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 February 15, 2022 West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy: House Personal Income Tax Cut Plan Largely Benefits Wealthy, Not Fiscally Sustainable
The West Virginia Legislature has introduced a bill to cut and eventually eliminate the state’s personal income tax. The House Finance Committee voted to advance that bill to the House… -
ITEP Work in Action February 14, 2022 Oklahoma Policy Institute: Strengthening the Grocery Tax Credit Would Provide Fiscally Smart Tax Relief to Working Oklahomans
Oklahoma can effectively eliminate the state and local sales tax on groceries for most low-income families by strengthening the Sales Tax Relief Credit. At a time when many Oklahomans are… -
ITEP Work in Action February 10, 2022 Common Good Iowa: New Income Tax Cuts – a Recipe for Disaster and Inequity
Iowa lawmakers have repeatedly cut taxes over the last three decades in ways that provide the greatest benefits to the highest-income taxpayers while ratcheting down investments that historically made the… -
ITEP Work in Action February 7, 2022 Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy: HB 436 Tax Cuts Benefit Wealthy Idahoans
The tax cuts proposed in HB 436 would benefit wealthy Idahoans the most. The bill would also collapse the state’s five tax brackets to four, and would lower the income… -
ITEP Work in Action February 7, 2022 Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy: Idaho Families Would Benefit From Move to Include More Children in State’s Child Tax Credit
From housing to child care, hard-working Idaho families face high costs in our growing state. Since 2018, Idaho’s tax code has supported families through the state Child Tax Credit (CTC).… -
ITEP Work in Action February 7, 2022 Hawai’i Budget & Policy Center: Expanding Economic Opportunity with the Hawai’i EITC
Hawai’i’s working families continue to struggle with the nation’s highest gap between median earnings and the cost of living, and this difficult reality has only been made harsher by the… -
ITEP Work in Action February 7, 2022 Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: Tax Cut Plan Even More Expensive, Skewed Toward The Wealthy
The likely proposal for the long-discussed special session seems to have settled, and its main feature would be to cut the top personal and corporate income tax rates. This disproportionately… -
ITEP Work in Action February 7, 2022 Wisconsin Budget Project: Tax Shift Would Hike Taxes for People with Low Incomes and Give a Big Tax Cut to the Top 1%
Last month, an influential group of lobbyists released a proposal to raise Wisconsin’s sales tax to 8%, making it the highest state sales tax in the country, and eliminate the state… -
ITEP Work in Action February 7, 2022 The Commonwealth Institute: Youngkin Administration’s Proposals Would Sharply Reduce State Resources, Largely Exclude Working Families with the Lowest Incomes
The Youngkin administration’s tax plan would leave out nearly 80 percent of the over 800,000 taxpayers in Virginia who have incomes below $24,000. Gov. Youngkin’s proposed changes would also sharply… -
ITEP Work in Action February 7, 2022 One Voice: Eliminating Individual Income Tax is Bad for Mississippi
House Bill 531 would eliminate the state individual income tax. Eliminating the income tax is bad for Mississippi, especially the state’s working families, communities of color, and retirees. While some… -
ITEP Work in Action February 7, 2022 Alabama Arise: Eliminating State Grocery Tax Would Make Life Better for Alabama Families
Two bills in the 2022 regular session would end the state grocery tax while protecting school funding. The graph below shows how millions of Alabamians would benefit. Untaxing groceries quickly… -
ITEP Work in Action February 4, 2022 Open Sky Policy Institute: Most Nebraskans Left Behind by Income Tax Cut Bills
Non-Nebraskans, corporations and wealthy residents would be big winners under the latest income tax cuts proposed in in LB 938 and LB 939. Meanwhile, the bills – which would ratchet the state’s top… -
ITEP Work in Action February 1, 2022 Connecticut Voices for Children: Steps to a Fairer Tax System
Although Connecticut has the second highest level of per capita personal income in the US, making it exceptionally wealthy overall, many families consistently struggle because Connecticut also has the second… -
ITEP Work in Action December 8, 2021 The Commonwealth Institute: Tax Proposals Would Reduce Resources for Education, Transportation, and Other Priorities
The incoming Youngkin administration and state lawmakers have proposed several major tax proposals to reduce taxes for individuals and businesses. These include one-time tax rebates, dramatically increasing the state standard… -
ITEP Work in Action October 27, 2021 Oklahoma Policy Institute: A Budget and Tax Roadmap for Oklahoma
A more just tax system will level the playing field for all Oklahomans, providing more opportunity to save and build wealth. It will also benefit the economy, as equal opportunity… -
ITEP Work in Action October 8, 2021 Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: Proposed Cuts to the Top Tax Rate Are Costly and Heavily Favor the Rich
As the Arkansas Legislature concludes the 2021 general session, our attention must turn to the special session they are preparing to begin to discuss personal income tax cuts. Although income… -
ITEP Work in Action October 6, 2021 Georgia Budget and Policy Institute: How Georgia’s Tax Code Contributes to Racial and Economic Inequality
Today, state and local taxes consume a greater share of income earned by Georgians in poverty—who are more likely to be people of color—while the richest pay a far lower… -
ITEP Work in Action September 24, 2021 Florida Policy Institute: A Working Floridians Tax Rebate for a Stronger and More Equitable Florida
Floridians who are paid lower wages spend significantly more of their income on state and local taxes than those with high income. This is because the state lacks a personal… -
ITEP Work in Action September 24, 2021 The Commonwealth Institute: Tax Policy in Virginia
Black and Latinx people face tremendous barriers in areas like employment, education, and housing. These barriers include explicitly racist policies like school segregation as well as policies that appear “race-neutral”… -
ITEP Work in Action September 9, 2021 Wisconsin Budget Project: Wisconsin’s Billion-Dollar Tax Cut Leaves out a Huge Chunk of Households
Shutting low-income families out of the tax cut will further skew Wisconsin’s tax system, which already requires people with low incomes to pay a higher share of their incomes in… -
ITEP Work in Action August 17, 2021 One Voice: Who Pays, Mississippi? An Overview of State Tax Policy and Racial Equity Impacts
Historic and current injustices, both in public policy and in society more broadly, have resulted in vast disparities in income across race and ethnicity in Mississippi. State and local tax… -
ITEP Work in Action August 10, 2021 North Carolina Policy Watch: NC House Tax Plan Isn’t Good for Our State (And These Graphs Explain Why This Is the Case)
The House tax plan would deliver the greatest share of the net tax cut to the richest North Carolinians. Fifty-six percent of the net tax cut would go to the… -
ITEP Work in Action July 30, 2021 North Carolina Policy Watch: NC’s Tax Code Reinforces Racial Exclusion; Senate’s Proposed Budget Would Make Matters Worse
When one applies a unique tool developed by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy to assess the racial and ethnic impact of the budget proposal approved by the state… -
ITEP Work in Action July 12, 2021 DC Fiscal Policy Institute: NEW VIDEOS: Why DC’s Wealthiest Should Pay their Fair Share
The highest income residents in DC pay less as a share of their income than the rest of us. At the same time, low-income Black and brown DC residents have… -
ITEP Work in Action July 9, 2021 Washington State Budget & Policy Center: New Reforms Bring Balance and Equity to State’s Tax Code and Economy
People seeking a more equitable state tax code and stronger supports for parents scored major victories earlier this year in Washington state, after more than a decade of hard work…