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.
-
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 April 6, 2015 Open Sky Policy Institute: Gas tax and transportation in Nebraska
In 2011, the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy (ITEP) published “Building a Better Gas Tax” in which they recommended that states looking to modernize their gas tax increase gas… -
ITEP Work in Action March 31, 2015 Oklahoma Policy Institute: Halt the Tax Cut
The cut to the top income tax rate will provide minimal benefit to all but the wealthiest Oklahomans. The average middle-income household will see its taxes lowered $31 a year,… -
ITEP Work in Action March 27, 2015 Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy: A Complex End-of Session Proposal: Notes on House Bill 311
A new proposal in the Idaho Legislature would dramatically shift the way taxes are collected and generate a new revenue source for roads and bridges. The proposal has several components… -
ITEP Work in Action March 26, 2015 Kentucky Center for Economic Policy: Inaction on Gas Tax Will Drop Rate to Historically Low Levels
Good roads are critical to public safety and to Kentucky’s economy, especially in a state so dependent on manufacturing and distribution industries. Funding from the gas tax and other sources… -
ITEP Work in Action March 25, 2015 Mississippi Economic Policy Center: All Roads Lead to Nowhere
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… -
ITEP Work in Action March 24, 2015 Public Assets Institute: Vermont Has the Capacity to Avoid 2016 Budget Cuts
Vermont’s income tax is among the lowest in the country: 2.7 percent of the state’s total personal income. Eliminating tax breaks and lowering income tax rates would balance the fiscal… -
ITEP Work in Action March 18, 2015 Connecticut Voices for Children: Funding Our Future: Child and Family Friendly Revenue Options
An analysis by the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) of Washington, D.C. found that adjusting top rates to the levels in the table below would impact only two… -
ITEP Work in Action March 18, 2015 The Economic Progress Institute: Making Work Pay for Working Families: Increasing the State’s Earned Income Tax Credit
Workers who receive the EITC pay federal payroll taxes, sales and property taxes, and more. In fact, Rhode Island has the 5th highest taxes on low-income households in the nation.… -
ITEP Work in Action March 16, 2015 Public Assets Institute: How to Close the Budget Gap–Fiscal 2016 and Beyond
“Vermont is one of six states in the country that uses federal taxable income rather than adjusted gross income as the base for the state income tax. Because this base… -
ITEP Work in Action March 16, 2015 Open Sky Policy Institute: Frequently asked questions about LB 280′s impact on taxpayers
“All Nebraskans would experience lower property taxes under this proposal, and many residents would pay less in taxes overall. LB 280 makes our tax code more progressive, ensuring that low-… -
ITEP Work in Action March 13, 2015 Minnesota Department of Revenue: 2015 Minnesota Tax Incidence Study
“Given the questions raised about how Minnesota compares to other states, this section summarizes the results of a 50-state study of state and local tax incidence. That study, entitled Who… -
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 March 12, 2015 California Budget Project: How a State EITC Could Reduce Economic Hardship in California
“A state EITC would allow low- and middle-income working families to keep more of their earnings and help rebalance California’s system of state and local taxes, which currently asks low-income… -
ITEP Work in Action March 12, 2015 Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy: Tax Fairness: An Answer to Florida’s Budget Problems
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy ranks Florida as having the second most unfair (or “regressive”) tax system in the nation. High‐income residents pay a far smaller share of… -
ITEP Work in Action March 12, 2015 Maryland Center on Economic Policy: Corporate Tax Cut Would Harm Maryland’s Economic Growth
“Reducing the corporate income tax in Maryland would also worsen he situation under which a small share of the state’s households have seen big gains in income over recent years… -
ITEP Work in Action March 12, 2015 Oklahoma Policy Institute: This nonsensical ‘double dipping’ tax break is costing Oklahoma millions
“Disallowing just the deduction for state income tax would yield the state $97 million, according to an analysis by the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy. Only one in four… -
ITEP Work in Action March 10, 2015 Michigan League for Public Policy: Road funding ballot proposal: a win-win for everyone
According to a new report from the Michigan League for Public Policy, an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows that even after the sales tax increase,… -
ITEP Work in Action March 6, 2015 Iowa Fiscal Partnership: Balanced approach on gas tax
Raising Iowa’s tax on gasoline and diesel fuel by 10 cents per gallon would go a long way toward financing needed street and highway repairs and improvements. Critical needs most… -
ITEP Work in Action March 6, 2015 Children’s Action Alliance: HB 2069 – S/E Online TPT/Income Tax Reduction Fact Sheet
HB 2069 shifts taxes from the wealthiest Arizonans to low and middle income taxpayers, attempts to limit options available to future legislatures, and depends on a “best guess” to make… -
ITEP Work in Action March 6, 2015 Fiscal Policy Institute: Policy Brief: Property Tax Relief (Circuit Breaker)
Those at the bottom of the income scale [in New York] would benefit most—62 percent of homeowners and 37 percent of renters with incomes below $19,000 would receive a circuit… -
ITEP Work in Action March 6, 2015 Mississippi Economic Policy Center: House and Senate Tax Plans Do Little for Struggling Working Families
The personal income tax cuts from both the [state] House and Senate plans benefit wealthier families more than lower and middle-income earners. Further, the high cost of these plans may… -
ITEP Work in Action March 3, 2015 Michigan League for Public Policy: A Solution at Last to Michigan’s Crumbling Roads
Analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows that the sales tax increase and the increase of the EITC will help low-income working people. After all of the… -
ITEP Work in Action March 3, 2015 Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center: Better Choices Coalition Releases 19 Ideas to Make Pa.’s Tax System Fairer
“A recent study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy named Pennsylvania the sixth most unfair state and local tax system for low- to moderate-income families. The recommendations we… -
ITEP Work in Action February 28, 2015 Maryland Center on Economic Policy: Maryland’s Poor Taxed More Than Rich; Communities of Color Feel Biggest Pinch
The state’s highest income households pay the lowest percentage of their yearly earnings in state and local taxes compared to middle-class and low-income households. Residents struggling the most to make…