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 15, 2013 New Jersey Policy Perspective: Gas Tax Talk Leads Down the Right Road
In the wake of restructuring proposals made by Governor Corzine, the gasoline tax is starting to be talked about as part of a solution to New Jersey’s financial crisis. This… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Iowa Fiscal Partnership: Putting Fairness First: Questions for Financing State and Local Government in Iowa
As state legislators close out the 2008 legislative session and confront the tasks of maintaining commitments and investing in Iowa’s future, they will have to deal with a basic question:… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Economic Opportunity Institute: Fairer Taxes for Washington: Taxing High Incomes to Reduce Regressive Taxes and Improve Public Services
Washington State’s seventy year-old tax structure is built on an ever-shrinking base, and taxes fall most heavily on those least able to afford them. This discussion brief outlines options for… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: A Step Toward Fiscal Balance? Options for Ohio’s Income Tax
In the spring of 2008, Ohio’s state government finds itself in familiar territory – facing a budget shortfall because of an inadequate revenue system and a slowing economy. Despite the… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 New Jersey Policy Perspective: Funding for Business Tax Breaks Shows Skewed Priorities
The Fiscal Year 2009 budget proposed by Gov. Jon Corzine increases spending on tax breaks for businesses—tax breaks of questionable value, as some recent developments highlight— while investments in more… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: The 2007 Kicker: Wrongheaded, Unjust, Costly, and a Federal Tax Increase
The “close of session” economic and revenue forecast released in late August by the Office of Economic Analysis confirmed that personal income tax revenues for the 2005-07 budget cycle exceeded… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Agenda for Children: Building a Better Tax Cut: Alternative to SB87 Would Cut Taxes for Twice as Many Louisianans – at Half the Cost
On Wednesday, May 14, 2008, the House Ways and Means Committee approved SB 87, a measure originally sponsored by Senator Buddy Shaw and now backed by Governor Bobby Jindal. The… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 The Commonwealth Institute: The Road Less Taken: Creating Fair Taxes As Well As Better Highways
In the face of a funding crisis, Governor Kaine and the General Assembly face a difficult choice: Raise taxes and fees or enter into the next biennium with little money… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Center for Public Policy Priorities: The Best Choice for a Prosperous Texas: A Texas-Style Personal Income Tax
The quality of life in Texas depends on our producing a well-educated workforce that can meet the demands of a global economy. A strong and vibrant public education for all… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 New Mexico Voices for Children: Immigrants and the New Mexico Economy: Working Hard for Low Wages
The current debate over immigration – and particularly over immigrants without legal residency status – often centers on whether or not this group of people contributes to the economy or… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 South Carolina Fair Share: A South Carolina Working Families Tax Credit: Rewarding Work and Building Wealth
A South Carolina Working Families Tax Credit would: -Lift more working South Carolinians out of poverty; -Relieve the growing burden of taxation on low and moderate income working South Carolinians;… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: No Gain, Just Pain: Most Oregonians Would Not Benefit from Measure 59, But They Would Lose Public Services
Measure 59, which would allow an unlimited deduction of federal income taxes on state tax returns, offers no tax break to more than three out of four Oregon taxpayers. And… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: No Contest: Why Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit is Better for Working Families and Oregon than the Tax Bracket Increase
Next year, the Oregon Legislative Assembly may face two different income tax measures purporting to help working families. One plan, proposed by Republicans in the legislature, would double the size… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Oklahoma Policy Institute: Oklahoma’s Tax Cuts: Who Benefits?
Tax cuts enacted between 2004 and 2006 will reduce Oklahoma’s revenues by more than $800 million when fully phased-in. Among the many tax cuts, the two largest involved cutting the… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: North Dakota’s Measure 2 is Imbalanced and Would Harm Efforts to Secure State’s Economic Future
North Dakota’s proposed Measure 2, a major change to the state’s income tax that will appear on the November ballot, would be detrimental to the state for three principal reasons:… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Oklahoma Policy Institute: Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Boosting the Grocery Tax Credit Would Provide Targeted Help for Struggling Families
The family budgets of low- and moderate-income Oklahomans are under increasing strain from the rapidly rising costs of such essentials as food, fuel and utilities. Food costs rose 5.9 percent… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 New Jersey Policy Perspective: What’s the Rush? Costly Tax Changes Need More Deliberation
In this atmosphere of emergency, some of the legislation is moving with less deliberation than might be expected of tax changes that, when fully implemented, would likely cost the state… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center: The Common Good: What Pennsylvania’s Budget and Tax Policies Mean to You
Public investments make a difference. Your tax dollars combine with everyone else’s to educate our children, keep our communities safe, move people to work over roads and transit systems, and… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Hawai’i Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice: Tax Policies That Will Help End Poverty for Hawai’i’s Lowest Income Families
THIS REPORT RECOMMENDS that the State of Hawai‘i adopt two tax measures to address the needs of low income individuals and families: 1. A refundable Hawai‘i Earned Income Tax Credit.… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy: Making Work Pay: A State Earned Income Tax Credit for West Virginia
Due to the EITC’s overwhelming success, 24 states have their own SEITC programs modeled after the federal credit. A West Virginia SEITC would increase tax fairness and provide families with… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Missouri Budget Project: Creating a State Earned Income Tax Credit for Missouri
In this time of economic turmoil, one of the most effective steps state lawmakers can take to stimulate Missouri’s economy is to create a State Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Montana Budget and Policy Center: Restoring Revenue and Fairness. HB395: New Top Marginal Rate for Taxable Income
The 61st Legislature is faced with the unenviable challenge of balancing the budget during a time of economic downturn and revenue uncertainty. Introducing a new top marginal tax rate for… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 California Budget Project: California’s Tax System
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ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 North Carolina Budget and Tax Center: Budget and Tax Center Releases Alternative Revenue Plan
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ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Fiscal Policy Institute: Back on Track: Why Progressive Tax Reform Is an Essential Part of New York’s Budget Solution
New York faces one of the largest budget deficits in the country for the coming year at $14.2 billion. The State’s 2009-10 fiscal year begins April 1, 2009. Two responses…