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 January 18, 2017 Hawaii Tax Fairness Coalition:
Hawaiʻi ranks second nationally in how heavily we tax our low-income households. In fact, we are in the minority of states that actually pushes low-income people deeper into poverty with… -
ITEP Work in Action January 11, 2017 Akransas Advocates for Children & Families: 6 ways to make 2017 more prosperous for all Arkansans
Legislators have just kicked off the 2017 legislative session, and ideas for big changes are buzzing around the Capitol. AACF will be on the ground advocating for bills that are… -
ITEP Work in Action January 10, 2017 The Arizona Center for Economic Progress: Arizona’s State Budget and Taxes: What Every Arizonan Needs to Know About Growing Our Economy
When all types of state and local taxes are combined—income, sales and property—families with incomes in the bottom fifth pay nearly three times what families in the top 1 percent… -
ITEP Work in Action January 10, 2017 The Economic Progress Institute: Rhode Island Standard of Need
The Economic Progress Institute publishes the Rhode Island Standard of Need (RISN) to answer two fundamental questions: What is the cost of meeting basic needs for families and individuals… -
ITEP Work in Action January 10, 2017 Third and State: Undocumented Immigrants Already Paying Billions in State/Local Taxes
Just this week, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy released a comprehensive report on the state and local tax contributions of undocumented immigrants. In the public debate about immigration… -
ITEP Work in Action January 10, 2017 Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center: Who Pays For An Increase in the PIT to 4% on Income From Wealth
Legislators are currently working to find the revenues necessary to fund the appropriations bill that passed the House and Senate this week. They are finding it difficult to agree on… -
ITEP Work in Action January 10, 2017 Oklahoma Policy Institute: Private school tax subsidy blurs the line between charitable gift and money laundering
Carl Davis is Research Director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that works on federal, state, and local tax policy issues. Photo… -
ITEP Work in Action January 10, 2017 Oklahoma Policy Institute: The tax shift rears its head
Last week the Oklahoma Senate Finance Committee approved SB 977, a bill that would suspend 23 tax credits for the next two years as a way to partially address… -
ITEP Work in Action January 10, 2017 Maryland Center for Economic Policy:To Support a Strong Economy, All Marylanders Must Pay Their Fair Share in Taxes
Maryland’s success today is due to our past public investment in good schools, a strong transportation system and other building blocks of a prosperous economy. As another “tax day”… -
ITEP Work in Action January 10, 2017 Kentucky Center for Economic Policy: A Preview of the 2016-2018 Kentucky State Budget
A comprehensive preview of the upcoming two-year Kentucky state budget confirms both a massive funding gap facing the state for the next two years and a need for reinvestment… -
ITEP Work in Action January 10, 2017 Kentucky Center for Economic Policy: 2016 Kentucky Budget Primer
The Budget of the Commonwealth is a financial plan, enacted every two years by Kentucky’s General Assembly, that maps out our state’s investments in education, health, transportation, public safety,… -
ITEP Work in Action January 10, 2017 Kentucky Center for Economic Policy: Inheritance Tax Repeal Is Giveaway to the Top Kentucky Can’t Afford
Since 1906, Kentucky has relied on the inheritance tax to help pay for the good schools, infrastructure and other investments that strengthen the Commonwealth. A repeal of the inheritance… -
ITEP Work in Action January 10, 2017 Iowa Fiscal Partnership: Understanding Iowa Taxes
The Iowa Fiscal Partnership is pleased to distribute a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: The ITEP Guide to Fair State and Local Taxes. We hope… -
ITEP Work in Action January 9, 2017 Indiana Institute for Working Families: Tax Rate Cuts to Offset Gas and Cigarette Tax Increases? There are Better Ways
Ensuring Indiana has funding needed to adequately repair its roads and bridges over the next several years is a top priority among lawmakers this legislative session. Among the proposed… -
ITEP Work in Action January 9, 2017 Voices for Illinois Children: Fair Tax Bill Introduced
Representative Lou Lang introduced a fair tax rate structure (House Bill 689), which would provide over 99% of income taxpayers with a tax cut while raising $1.9 billion to prevent… -
ITEP Work in Action January 9, 2017 Connecticut Voices for Children: Impact of the Final FY 2017 Budget on Children and Families
“Following hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts in Fiscal Year 2016, Connecticut policymakers tackled the nearly $1 billion budget deficit in Fiscal Year 2017 (FY 17) by adopting… -
ITEP Work in Action January 9, 2017 California Budget & Policy Center: Should California Maintain Higher Taxes on the Wealthiest to Fund Education, Health Care, and Other Services?
“Proposition 30, approved by voters in 2012, provided critical revenues to California at a time when the state faced daunting budgetary challenges. Prop. 30’s tax rate increases are scheduled to… -
ITEP Work in Action January 9, 2017 California Budget & Policy Center: What Has Proposition 30 Meant for California?
Proposition 30, approved by voters in 2012, provided critical revenues to California at a time when the state faced daunting fi scal challenges. These revenues increased school funding and allowed… -
ITEP Work in Action January 9, 2017 Kansas Center for Economic Growth: KCEG Testimony to the House Taxation Committee as Neutral on HB 2023.
The LLC Loophole is unfair, expensive, and failed to create jobs. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the LLC loophole costs Kansas nearly $290 million per year.… -
ITEP Work in Action January 9, 2017 Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: Problems down the road with governor’s highway plan
“The governor wants to get through the first year by spending down some of the rainy day fund and using part of reamining surplus funds. As far as short term… -
ITEP Work in Action January 9, 2017 Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development: Sustainable Solutions for Multimodal Transportation Infrastructure in Louisiana
The Governor’s Task Force on Transportation Infrastructure Investment is an 18-member Task Force established by Governor Edwards to recommend community-driven solutions for Louisiana’s transportation infrastructure investment needs. The Task Force submitted its formal… -
ITEP Work in Action January 6, 2017 North Carolina Justice Center: 12 Charts about N.C.’s Economy in 2016
“The economic challenges that face North Carolina families were front and center in 2016. North Carolina wrestled with the disconnect between political rhetoric and everyday reality this election year, thanks… -
ITEP Work in Action January 6, 2017 Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center: A Fair Share Tax Plan for Pennsylvania
“One barrier to raising revenues is the reluctance of legislators on both sides of the aisle to place additional taxes on Pennsylvania’s poor and middle-class. That reluctance is well motivated.… -
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 December 31, 2016 Montana Budget & Policy Center: Montana Corporate Income Taxes
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.