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 April 29, 2015 Wisconsin Budget Project: A Flatter State Income Tax Would Take a Toll on Wisconsin
A proposal to change Wisconsin’s tax system could cut taxes for high earners, even though the well-off already pay a smaller share of their income in state taxes than lower-income… -
ITEP Work in Action April 29, 2015 Wisconsin Budget Project: Do All Taxpayers Get the Same Benefit from the Governor’s Income Tax Proposals?
In his State of the State address last week, Governor Walker talked about two tax cuts he plans to make using the state’s projected surplus: a $406 million cut in… -
ITEP Work in Action April 29, 2015 Wisconsin Budget Project: Top 10 Reasons to Increase Tax Credits for Low-income Households
Top 10 Reasons to Increase Tax Credits for Low-income Households Read the full report -
ITEP Work in Action April 29, 2015 Wisconsin Budget Project: Tax Shifts Would Cut Taxes for Richest, Raise Taxes on Others
Expanding the sales tax to pay for income and property tax cuts would harm taxpayers with low incomes – and give large tax cuts to the highest earners. A recent… -
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 29, 2015 New Jersey Policy Perspective: Failure to Address Gas Tax Costs New Jersey Over Half a Billion Dollars a Year
New Jersey is losing out on over $500 million each year by not tying increases in transportation construction costs to increases in gas tax rates, a new national report finds.… -
ITEP Work in Action April 29, 2015 New Jersey Policy Perspective: Income Taxes Don’t Impede Economic Growth
As Gov. Chris Christie prepares to unveil the specifics of his proposed 10-percent income tax cut at next week’s budget address, he’s working under a key tenet of conservative economics:… -
ITEP Work in Action April 29, 2015 New Jersey Policy Perspective: State Treasurer Confesses: Our Job is To Protect Millionaires
In case it remained a mystery to anyone, the administration’s plan for economic growth was made clear by Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff at a New Jersey Business and Industry Association breakfast… -
ITEP Work in Action April 29, 2015 Economic Progress Institute: Few Winners and Many Losers in RI Tax Reform
The budget passed by the House Finance committee made three significant tax policy changes that will impact the income of tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders. The estate tax, earned… -
ITEP Work in Action April 23, 2015 Hawaii Appleseed Center: Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest
When the top marginal tax rates and cap on itemized deductions expire in 2015, Hawaii’s wealthiest residents will see a windfall. Meanwhile, our working families are not scheduled to get… -
ITEP Work in Action April 21, 2015 Vermont Legislative Joint Fiscal Office: ITEP and Pew Reports on Vermont’s Income Distribution and Tax System
This report is a slide deck that review’s ITEP’s Who Pays report and its findings on the Vermont state tax system. Read the full report here. -
ITEP Work in Action April 21, 2015 Integrity Florida: Subsidizing Corporate Tax Dodgers
Thanks to the data provided by CTJ/ITEP, Integrity Florida found that all of the profitable Fortune 500 corporations headquartered in Florida paid state governments in the U.S. on average a… -
ITEP Work in Action April 21, 2015 The Commonwealth Institute: Math that Works for All of Us
All told, undocumented Virginians currently pay $240.4 million a year in taxes to Virginia and its localities. That’s a 6.5 percent effective tax rate for the typical undocumented immigrant household.… -
ITEP Work in Action April 14, 2015 California Budget and Policy Center: How Would Current State EITC Proposals Benefit California’s Workers and Their Families?
Momentum for creating a state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in California is building. As we discussed in a recent report, a state EITC would foster economic security among low-… -
ITEP Work in Action April 14, 2015 Budget and Tax Center: Tax Credits for Working Families Deliver Broad Benefits to the State
The North Carolina EITC was a vital facet of the state’s tax system, building off of the federal tax credit—one of the nation’s most powerful anti-poverty tools for children. The… -
ITEP Work in Action April 14, 2015 California Budget and Policy Center: Who Pays Taxes In California?
A fair tax system is one that asks individuals and families to contribute to public services based on their ability to pay. However, California’s system of state and local taxes… -
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…