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The Fiscal Times: More States Are Turning to Toll Roads
January 9, 2018
Nineteen states have waited a decade or more since last increasing their gas tax rates. Another 13 states have gone at least two decades, and three states — Alaska, Oklahoma and Mississippi — have not increased their gas tax rates since the 1980s, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a progressive think tank […]
Select state coverage of ITEP’s analyses of Republican tax Plans
January 1, 2018
Burlington County Times: Will Phil Murphy raise NJ’s taxes (and 4 other political questions for .. Kaplan Herald: This chart exhibits how the GOP tax plan will hit your pockets Wiscnews: Tax cuts increase inequity Patch.com: MacArthur Touts Tax Reform; Will It Help NJ As Much As He Says? NJ.com: Long lines spring up as […]
Arkansas Times: Arkansas to Fare Worse Than Most States under Trump Tax Proposal, Report Says
September 8, 2017
We don’t have an actual tax bill to parse yet, but Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families has a helpful preview of how the cuts outlined by Trump earlier this year would affect Arkansas. It’s based on an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The key takeaway is that Arkansas is among the […]
Hope Policy Institute: Mississippi’s Wealthiest Get the Most Benefit under New Federal Tax Cut Proposal
July 21, 2017 • By ITEP Staff
New research from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) looks at the potential effects of a tax cut proposal from the Trump Administration on families in the 50 states. The tax cut proposal would reduce the tax rate on corporate income from 35 percent to 15 percent, would repeal the estate tax, replace the current income tax brackets with three brackets at 10 percent, 25 percent, and 35 percent, eliminate most itemized deductions, except charitable giving and home mortgage interest, and create a new tax credit for childcare expenses, among other things.
Hope Policy Institute: Everyone Pays Taxes, Including Undocumented Immigrants
March 21, 2017 • By ITEP Staff
According to a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), it is estimated that undocumented immigrants in Mississippi pay almost $22,684,000 in state and local taxes. Nationally, undocumented immigrants pay over $11.74 billion in state and local taxes. The report, entitled “Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contributions,” highlights the contributions of undocumented immigrants as taxpayers to state and local governments.
Chattanooga Times Free-Press: Tennessee House GOP pursues anything-but-gas-tax-increase plans for road funding
January 26, 2017
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, five states have not implemented an increase in their gas tax rates since the 1980s or earlier: Alaska, Oklahoma, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. That’s longer than any of the 45 other states. Read more
WTOK News Center: Mississippi tax code getting scrutiny
October 14, 2016
“But check out a chart from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. It’s all about state and local taxes. On one end is the lowest income families in the state. The wealthiest are at the other. The less you make, the bigger percentage of your income that’s going to taxes.” Read more
DJournal: Mississippi’s poor pay more in taxes
October 13, 2016
“‘The state’s low- and middle-income earners paid nearly double the percentage of their income in taxes compared to the state’s highest income families,’ Donovan wrote in a report compiled for the legislators, basing her findings on a 2015 study by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy.”
The Jackson Clarion Ledger
August 5, 2016
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy lists Mississippi’s taxes as 21st for “most unfair” or regressive, with people’s incomes less equal after state and local taxation. This is largely because of the state’s reliance on sales taxes and it being one of only two states that levies its full sales tax on groceries with […]
USA Today: These states will hike gas taxes ahead of record 4th of July travel
June 30, 2016
“Despite the fluctuations, most states have also gone years without changing their rates, according to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Sixteen states have gone at least two decades without a gas-tax increase, according to the study. Five of those states have seen an increase since at least the 1980s: Alaska, […]
Forbes: Is The Best Tax Cut Of The Year Out Of Mississippi?
June 3, 2016
“The tax cutting in Mississippi didn’t stop with the franchise tax. The measure signed by the governor also significantly reduced personal income taxes. Basically, the state will exempt the first $10,000 of earnings from income tax. This will, as my friends at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) point out, skew the benefits […]
The Clarion Ledger: Bryant signs largest tax cut in Mississippi history
May 16, 2016
“Like most other proposed income tax cuts, benefits from the Mississippi plan would flow most to high-earning households. Projections from the liberal-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy show the lowest-earning 20 percent of taxpayers, making $16,000 or less, would save an average of $14 a year. Those earning in the top 95 percent to […]
Hope Policy Institute: Who Really Benefits: Why Large Tax Cuts Don’t Benefit Working Families and Communities
May 5, 2016 • By ITEP Staff
“Large tax reductions proposed at a time when Mississippi already is cutting important public investments due to a lack of revenue would erode the state’s ability to create jobs and have a competitive economy. Over the past two years major tax cut proposals have been proposed that would cut and flatten the state’s income tax […]
The Commercial Appeal: Mississippi tax cut deal: $415 million in cuts over 12 years
April 19, 2016
“Like most other proposed income tax cuts, benefits would flow most to high-earning households. Projections from the liberal-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy show the lowest-earning 20 percent of taxpayers, making $16,000 or less, would save an average of $14 a year. Those earning in the top 95 percent to 99 percent of households, […]
Sun Herald: Reeves, senators renew push for $575 million in tax cuts
March 15, 2016
“Like most other proposed income tax cuts, benefits would flow most to high-earning households. Projections from the liberal-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy for last year’s proposal showed the lowest-earning 20 percent of taxpayers, making $16,000 or less, would save an average of $13 a year. Those earning in the top 95 percent to […]
USA Today: Study: 58,000 U.S. bridges found to be ‘structurally deficient’
February 22, 2016
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy counts nine states seriously considering motor fuel tax increases: Alabama, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, and South Carolina. “Most of the gas tax increases under discussion right now would help restore at least some of the purchasing power they lost while being frozen in time […]
Tulsa World: Julie DelCour: Measuring Up: ‘DOTs’ hope for a ‘Road to Damascus’ moment
February 22, 2016
“Last year, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reported that 20 states have gone a decade or more without an increase in their gasoline tax rate; 15 states had gone two decades or more. And five states, including Oklahoma, had not seen an increase in their gasoline tax rate since the 1980s or earlier. […]
The Sun Herald: PAUL HAMPTON: Where the rubber meets the yellow brick road
February 8, 2016
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan think tank, did a study that wrapped up in 2013 when it was presented to the National Council of State Legislatures. The short version: — Incentives are rarely the deciding factor — The money from the incentives won’t all stay in the state — Incentives […]
Clarion Ledger: ‘Tax shift’ for roads: Will it favor rich?
December 22, 2015
“Income tax reductions also fall unevenly, because many low-income households pay little or no income taxes. A plan to phase out income taxes on incomes under $18,300 proposed last year would have been more beneficial to the highest earning households. The lowest-earning 20 percent of taxpayers, making $16,000 or less, would have saved an average […]
NBC: Sales Tax Holidays Complex, Controversial, But Popular With Shoppers
July 28, 2015
Research by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy contends that increased sales during the tax holidays “have been shown to be primarily the result of consumers’ shifting the timing of their planned purchases.” That organization estimates sales tax holidays will cost states $300 million in 2015. “A two- to three-day sales tax holiday […]
Sun Herald: Sales Tax Holiday Weekend Arrives July 31
July 27, 2015
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, D.C., believes sales tax holidays are poorly targeted, providing tax breaks to the wealthiest taxpayers and offering less assistance to the elderly or families without children who don’t have back-to-school needs. The Institute also said many low-income taxpayers spend most or all of their money on […]
CNBC: Tax-Free Shopping Ahead for These States
July 24, 2015
Research by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, however, contends that increased sales during the tax holidays “have been shown to be primarily the result of consumers’ shifting the timing of their planned purchases.” That organization estimates sales tax holidays will cost states $300 million in 2015. “A two- to three-day sales tax […]
Daily Leader: Sales Tax Holiday Presents Dilemma
July 20, 2015
“Sales tax holidays are advertised as a way to give people a break from paying the sales tax, typically during the “back to school” shopping season. Superficially this sounds good, however, many tax and economic experts and officials believe the benefits are minimal. They say public officials cash in more on the good publicity than […]
Huffington Post: How Some States Are Trying To Fix Their Crumbling Infrastructure
July 6, 2015
Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said efforts to raise state taxes to pay for roads and bridges exploded this year. In 2013 and 2014, four states (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Wyoming) increased their gas taxes, while Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island indexed the gas tax to either […]
Mississippi Economic Policy Center: All Roads Lead to Nowhere
March 25, 2015 • By ITEP Staff
Big tax cuts that largely benefit corporations and wealthy Mississippians are unaffordable and will erode our ability to support schools, universities, roads and bridges and public safety. Big tax cuts will undermine our future by making it harder for the state to invest in the things that make Mississippi’s working families more productive like a […]
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