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media mention April 19, 2016 YubaNet: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Immigration Executive Action, Has Opportunity to Affirm America’s Immigrant Identity
“The Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program and expansion of the existing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program would strengthen our communities by providing temporary relief from… -
media mention April 19, 2016 The Commercial Appeal: Mississippi tax cut deal: $415 million in cuts over 12 years
“Like most other proposed income tax cuts, benefits would flow most to high-earning households. Projections from the liberal-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy show the lowest-earning 20 percent of… -
media mention April 15, 2016 Inside Sources: On Tax Day, Remember the Contributions of Unauthorized Immigrants
“According to a recent study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, unauthorized immigrants pay an estimated $11.64 billion in state and local taxes each year, adding significant amounts… -
media mention April 15, 2016 Think Progress: One Simple Way To Keep U.S. Corporations From Hiding Cash
“That’s a pretty clear indicator that these companies are essentially making things up,” tax expert Matt Gardner of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said in an interview. “They’re… -
media mention April 15, 2016 Governing: Panama Papers Unlikely to Lead to Reforms in Corporation-Friendly States
“The Panama Papers have raised concerns among many here who say it’s hypocritical of the U.S. to complain about its citizens hiding assets from taxation in offshore accounts when some… -
media mention April 15, 2016 Sun Sentinel: Prosperous but Undocumented
“Of the nation’s estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, about 1 million are professionals, according to a report from Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. In… -
media mention April 15, 2016 Alaska Public Radio: Poorest Alaskans hit hardest by new proposed budget solutions
“If every element of Governor Bill Walker’s current fiscal plan is adopted, low income Alaskans would lose nearly 10 percent of their income, middle-income residents would lose about 4 percent.… -
media mention April 15, 2016 Salt Lake Tribune: Worried about filing taxes? You have three extra days
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy earlier this year issued a state-by-state report looking at what percentage of the income of various groups goes to state and local taxes.”… -
media mention April 15, 2016 Politico: Boy, that (de)escalated quickly
“ALASKAN FOUNDATION EDUCATES ON THE GREAT NORTHERN OILY BUDGET CRISIS: Leaders of the Rasmuson Foundation, one of the nation’s largest charities, are in Washington this week filling in federal policymakers… -
media mention April 15, 2016 Alaska Dispatch News: Governor’s budget plan would hurt low- and middle-income Alaskans, says new report
“The Rasmuson report, from a nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based think tank, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said the balance of budget fixes should be different. The report recommends scaling… -
media mention April 12, 2016 Live Mint: Panama Papers: What next?
“While it is relatively easy to force a Switzerland or a Panama to fall in line, it may be next to impossible to bring the US under the OECD framework.… -
media mention April 11, 2016 The Gilmer Miller: This Tax Day, A Reminder that Implementing Immigration Executive Action Policies Would Be Good for Texas
“If the Supreme Court unfreezes DACA+ and DAPA, state and local tax coffers will grow by $805 million nationwide, including by $59 million in Texas. A recent report from the… -
media mention April 11, 2016 Democracy Now: Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca Set Up 1,000+ Companies Inside U.S.
“The massive data leak known as the Panama Papers has revealed the law firm Mossack Fonseca set up more than 1,000 shell companies inside the United States, once again raising… -
media mention April 11, 2016 Info-Europa: Social Media Takes On the Panama Papers Leak Through Cartoons
“Often, the person establishes a so-called shell company, which lacks any real operations and exists mainly on paper. “In Wyoming, Nevada and DE, it’s possible to create these shell corporations… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Opposing Views: Massive Data Leak Reveals Tax Havens, Shell Companies
“By using shell companies, Mossack Fornesca’s clients are able to avoid the government and the public learning “even the most basic things about what you’re doing and what your company… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Morning News USA: Panama Papers Prove American Billionaires Are Sneakiest In The World
Speaking with the NBC News, Matt Gardner of the The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said it’s also possible that American billionaires who were not implicated in the… -
media mention April 8, 2016 The News Tribune: Have an offshore? Maybe you’re feeling indigestion
“The leak may change the long-term behavior of wealthy Americans, said Matt Gardner, executive director of The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington-based public policy group. “This certainly… -
media mention April 8, 2016 WNYC The Brian Lehrer: Panama Papers Highlight Secretive Banking on US Soil
“Matthew Gardner, Executive Director of The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, an arm of Citizens for Tax Justice (a public interest research and advocacy organization focusing on tax policies… -
media mention April 8, 2016 The Herald: State relies on an unfair, insufficient tax system
“Last year, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan and nonprofit research group, said Washington state had the nation’s most unfair state and local tax system, leading its… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Alaska Dispatch News: It’s time for Alaskans to put skin in the game, fund government through taxes
“At a rate of 1.5% of taxable income, an Alaska couple with one child, with a household income of $60,000 a year, would pay about $200 a year, according to… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Lawyer Herald: Panama Paper Firm Connected to Over 1,000 US Companies Since 2001
“”If your goal is secrecy and not having prying eyes find out even the most basic things about what you’re doing and what your company is and who owns it,… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Los Angeles Times: For just $309, you too can hide your assets — in the U.S.
“The mechanisms are pretty much the same here,” said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit in Washington. “There’s nothing special happening in… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Rules kill Pfizer deal, but experts doubt Johnson Controls-Tyco tie-up will die
“Matthew Gardner, a critic of inversions who is executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said this week’s move by the Treasury Department clearly had an immediate… -
media mention April 8, 2016 New York Times: Need to Hide Some Income? You Don’t Have to Go to Panama
“In Wyoming, Nevada and Delaware, it’s possible to create these shell corporations with virtually no questions asked,” said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy,… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Dhaka Tribune: Why Americans not included in #PanamaPapers
“First, this was a leak of more than 11m documents, and it will take some time for the ICIJ to scour them. “So maybe there are revelations about specific Americans…