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 14, 2013 Maine Center for Economic Policy: TABOR II: A Danger to Maine’s Economy, Communities, and People
After soundly rejecting TABOR I in 2006, this November Maine voters will face another TABOR initiative. Despite claims by proponents that TABOR I’s many flaws have been corrected, TABOR II… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Connecticut Voices for Children: Connecticut’s Unified Gift and Estate Tax: A Key Source of Revenue That Makes Connecticut’s Tax System More Fair
The Governor has proposed eliminating the unified gift and estate tax. As part of her most recent package of proposed budget changes to balance the State Fiscal Year 2010-2011 (SFY… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Rhode Island Poverty Institute: Tax Incentive Disclosure and Accountability
“During the 2008 General Assembly session, legislation was enacted to require greater disclosure and accountability of tax credits received by corporations. The legislation required that information about six tax credits… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center: Sales Taxation of Admission to Cultural Events Across the U.S.
The 2009-10 Pennsylvania state budget agreement announced in principle by the lawmakers includes a proposal to eliminate the sales tax exemption currently in place for admissions to cultural events (live… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 California Budget Project: COTCE Proposals Would Increase Budget Gaps, Tax Low- and Middle-Income Californians
The core of the COTCE proposals would reduce the state’s reliance on the personal income tax by reducing the number of rates and the maximum tax rate, eliminate the corporate… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 California Budget Project: Fatally Flawed: What Would the Commission on the 21st Century Economy’s Recommendations Mean for California?
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ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 DC Fiscal Policy Institute: Expanding the District’s Sales Tax Can Raise Revenue, While Increasing Tax Fairness
In response to the most recent revenue shortfall, the DC Council voted in July 2009 to raise the District’s sales tax rate from 5.75 percent to 6 percent. Raising revenue… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: A Step Toward Balance: Measures 66 and 67 Move Oregon Closer to a Tax System Based on Ability to Pay
Today, low-income Oregonians pay a larger share of their income in state and local taxes than wealthy Oregonians. In fact, the highest-income Oregonians pay the lowest share of their income… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: Tapping Top Earners to Meet Ohio’s Needs
In order to balance the Ohio state budget, Gov. Ted Strickland has proposed temporarily restoring the last year of a five-year, 21 percent income-tax cut approved in 2005. This October… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 DC Fiscal Policy Institute: Tell It Like It Is: Combined Reporting Improves DC’s Tax System By Making Corporations Disclose Their Profits and Pay Their Fair Share
Mayor Fenty and the DC Council recently approved an important reform to the District’s corporate income tax which will prevent large corporations from avoiding taxes. The law, known as “combined… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Alabama Arise: The State of Working Alabama 2009
For many Alabamians, a decade of relative economic prosperity has been a decade of lost potential, bringing little in the way of increased earnings or economic stability. Now, with the… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 DC Fiscal Policy Institute: The Middle Class Squeeze: DC’s Tax System Falls Most Heavily on Moderate-Income Families
Families in the District with incomes of $20,000 to $60,000 pay one-tenth of their incomes in DC property, sales, and income taxes, according to a new study by the Institute… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Oregon Center for Public Policy: Undocumented Workers are Taxpayers, Too
Recent public discussion emerging from Oregon’s gubernatorial race focuses on, and at times exaggerates, the costs to Oregon of providing certain public services to undocumented immigrant workers and their families.… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: The Impact of Hawaii’s Income Tax on Low-Income Families
In the next few days, Hawaii’s legislature will consider the conference agreement on changes to Hawaii’s income tax, HB957. This agreement, which appears to have the support of legislative leadership… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Missouri Budget Project: Undocumented Workers: Impact on Missouri’s Economy
Immigration policies, per se, are outside the purview of the Missouri Budget Project. However, it is the MBP’s mission to provide information about fiscal issues that contributes to informed debate… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 The Bell Policy Center: State and Local Taxes Paid in Colorado by Undocumented Immigrants
All together, undocumented immigrant tax payments are equal to 70 to 86 percent of the state and local governments’ costs for providing federally mandated services. Read the Original Full Report -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Tennesseans for Fair Taxation: The Real Budget Deficit: A Call to Invest in Tennessee, its Communities, and its People
Instead of being the leader we should be, Tennessee trails the nation, and the region, in these key public investments. The consequences are evident. We’re 45th in high school graduation… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 New Jersey Policy Perspective: If It Ain’t Broke: New Jersey’s Income Tax Makes Dollars and Sense
Most people probably would agree that we need taxes at some level to pay for the things we want government to do. We could disagree on what to tax, how… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Mississippi Economic Policy Center: Putting the Pieces Together: A Taxpayer’s Guide to the Mississippi Budget
Budget decisions directly influence the quality of education that our children receive, the condition of the roads that we travel, the safety of our communities and the level of trust… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Washington State Budget and Policy Center: Balancing Adequacy and Equity in Washington State’s Property Tax
Public education, fire protection, emergency medical services, parks, criminal justice, hospitals: all highpriority public services that are funded by the property tax. Washington can ensure adequate funding for these programs… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Center for Public Policy Priorities: Who Pays Texas Taxes?
The Comptroller has just released her biennial study of the fairness of the Texas tax system, Texas Exemptions and Tax Incidence,1 which demonstrates conclusively that low-and moderate-income Texas families bear… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Iowa Policy Project: Undocumented Immigrants in Iowa: Estimated Tax Contributions and Fiscal Impact
This report examines undocumented immigrants in Iowa and their state tax contributions. Undocumented immigration remains a controversial issue in the United States, especially as the failure of federal immigration legislation… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Public Assets Institute: Vermonters’ Incomes Outpaced School Taxes (1996-2006)
“Since the passage of Act 60, Vermonters’ incomes have grown at a faster rate than their school taxes. Additionally, the percentage of Vermonters’ incomes that they collectively spend on school… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: Revisiting the Arkansas Capital Gains Tax Cut: Is It Time to Reconsider?
In 1999, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 1005, legislation cutting the Arkansas capital gains tax. Since that time, recent events have dramatically altered the fiscal landscape at both the… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: Property Tax Reform for Arkansas
Few people would dispute that the local property tax on real estate and personal property is the most unpopular tax in Arkansas.1 The long history of political controversy around the…