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media mention February 22, 2016 POLITICO Morning Transportation: Delta VP dishes on opposition to AIRR Act
“GAS TAX? WE AIN’T SCARED: Congress may be too chicken to vote on a gas tax hike — yoo-hoo, 1993 ring a bell? — but many states across the country… -
media mention February 22, 2016 Hartford Courant: Letters ‘New Economic Reality’ Requires Fairer Taxes
“According to the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Connecticut has the 26th most unfair state and local tax system in the country. According to the institute’s calculations, Connecticut’s… -
media mention February 22, 2016 Statesman Journal: Letters maligning immigrants based on biased thinking, not facts
“Some letter writers have stated that undocumented workers are costing taxpayers billions of dollars each year. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (a nonpartisan nonprofit) released its study of… -
media mention February 22, 2016 American Press: Lawmakers examine income tax
“Three identical measures would allow voters to decide whether they want to eliminate the federal income tax deduction that is allowed on state income tax forms. The deduction is in… -
media mention February 22, 2016 Tulsa World: Julie DelCour: Measuring Up: ‘DOTs’ hope for a ‘Road to Damascus’ moment
“Last year, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reported that 20 states have gone a decade or more without an increase in their gasoline tax rate; 15 states had… -
media mention February 22, 2016 Hartford Courant: Teachers Call For Taxing Wealthy, Not Cutting Programs
“Basing its comments on what it said are figures from the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the union said that Connecticut households with incomes in the top… -
media mention February 22, 2016 Salon: How Delaware became an American haven for “grand corruption”
“According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the cherry on this tax-reduction sundae is that Toys R US can, in turn, take the royalty payment as a deductible… -
media mention February 17, 2016 The Capital Journal: SD policy institute figures how sales tax increase will affect different households
Smolnisky was trying to provide some more context for lawmakers debating the plan, based on an inkling she got months ago about funding an increase in teacher pay using… -
media mention February 17, 2016 Daily Kos: Memo to GOP budget chairmen: National debt will explode under your presidential candidates
“Among many others, Citizens for Tax Justice doesn’t share the supply-siders dynamic faith. The CTJ’s analyses forecast that Marco Rubio will drain $11.8 trillion from the Treasury over 10 years.… -
media mention February 17, 2016 The George-Anne: 99 problems and immigration is one
“According to a study conducted by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, undocumented immigrants paid $11.84 billion in state and local taxes in 2012 and it’s expected that if… -
media mention February 17, 2016 Forbes: How Valid Is Tax Foundation Dynamic Scoring?
“When I spoke to Carl Davis at ITEP he indicated that in order for the Tax Foundation model to make sense you have to think that the government is taking… -
media mention February 17, 2016 Las Cruces Sun-News: Posich: Budget must address needs of NM families
There are also ways to rebalance our tax structure to make it less heavily reliant on working families. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the lowest… -
media mention February 17, 2016 Boston Globe: The millionaire myth
“According to the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, only 448 millionaires departed the state or died in 2008, just 36 more than in an average year. Millionaires moved for… -
media mention February 12, 2016 Inside Philanthropy: The Federal Budget Affects Everything. So Why Do Most Funders Ignore Fiscal Policy?
“None of this is exactly a secret, but what’s remarkable is just how little foundation funding goes to support work on taxes and fiscal policy writ large—particularly by those funders… -
media mention February 12, 2016 Albuquerque Journal: Legislature must change course fast
“There are also ways to rebalance our tax structure to make it less heavily reliant on working families. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the lowest-income New… -
media mention February 10, 2016 Capital Journal: SD policy institute figures how sales tax increase will affect different households
“Smolnisky was trying to provide some more context for lawmakers debating the plan, based on an inkling she got months ago about funding an increase in teacher pay using higher… -
media mention February 10, 2016 Opposing Views: Senate Report: Illegal Immigrants Received Millions In Obamacare Subsidies
“Whether or not the undocumented have earned their government benefits is also a point of contention. According to a study conducted by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy… -
media mention February 10, 2016 Tahlequah Daily Press: Penny sales tax a bad idea
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy did an analysis of Oklahoma’s tax system, showing an average low-income family spends about 10 percent of its budget on state and local… -
media mention February 8, 2016 Idaho Statesman: Idaho income taxes: What would Moyle tax cut bill do?
“The Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy’s analysis showed that Idaho’s wealthiest residents stand to gain the most. The policy center found that the top fifth of earners, with incomes above… -
media mention February 8, 2016 Think Progress: New Report Debunks Key Conservative Argument For Corporate Tax Breaks
“Most of those businesses “would have been happy to locate in your state anyway,” economists Alan Peters and Peter Fisher concluded in a broad 2004 study of state tax incentives… -
media mention February 8, 2016 Latin Post: Behind the Myth of Undocumented Immigrants Not Paying Income Taxes
“A study by the non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found undocumented immigrants paid $11.84 billion in state and federal taxes in 2012. Researchers suggested tax contributions would increase… -
media mention February 8, 2016 The Sun Herald: PAUL HAMPTON: Where the rubber meets the yellow brick road
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan think tank, did a study that wrapped up in 2013 when it was presented to the National Council of State… -
media mention February 8, 2016 Las Vegas Sun: Why America needs immigrants (especially Nevada)
“Experts say that the implementation of these programs could be an economic boon to the country. According to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Nevada could… -
media mention February 3, 2016 Mountain Times: Report tries to paint a happy face on Kansas fiscal crisis
“The biggest benefits of Governor Brownback’s 2012 tax program went to the top 1 percent, while actually increasing taxes for the bottom 20 percent. Kansas now has the ninth most… -
media mention January 29, 2016 NJ Today: Lawmakers plot to stop corporate tax dodgers
“According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy Analysis of SEC Filings, ExxonMobil paid a low tax rate over the past five years, and received a tax rebate from…