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The Hill: Reports: Immigration programs benefit the economy, families
February 26, 2016
“Undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. collectively pay about $11.64 billion yearly in state and local taxes, a new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found. This week’s report comes as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case this term challenging President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. The programs Obama launched […]
The Arizona Republic: Valdez: US can get some easy money from migrants
February 26, 2016
Want some easy money, America? Give undocumented immigrants a break.That’s right. Drop the nasty rhetoric, and embrace some of the nation’s most maligned residents. It’ll pay off in big bucks. A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says undocumented immigrants pay about $11.64 billion a year in state and local […]
Morning Star: The Ins and Outs of Social Security Benefits and Taxes
February 26, 2016
“Twenty-nine states (including the District of Columbia) that have a broad-based income tax exempt all Social Security from tax, according to a tally by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Seven states tax some Social Security benefits but provide an exemption that is more generous than what is available at the federal level. Six […]
Latin American Herald Tribune: Undocumented Immigrants Pay $11.6 Billion in U.S. Taxes
February 26, 2016
“The approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States pay $11.6 billion per year in taxes, a figure that would increase by $805 million if the executive action measures taken by President Barack Obama are approved, according to a study released on Wednesday. The report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy […]
Al Dia News: Studies clash over the real cost of undocumented immigration
February 26, 2016
“Each year, the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. generate more $11.6 billion in state and local taxes, according to an updated 50-state analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy last year (ITEP). But immigration regulation advocates call the study misleading for its failure to account for government services consumed by […]
Think Progress: GOP Candidates Likely Don’t Want You To Know This Fact About Undocumented Immigrants
February 26, 2016
“Particularly as GOP presidential candidates promise to deport the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, there’s a lot of public debate over whether those people make any significant contributions in this country. But there is one area where they are clearly contributing. Undocumented immigrants living in the United States pay $11.6 […]
NJ Spotlight: Taxes Paid By Undocumented Immigrants Help Fill State And Local Coffers
February 26, 2016
“Undocumented immigrants living in New Jersey contribute nearly $600 million in state and local taxes, one of the highest totals for any U.S. state, according to a new nationwide study. Those revenues flow into state and local coffers when undocumented immigrants pay property taxes, sales taxes and income taxes, the Institute on Economic Policy and […]
GoLocalProv: Undocumented Immigrants Pay $33.4 Million in RI Taxes, Says Report
February 26, 2016
“Undocumented immigrants pay $33.4 million in state and local taxes each year in Rhode Island, according to a new report. The Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released a new study revealing that nationally, undocumented immigrants contribute over $11.6 billion to state and local coffers each year, including $33.4 million in Rhode Island.” Read […]
Latin Times: Undocumented Immigrants Pay More Than $11 Billion In State, Local Taxes Each Year
February 26, 2016
“Do undocumented immigrants pay taxes? It’s a question that a lot of American voters are asking as immigration takes center stage in the 2016 presidential election, and filing our taxes stays on the back burner until 11pm on Monday, April 18 (but who’s counting?) They short answer is yes: the estimated 10.9 million immigrants in […]
TeleSUR: US: Undocumented Immigrants Pay at Least $11.6 Billion in Taxes
February 26, 2016
“Undocumented immigrants pay US$11.6 billion per year in taxes, and perhaps more, according to a new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. While making up less than 3 percent of the U.S. population, undocumented immigrants account for 8 percent of local and state tax revenue, the group found.” Read more
Boston Globe: Study finds immigration reform would bring Massachusetts over $60 million in new taxes
February 26, 2016
“In January, Gov. Charlie Baker cut $49 million from Massachusetts’ state budget. But a study Wednesday found state and local governments could recoup well more than that amount, in the event that current undocumented immigrants in the state are granted full legal status. Massachusetts would bring in more than $60 million a year in new […]
RI Future: Undocumented workers pay $33.4 million in RI taxes and they need drivers licenses
February 26, 2016
“As for taxes, a report from the Economic Progress Institute (EPI) demonstrates that “Undocumented immigrants contribute more than $11.6 billion to state and local coffers each year, including $33.4 million in Rhode Island, according to a new study released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP).”” Read more
Mic: New Study Shows Just How Much Undocumented Immigrants Actually Contribute
February 26, 2016
“Undocumented immigrants pay an estimated $12 billion in taxes to the federal government annually. But that’s just for Uncle Sam. A new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows that undocumented immigrants also pay quite a lot in state and local taxes — $11.6 billion a year. And that amount would increase […]
International Business Times: Immigration Reform 2016: More Than $11B In Taxes Are Paid By Undocumented Immigrants Each Year
February 26, 2016
“With illegal immigration a focal point of the 2016 presidential election, a new study has taken a closer look at undocumented immigrants’ contributions to federal, state and local taxes. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy calculated that undocumented immigrants across the country pay $11.6 billion per year in income, sales and property taxes.” Read […]
The Inquirer: Undocumented, but not untaxed: How much immigrants pay
February 26, 2016
“Immigrants living illegally in the United States paid $11.6 billion in state and local taxes in 2013, including $590 million collected in New Jersey, $139 million in Pennsylvania, and $12 million in Delaware, according to a study released Wednesday by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The Washington research group said its 50-state analysis, which […]
Fox News Latino: Undocumented immigrants pay $11.6 billion per year in state taxes, report says
February 26, 2016
“The approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States pay $11.6 billion per year in taxes, a figure that would increase by $805 million if the executive action measures taken by President Barack Obama are approved, according to a study released on Wednesday. The report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy […]
USA Today: Study: 58,000 U.S. bridges found to be ‘structurally deficient’
February 22, 2016
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy counts nine states seriously considering motor fuel tax increases: Alabama, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, and South Carolina. “Most of the gas tax increases under discussion right now would help restore at least some of the purchasing power they lost while being frozen in time […]
POLITICO Morning Transportation: Delta VP dishes on opposition to AIRR Act
February 22, 2016
“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 don’t seem to have the same scaredy-cat rationale, at least not anymore. Nine states are “seriously considering” hiking their fuel taxes this year, following the […]
Hartford Courant: Letters ‘New Economic Reality’ Requires Fairer Taxes
February 22, 2016
“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 richest 1 percent pay 5.3 percent of their income in state and local taxes, while the other 99 percent of us pay an average of […]
Statesman Journal: Letters maligning immigrants based on biased thinking, not facts
February 22, 2016
“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 taxes paid by undocumented workers, and determined that in 2012 these workers paid over $11 billion in state and local taxes.” Read more
American Press: Lawmakers examine income tax
February 22, 2016
“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 the constitution. The change would raise $748 million annually, and the vote to decide the issue would take place Nov. 8. Only three states — […]
Tulsa World: Julie DelCour: Measuring Up: ‘DOTs’ hope for a ‘Road to Damascus’ moment
February 22, 2016
“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 gone two decades or more. And five states, including Oklahoma, had not seen an increase in their gasoline tax rate since the 1980s or earlier. […]
Hartford Courant: Teachers Call For Taxing Wealthy, Not Cutting Programs
February 22, 2016
“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 1 percent pay 5.3 percent of their incomes in state and local taxes, while the remaining 99 percent of Connecticut residents pay an average of […]
Salon: How Delaware became an American haven for “grand corruption”
February 22, 2016
“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 business expense off their state tax returns. In 1990, Geoffrey LLC received $55 million in royalty income, “and Toys R US was able to avoid […]
The Capital Journal: SD policy institute figures how sales tax increase will affect different households
February 17, 2016
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 sales taxes. “I was sitting next to two teachers and one said, ‘I would like a higher salary, but I don’t want to pay […]
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