After presenting the recommendations contained within a new report Tuesday morning, Policy Matters Ohio researcher director (and the report’s lead author) Zach Schiller was asked whether or not Ohio, a “center-right state,” would realistically support a tax code overhaul that proposed taxing Ohio’s wealthiest at a higher rate.
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 June 26, 2018 Scene: Policy Matters Ohio Proposes State Income Tax Overhaul to Help Low- and Middle-Income Ohioans
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ITEP Work in Action June 25, 2018 Policy Matters Ohio: Overhaul: A plan to rebalance Ohio’s income tax
Policy Matters proposes the following changes to the state income tax […] This would generate almost $2.6 billion a year, including the cost of expanding the EITC, according to analysis… -
ITEP Work in Action April 30, 2018 Beacon Journal/Ohio.Com Editorial Board: Agenda For The Governor’s Race
In one week, Democratic and Republican voters will choose their candidates for the November election. That includes the selections for governor, the job coming open after eight years with John Kasich. The governor has his achievements, most notably, the Medicaid expansion. His tenure also frames a worthy debate for this campaign.
Fortunately, Innovation Ohio and Policy Matters Ohio, two think tanks, highlighted that discussion last week in unveiling their report “A Winning Economic Agenda for Ohio’s Working Families.”
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ITEP Work in Action December 21, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Crackdown on Dreamers could cost Ohio millions
If DACA recipients stay in Ohio after losing work authorization they could earn lower wages and become less likely to file income tax returns. Without the Dream Act, Ohio can… -
ITEP Work in Action March 22, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Testimony to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on Senate Bill 35
The federal earned income tax credit (EITC) was designed to keep people working, lift families out of poverty, boost their income to help weather financial emergencies, and help offset payroll… -
ITEP Work in Action March 21, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Testimony to the House Ways & Means Committee on House Bill 49
Governor Kasich’s tax proposal would further reinforce the shift in Ohio’s state and local tax system in favor of affluent residents and against those with lower or middle incomes. Under the plan, Ohioans who made under $56,000 last year – those in the bottom three-fifths of the income spectrum – on average would pay more tax than they do now.
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ITEP Work in Action February 14, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Kasich plan continues tax shift
Governor John Kasich’s new tax proposal would further reinforce the shift in Ohio’s state and local tax system in favor of affluent residents and against those with lower or middle… -
ITEP Work in Action February 10, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Ohio Nees a Strong Income Tax
Ohio’s income tax is the only major tax that is based on ability to pay. This principle was embraced by the founders of our democracy, such as Thomas Jefferson, as… -
ITEP Work in Action February 7, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Kasich Budget Shifts Taxes Again
New analysis for Policy Matters Ohio by the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy, a national nonprofit research institute with a sophisticated model of the state and local tax system, shows the governor’s tax plan raises taxes for many Ohioans. It reduces state income tax rates and cuts the number of brackets from nine to five.
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ITEP Work in Action January 27, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Common Sense Reform for Working Ohio
Tax modeling from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a national organization with a sophisticated model of the state tax system, shows that Ohio’s current EITC reaches only… -
ITEP Work in Action January 25, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Tax Cuts Help Create Ohio’s Revenue Crunch
In 2015, the General Assembly approved a two-year budget lasting through this June that cuts taxes by nearly $1.9 billion. When legislators approved those cuts, Policy Matters Ohio asked a… -
ITEP Work in Action January 25, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Tax Cuts Help Create Ohio’s Revenue Crunch
In 2015, the General Assembly approved a two-year budget lasting through this June that cuts taxes by nearly $1.9 billion. When legislators approved those cuts, Policy Matters Ohio asked a… -
ITEP Work in Action January 19, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Flat tax would mean more taxes for most
Nearly three-quarters of Ohioans would pay more in state income taxes under flat-rate tax plans for which a joint legislative commission is developing an implementation plan. At the same… -
ITEP Work in Action January 5, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Flat Tax Would Make Most Ohioans Pay More
Using a sophisticated model of Ohio’s tax system, the national research group, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), found that with a 3.5 percent flat tax, 72 percent of… -
ITEP Work in Action September 26, 2016 Policy Matters Ohio: Testimony: Tax Cuts, Flat Tax Aren’t the Answer
Overall, the top 1 percent, who made more than $360,000 a year in 2014, received an average annual tax cut of $20,000 from the major tax changes between 2005 and 2014 (that doesn’t include last year’s cuts). On average, Ohioans in the bottom 60 percent of the income spectrum (making $54,000 or less) are paying slightly more.
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ITEP Work in Action April 12, 2016 Policy Matters Ohio: Wealthy not paying fair share of state and local taxes
“State and local taxes support schools, fix potholes, keep the snow plowed, the justice system running and the water clean. Economic prosperity depends on these public services. The wealthiest families… -
ITEP Work in Action October 21, 2015 Policy Matters Ohio: Kasich-era tax changes reward the wealthy
The top 1 percent of Ohioans on average will see a $17,618 annual reduction in state taxes as a result of major tax changes made during the Kasich administration, while… -
ITEP Work in Action June 23, 2015 Policy Matters Ohio: Ohio Senate Flat Tax Mandate is Unwise and Unwarranted
The Senate budget bill approved Thursday, like the House-approved version, would create a tax policy study commission to review the state’s tax structure. But the Senate would require the study… -
ITEP Work in Action April 29, 2015 Policy Matters Ohio: Problems with Ohio EITC: It’s not refundable, it has a cap, and it’s too low
Gov. Kasich’s Mid-Biennium Review proposal to expand the credit from 5 percent to 15 percent is a step in the right direction, but more must be done to ensure the… -
ITEP Work in Action April 29, 2015 Policy Matter Ohio: Cutting taxes doesn’t help Ohio economy
After the General Assembly raised the top income-tax rate to 7.5 percent in 1992 the state generated more than 100,000 jobs in each of the following three years. Compare that… -
ITEP Work in Action April 10, 2015 Policy Matters Ohio: Making Ohio’s EITC work for workers
Ohio has the 18th most unfair tax system in the nation, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The federal EITC was, in part, designed to eliminate some… -
ITEP Work in Action March 12, 2015 Policy Matters Ohio: Kasich tax plan bad for Ohio, Policy Matters tells lawmakers
“An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit research group in Washington, D.C., found the bottom three-fifths of Ohioans would pay more as a group under… -
ITEP Work in Action February 10, 2015 Policy Matters Ohio: Kasich tax proposal would skew tax system further in favor of Ohio’s affluent
The Kasich administration proposal to cut income taxes and expand sales and other taxes would produce big tax cuts for Ohio’s most affluent residents, while increasing taxes on lower- and… -
ITEP Work in Action January 21, 2015 Policy Matters Ohio: Ohio state and local taxes hit poor and middle class the hardest
Low- and middle-income Ohioans pay a much greater share of their income in state and local taxes than the state’s most affluent do, according to a study released today. The… -
ITEP Work in Action November 24, 2014 Policy Matters Ohio: Ohio’s Affluent are Big Beneficiaries of 2013-2014 Tax Changes
State tax changes approved over the past two years have further tilted Ohio’s tax system in favor of the wealthiest. Read the full report