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 September 8, 2014 North Carolina Justice Center: Stronger Earned Income Tax Credit and Minimum Wage – Both Needed to Help Low-Wage Working Families
There are two critical policy tools that can help put low-wage workers on the path to economic security: the minimum wage and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Together these… -
ITEP Work in Action August 26, 2014 Policy Matters Ohio: Out-of-Step
Changes to the Ohio EITC this summer doubled the credit, but poor design choices mean that most low-income working families won’t get the benefit. Read the full report -
ITEP Work in Action August 18, 2014 Policy Matters Ohio: The Great Ohio Tax Shift
Tax overhauls in the past nine years have slashed average tax bills for the top 1 percent by more than $20,000, while the bottom three-fifths pay more as a group.… -
ITEP Work in Action August 1, 2014 Fiscal Policy Institute: NYS Can Help Low-income Working Families with Children by Increasing its Earned Income Tax Credit
It comes as no surprise to working families that New York State’s tax system is fundamentally unfair. Low- and middle-income workers pay, on average, a much higher share of their… -
ITEP Work in Action July 31, 2014 Missouri Budget Project: Earned Income Tax Credit: A Targeted Tax Change with Significant Impact
The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a federal tax credit for low- and moderate-income working people. It encourages and rewards work as well as offsets federal payroll and… -
ITEP Work in Action July 31, 2014 New Mexico Voices for Children: New Mexico’s Capital Gains Deduction: A Capital Loss for New Mexicans
Legislation enacted in 2003 that allows New Mexicans with capital gains income to deduct half of that income from their state taxes has failed as an economic development tool. Further,… -
ITEP Work in Action July 31, 2014 New Mexico Voices for Children: Citizen’s Guide to New Mexico’s Tax System
Citizen’s Guide to the New Mexico State BudgetThis guide focuses on the operating budget—the annual spending for ongoing programs and services that affect the lives of every New Mexico resident.… -
ITEP Work in Action July 31, 2014 Maryland Center on Economic Policy: Recent EITC Expansion in MD will Make Taxes More Fair, Reduce Inequality
Working Marylanders with the lowest earnings will pay slightly less of their income in taxes — 9.9 percent compared to 10.1 percent now – once the expansion of the state’s… -
ITEP Work in Action July 30, 2014 Voice for Illinois for Children: Congress Must Act to Stop Corporate Inversions
A number of high-profile U.S. corporations have, or are reportedly considering, corporate “inversions,” where they move their “headquarters” overseas to avoid paying U.S. corporate income taxes. Unless Congress acts, federal… -
ITEP Work in Action July 7, 2014 Policy Matters Ohio: Cuts and Breaks
Most of the $400 million-plus in tax cuts for Fiscal Year 2015 will go the affluent. The Mid-Biennium Review also continues with an unfortunate Ohio tradition of permitting or enlarging… -
ITEP Work in Action July 7, 2014 Iowa Policy Project: Immigrants in Iowa
Undocumented immigrants pay an estimated $64 million in state and local taxes, according to a new Iowa Policy Project report. The authors suggest immigration reform that expands work authorization or… -
ITEP Work in Action July 7, 2014 Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics: Ten Dollars or Thirteen Dollars?
In this report we compare the effects of $10 (AB10) and $13 (SB935) minimum wage levels in California. We show that AB10 restores some of the ground lost by low-paid… -
ITEP Work in Action June 27, 2014 Georgia Budget & Policy Institute: Fix Education, Other Vital Services With Viable State Revenue Options
Georgia continues to wrestle with the fallout of relying on a revenue system that can’t raise enough money to meet the needs of a modern, growing state. Hospitals are closing,… -
ITEP Work in Action June 27, 2014 New Jersey Policy Perspective: Highest-Income New Jerseyans Would Still Pay Lowest Share of Income to Taxes After Proposed Changes
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ITEP Work in Action June 11, 2014 Maine Policy Review: The Distributional Effects of Recent Changes to Maine’s Tax System
Both classical economic theory and recent empirical research support the notion that taxes should be progressive: that the wealthiest citizens should pay a larger share of their income in taxes… -
ITEP Work in Action June 11, 2014 Arise Citizens’ Policy Project: Out of Step – Alabama’s Unusual State Tax System
Taxes are the tools that Americans use to pay for education, public health, transportation and other elements of the common good. Just as states differ in the scale of services… -
ITEP Work in Action June 11, 2014 Washington Budget & Policy Center: Flawed Economic Model Hurts Washington State
An economic model frequently cited by some Washington state lawmakers to justify their opposition to tax increases distorts the impact of tax proposals on state economies, according to a new… -
ITEP Work in Action June 9, 2014 Michigan League for Public Policy: Road fix must protect low-income families
“It’s clear that Michigan must come up with a solution to repair its broken roads. A funding solution that requires a higher sales tax, however, will be especially difficult for… -
ITEP Work in Action June 3, 2014 Wisconsin Budget Project: Recent Tax Cuts Deliver Little to People Who Earn the Least
Three major tax cut packages passed by the Wisconsin legislature in the last year have delivered relatively little benefit to the lowest earners, who are struggling to make ends meet.… -
ITEP Work in Action May 22, 2014 North Carolina Justice Center: First in Flight from the EITC – Low-Income Working Families Bid Farewell to NC’s Earned Income Tax Credit
Unless lawmakers reverse course, close to one million working families in North Carolina will claim the state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for the last time this tax season, bringing… -
ITEP Work in Action May 22, 2014 NC Policy Watch: North Carolina can make tax system more fair by reinstating its state Earned Income Tax Credit
It comes as no surprise to working families that North Carolina’s tax system is fundamentally unfair. Families who make less than $47,000 a year pay, on average, nearly 2 times… -
ITEP Work in Action May 22, 2014 Voices for Illinois Children: Double the EITC to Make Illinois Taxes Fairer (Among Other Great Things)
The more money you make in Illinois, the lower share of it you pay in state and local taxes. If that sounds unfair, that’s because it is. In fact, low-… -
ITEP Work in Action May 22, 2014 Kentucky Center for Economic Policy: State EITC Would Make a Regressive Tax System Fairer
Previous posts have described how a state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) would help working low-income Kentuckians make ends meet and reach every corner of the state. A state EITC… -
ITEP Work in Action May 22, 2014 Louisiana Budget Project: Increasing EITC improves tax fairness, reduces poverty, invests in children
Efforts to modestly raise the minimum wage in Louisiana failed this legislative session — even though the wage isn’t high enough to keep a full-time worker with a child out… -
ITEP Work in Action May 22, 2014 Maine Center for Economic Policy: Statement at Hearing on L.D. 1664, An Act To Encourage Charitable Contributions to Nonprofit Organizations
Honorable Senator Haskell, Representative Goode, members of the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation, I am Garrett Martin, Executive Director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP). I am here…