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Los Angeles Times: Ted Cruz and His GOP Colleagues Are Pushing Yet Another Tax Break for the 1%

March 19, 2026

The Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2025 is just as unpopular as similar bills Sen. Cruz introduced in 2018 and 2021, neither of which passed. Steve Wamhoff of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in 2019, “sounds logical until you think about it.” The legal and economic considerations haven’t changed since then. Read […]

Stateline: Republican Push To Increase Sales Taxes Would Fall Hardest on Lower-Income Residents

March 19, 2026

Lawmakers consider increasing sales taxes to offset budget cuts to property or income taxes. This will force lower- and middle-income residents, who spend a larger share of their earnings than the wealthy, to foot more of the bill for state services. Read more.

Los Angeles Times: Eliminating a Corporate Tax Break Is Pitched as a Way To Make Up for Federal Healthcare Cuts

March 17, 2026

Carl Davis, a research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, stated that there is growing support nationwide to repeal the water’s edge tax break as public awareness of profit shifting spreads. “Folks are outraged when they hear that these companies are pretending that they are earning their profits in the Caymans or […]

The Independent: Inside the Widening Income Tax Rate Gap for Residents in Blue States Compared to Red States

March 17, 2026

Eliminating income tax means lower and middle-income families will have to pay more. “Public services would be cut, other taxes and levies that fall more heavily on low- and middle-income families (including sales taxes, excise taxes, fees and fines) would be increased, or — most likely — both those things would happen,” Aidan Davis from […]

Newsweek: Poorest Americans in 9 States Pay More Because of Trump Tax Breaks—Study

March 17, 2026

InvestorsObserves’ report, based on analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, found that the impact of the Trump administration’s OBBB is heavily tilted in favor of those already at the top. Read more.  

Bloomberg: Elizabeth Warren Asks Meta, Amazon, and Others Why They’re Laying Workers off Despite Tax Perks

March 17, 2026

Sen. Warren asks the companies to detail their 2025 tax cuts, tariff refunds, any contributions to Trump’s projects, and why they laid off workers. Meta “paid an effective federal income tax rate of just over 3.5 percent in 2025,” Matt Gardner at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy wrote in an analysis last month, […]

NBC10: Pennsylvania Among States Trying To Balance Rise in Revenue With Gambling Issues

March 17, 2026

“The sports gambling sector is growing fast,” said Nick Johnson, an analyst with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “In a few states, it’s really starting to produce a pretty remarkable amount of revenue.” Read more.

The senator cited ITEP research in her letter to these major corporations. Read more.

ITEP Data Cited in The Working Americans’ Tax Cut

March 16, 2026 • By ITEP Staff

The bill exempts income up to the cost of living from federal taxes and asks millionaires to make up the difference. Read more.

President Trump has generally pursued a set of policies that weaken the economies of the United States and Maine. The President’s second year shows no signs of reversing course, and a potential oil supply shock could drive prices even higher. Read more.

The 74: States Want To Help Families. The Child Tax Credit Might Be Their Answer

March 12, 2026

The CTC is “both an affordability and anti-poverty mechanism,” said Neva Butkus, a senior analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. States and localities seeking to add or expand a child tax credit work with her team. As of late, Butkus notes that “lawmakers and advocacy groups come to us with poverty alleviation […]

This testimony was delivered to the Colorado House Finance Committee on March 9, 2026. You can watch video of the testimony here (Marco starts around the 6:12:40 PM mark). My name is Marco Guzman, and I am a Senior Analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). ITEP is a non-profit, non-partisan tax […]

Members of the City Council,  Thank you for the opportunity to testify today about property tax circuit breakers. My name is Brakeyshia Samms, and I am a senior analyst with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization that focuses on local, state, and federal tax policy issues with an emphasis on revenue sustainability and […]

ITEP analyzed the combined impact of the Trump administration’s three biggest changes in tax policy so far. The net effect of these policies is tax cuts for the rich and higher taxes for everyone else. Read more.

Several large corporations pay next to nothing in corporate taxes in California, largely due to overly generous state tax breaks. Reforming the state’s corporate tax system is a necessary step to support the health and well-being of Californians and strengthen economic security for all. Read more.

Springfield News-Leader: Property Tax Caps on April Ballot in Several Counties Worry Districts

March 5, 2026

Rita Jefferson, local analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said this approach fails to get at the root problem. She said generally, property tax growth caps are done on a state-wide level, rather than county by county, and she called the 0% tax cap “extremely unusual.” Read more.  

ITEP Data Cited in New York Corporate Tax Bill

March 4, 2026 • By ITEP Staff

The bill authorizes a city business tax surcharge of twenty-five percent on the tax liability imposed on any business subject to tax as a corporation Read more.

MarketPlace: Trump’s Tax Breaks for Big Corporations

March 4, 2026

Matthew Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said, “No one’s been able to find any econometric evidence showing conclusively that these rules actually encourage economic growth at all. If anything, the most obvious takeaway is that these tax breaks are simply rewarding companies for doing what they were going […]

Chair, Vice Chair, and Members of the Committee,  Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony in support of House Bill 1080, which would decouple the state from federal tax breaks for Opportunity Zones (OZs) and Foreign-Derived Deduction Eligible Income (FDEII). My name is Miles Trinidad, and I am a state analyst with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), […]

This testimony was delivered to the Maryland House Ways and Means Committee on February 26, 2026 Chair, Vice Chair, and Members of the Committee,  Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony in support of House Bill 930, which would decouple Maryland’s tax code from recent federal expansions of 529 education savings plans as they related to private K-12 tuition, and would ensure […]

This testimony was delivered to the Maryland House Ways and Means Committee on February 26, 2026 Chair, Vice Chair, and Members of the Committee,  Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony in support of House Bill 926, which would decouple Maryland from recent federal increases to the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions. My name is Miles Trinidad, […]

This testimony was delivered to the Maryland House Ways and Means Committee on February 26, 2026 Chair, Vice Chair, and Members of the Committee,  Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony in support of House Bill 880, which would decouple Maryland from federal corporate tax changes on the expanded bonus depreciation and business interest deductions. My name is […]

According to President Trump, the state of America’s union is STRONG, the Golden Age is upon us, and “we’re winning so much that we really don’t know what to do about it.” All true…for multimillionaires like us. For the 86% of Americans who are worried about the price of groceries? Not so much. Read more.

ITEP Policy Analyst Miles Trinidad testified on the need for a Wealth Proceeds Tax in Vermont on February 27, 2026 at the Vermont Senate Committee on Finance.  See the slide deck here Watch the video below:

State and local policymakers nationwide are facing a one-two punch entering 2026. For one, last summer’s harmful Republican megabill paired enormous tax breaks for wealthy households and corporations with historically deep cuts that will take away people’s vital health care and food assistance, all while foisting considerable new costs and responsibilities onto states and localities. […]