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Lancaster Online: Pennsylvania think tanks battle over remedies for $1.7B state budget deficit
January 3, 2017
“The Budget and Policy Center blames the deficit on reductions in corporate taxes enacted under Govs. Ed Rendell and Tom Corbett. The state’s top taxpayers are getting a bargain, the center says: Households in the top 1 percent of the income distribution pay less than half the tax rate of households in the middle.” Read […]
New Jersey Spotlight: Income Inequality and Policy in New Jersey
January 3, 2017
“Some background. The CPBB’s report, “How State Tax Policies Can Stop Increasing Inequality and Start Reducing It,” starts by ranking the various states according the ratio of average income for the top 5 percent of households to the bottom 20 percent, using Census Bureau data. According to this measure, New Jersey ranks seventh most unequal. […]
The Oklahoman: Even gasoline tax may get a look to help deal with Oklahoma budget crunch
January 3, 2017
“Other state legislatures are likely to have similar discussions. Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, tells USA Today that it appears more than a dozen states “will seriously debate gas tax changes next year.” Read more
West Virginia Metro News: West Virginia fuel tax drops on New Year’s, but is it cause to celebrate?
January 3, 2017
“Since 2013, 19 states have made changes to the way their gas tax is calculated, said Carl Davis, research director for The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. There had been years and years and sometimes even procrastination in the states,” said Davis, who studies a variety of issues related to state and federal tax […]
Accounting Today: Voices Immigration reform could help states seeking additional revenues
January 3, 2017
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, proposed that state and local governments could significantly increase revenue collection by legalizing undocumented immigrants. A report released in February by ITEP noted that undocumented immigrants collectively pay an estimated $11.64 billion a year. The state of California, home to more than 3 […]
Huffington Post: Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Dwarfed By Estimates Of Need
January 3, 2017
“There are still 20 states that have waited a decade or more since last raising their gas tax rates,” said Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a progressive think tank. “At least a dozen states are going to be discussing gas tax increases next year.” Read more
Montana Budget & Policy Center: Montana Corporate Income Taxes
December 31, 2016 • By ITEP Staff
For generations, our tax dollars have served as shared investments in the programs and services that make our state a great place to live, work, and play. Tax dollars enable Montanans to work together to achieve things which we could not do alone - educate our children, build and maintain infrastructure, provide public safety through police and fire protection, keep our air and water clean, and pave the way to a stronger and more inclusive economy.
USA Today: 7 states will have higher gas taxes Jan. 1
December 28, 2016
“Georgia, North Carolina, Indiana and Florida will each see modest gas tax increases of less than a penny per gallon, based on automatic adjustments in those states, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Two states — New York and West Virginia — will have slight reductions based on automatic adjustments, according to […]
Tahlequah Daily: Restoring Earned Income Credit will aid low-income folks
December 23, 2016
“As Walke pointed out, those who qualify must funnel a higher percentage of their yearly wages to income taxes than their well-heeled neighbors. They also pay sales taxes, and in many cases, property taxes. The Oklahoma Policy Institute calculated the numbers, and it said SB 1604 means a single mother with two kids, with a […]
Nassau Herald: Lessons learned about Long Island immigrants
December 23, 2016
“And, according to the FPI, “Like U.S.-born residents, immigrants pay a lot in property taxes.” Seventy-three percent of Long Island immigrants live in owner-occupied homes, and 40 percent of them pay more than $10,000 a year in property taxes to support local schools and services. The FPI could not say precisely how much unauthorized immigrants […]
The Daily Sentinel: Fix online sales tax
December 21, 2016
“Even if the law is a zero-sum proposition, many lawmakers feel there’s an important principle at stake — a level playing field for business. Brick-and-mortar stores located in Colorado are required to collect sales tax. An exception for out-of-state online retailers gives them a competitive advantage. Their customers get a “discount” because a series of […]
Rising Up with Sonali: How Corporations Have Benefitted From Trump’s Tax Law
December 20, 2016
A new report by the Institute on Taxation Economic Policy examined corporate tax avoidance in the first year that the tax law took effect. The results are the opposite of what Republicans promised and in line with what critics of the law feared: that wealthy corporations, many of which already receive massive public subsidies and […]
Telegram & Gazette: Worcester property tax policy deserves study
December 20, 2016
“Low-income families generally pay a higher percentage of their earnings on state and local taxes. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, for example, said that in 2015, families earning less than $22,000 annually paid 10.4 percent of their income on state and local taxes. Those earning between $22,000 and $44,000 paid 9.3 percent of […]
The Post Script: America’s immigrants get the short end of the stick
December 20, 2016
“Contrary to popular belief, undocumented immigrants pay state and local taxes to the tune of $11.64 billion a year. And it is estimated that around 50 percent of undocumented immigrants file income taxes using an Individual Tax Identification Number, according to a report written in Feb. 2016 from The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. […]
Politifact: Most taxes are lower since Cuomo was elected
December 20, 2016
“Property taxes statewide continue to rise despite a state imposed cap. Most municipalities are not able to raise property taxes more than 2 percent without voter approval. The Department of Budget says the property tax bill for a typical taxpayer is more than the state income tax amount. A report from the Institute on Taxation […]
Financial Times: BlackRock and Franklin Templeton to win big from US tax holiday
December 20, 2016
“Despite the best efforts of Congress to make sure that the last repatriation holiday spurred investment rather than dividends, it didn’t work out,” said Matthew Gardner, senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, who analysed asset managers’ company filings for FTfm. “Cash is fungible and companies are going to do whatever they […]
The Governor’s Task Force on Infrastructure Investment: Sustainable Solutions for Multimodal Transportaion Infrastructure in Louisiana
December 19, 2016 • By ITEP Staff
Pursuant to the charges of JBE 2016-23, the Governor’s Task Force on Transportation Infrastructure Investment (Task Force) worked diligently over a six-month period to determine what must be done to address Louisiana’s vast multimodal transportation issues. Through the course of six formal meetings at the capitol and by attending eight regional meetings across the State […]
Report to the Louisiana Governor: SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN LOUISIANA
December 18, 2016 • By ITEP Staff
Pursuant to the charges of JBE 2016-23, the Governor’s Task Force on Transportation Infrastructure Investment (Task Force) worked diligently over a six-month period to determine what must be done to address Louisiana’s vast multimodal transportation issues. Through the course of six formal meetings at the capitol and by attending eight regional meetings across the State […]
Kansas Center for Economic Growth: A Guide to Comprehensive Tax Reform in Kansas
December 18, 2016 • By ITEP Staff
The morning after the election was tough. Half the country woke up feeling devastated, the other half awoke feeling excited. Regardless of who you voted for, it’s hard to come back together when we feel so deeply divided. In Kansas, however, we have a special opportunity to rise to the occasion. Read more here
Georgia Budget & Policy Institute: A Bottom-Up Tax Cut to Build Georgia’s Middle Class Update
December 16, 2016 • By ITEP Staff
Building a better Georgia, with a strong economy and vibrant communities, requires a more resilient middle class and more opportunities for working families to climb the economic ladder. One of the best tools to help ensure that all Georgians share in that prosperity is a state-level Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), or Georgia Work Credit. […]
The Intercept: Apple, Google and Others at Trump Tech Summit Have Stashed $560 Billion in Profits Overseas
December 16, 2016
“The last thing we should be doing is rewarding these bad actors with special tax breaks that are unavailable to the rest of us,” said Matt Garner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “The critical question to ask about corporate tax reform going forward is how it can stop companies […]
Christian Science Monitor: The peril and promise of Trump’s approach to saving jobs
December 14, 2016
““There’s a crying need for federal oversight” of state economic incentives, Matthew Gardner, senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, writes in an email. “It’s basically a harmful exercise in a lot of cases. Policymakers are often giving away money for free.”” Read More
Migration Policy Institute: The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States
December 13, 2016 • By ITEP Staff
“While the United States has long been a top destination for the world’s best and brightest, it has fallen short when it comes to fully tapping the skills and training of these newcomers. As a result, nearly 2 million immigrants with college degrees in the United States—one out of every four—are relegated to low-skilled jobs […]
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy: Those at the Top Would Get More Tax Breaks, Investments Would Suffer from Shift to Consumption Taxes
December 13, 2016 • By ITEP Staff
“The table below shows the impact, by income group, of two such hypothetical shifts. Notice that even when the shift is seemingly minor – one penny less on the dollar for the top income tax rate and one penny more on the sales tax rate – the top one percent of households get a $5,396 […]
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Amazon didn’t need Nevada’s handout, expert says
December 13, 2016
“Amazon is now relying on the type of abatement package it received from Nevada, LeRoy said, since the company no longer can avoid collecting sales tax, in general. Although Amazon has operated a warehouse in Nevada since 1999, it started collecting sales tax from online sales in Nevada only in 2014, according to the Institute […]
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