatment for people reporting… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: No Special Treatment: Seven Reasons Why Oregon Should Not Reduce or Eliminate the Income Tax on Capital Gains
This issue brief examines seven reasons why giving special treatment to income from capital gains is a terrible idea: it would not stimulate additional economic growth, it would not attract… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: The 2007 Kicker: Wrongheaded, Unjust, Costly, and a Federal Tax Increase
The “close of session” economic and revenue forecast released in late August by the Office of Economic Analysis confirmed that personal income tax revenues for the 2005-07 budget cycle exceeded… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: No Gain, Just Pain: Most Oregonians Would Not Benefit from Measure 59, But They Would Lose Public Services
Measure 59, which would allow an unlimited deduction of federal income taxes on state tax returns, offers no tax break to more than three out of four Oregon taxpayers. And… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: No Contest: Why Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit is Better for Working Families and Oregon than the Tax Bracket Increase
Next year, the Oregon Legislative Assembly may face two different income tax measures purporting to help working families. One plan, proposed by Republicans in the legislature, would double the size… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Will Poor, Working Families Be Roadkill?
The Jobs and Transportation Act’s Regressive Tax and Fee Increases Will Set Back Low-Income Working Families With Children Unless the Legislature Enacts a Modest EITC Expansion Read the Full Report… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: A Step Toward Balance: Measures 66 and 67 Move Oregon Closer to a Tax System Based on Ability to Pay
Today, low-income Oregonians pay a larger share of their income in state and local taxes than wealthy Oregonians. In fact, the highest-income Oregonians pay the lowest share of their income… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Undocumented Workers are Taxpayers, Too
Recent public discussion emerging from Oregon’s gubernatorial race focuses on, and at times exaggerates, the costs to Oregon of providing certain public services to undocumented immigrant workers and their families.… -
ITEP Work in Action December 17, 2012 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Undocumented Workers Are Taxpayers, Too
“It’s essential that Oregonians recognize the important contribution undocumented workers make to our state’s economy. Undocumented immigrants perform vital work in certain industries. Together they earn roughly $2.3 billion to…