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media mention September 8, 2015 Indianapolis Star: Transportation Funding at a Crossroads in Indiana
“Families today are spending a smaller share of their household budgets on gas taxes than they have in about three decades, and they are receiving a lower-quality transportation network in… -
media mention September 8, 2015 The Toledo Blade: Labor Pains
Deindustrialization in Rust Belt economies such as Toledo have driven these changes, yet they’ve been aggravated by state government’s regressive, anti-tax agenda. The top 1 percent of Ohioans bring home… -
media mention September 8, 2015 Journal Courier: Transportation Funding at Crossroads
“Families today are spending a smaller share of their household budgets on gas taxes than they have in about three decades, and they are receiving a lower-quality transportation network in… -
media mention September 4, 2015 Daily Press: Nation Needs to Talk About Immigration, But Not the Way Donald Trump Insists
And just to shoot down one more oft-mentioned canard on this issue: According to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, about 8.1 million undocumented immigrants paid… -
media mention August 28, 2015 Report: Tax Policy Benefits Flow Heavily to Wealthiest Ohioans
The windfall for the wealthy results from cuts in state income taxes, the major tax that is based on the ability to pay, while increases in other taxes such as… -
media mention August 26, 2015 News and Observer: Unfair ‘Bill of Rights’
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, “The personal income tax can be – and usually is – the fairest of the main revenue sources relied on by… -
media mention August 25, 2015 Newsmax: Pros and Cons of Illegal Immigrants Filing Taxes With IRS
Undocumented immigrants paid an estimated $10.6 billion in state and local taxes in 2010, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, CNN reported. Those tax contributions will rise… -
media mention August 24, 2015 Standard-Times: Undocumented Immigrants’ Economic Impact Unclear in Texas
“Meanwhile, about 1.7 million immigrants are unauthorized, according to the center. The report cites the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy as saying that in Texas unauthorized immigrants in 2010… -
media mention August 24, 2015 Policy Mic: What Republicans Don’t Want You to Know About “Securing the Border”
New York’s place on that list is especially salient given its place as the largest of the estimated 200 “sanctuary cities” across the country. The designation reflects a decision by… -
media mention August 18, 2015 News Net 5: States are Doing What Congress Won’t on the Gas Tax
“We had quite a long drought where states weren’t willing to deal with this issue, despite the fact that their infrastructure wasn’t in great shape,” said Carl Davis, research director… -
media mention August 18, 2015 Five Thirty Eight: Everything* Donald Trump’s Immigration Plan Gets Wrong
But there’s another side to the equation: taxes. Many undocumented immigrants work off the books and don’t pay taxes on their earnings. But many others do pay taxes. One recent… -
media mention August 17, 2015 Minn Post: Tax and Spin: Most Families in Wisconsin, it Turns Out, Would Save on Taxes by Moving to Minnesota
For years, Wisconsin has had some of the highest residential property taxes in the country. The result is that across every income bracket, homeowners in Wisconsin pay a higher share… -
media mention August 17, 2015 TV Newsroom: Tax-Free Weekend Offers Great Savings
“The bottom line is that whatever policy goal you want to achieve through a sales tax holiday, there are probably better ways to achieve those goals”, said Matthew Gardner, executive… -
media mention August 17, 2015 Daily Lobo: Letter: Support for Trump’s Hatred of Immigrants Not Backed by Facts
An economic perspective: The Partnership for a New American Economy found that immigrants started 28 percent of new U.S. businesses in 2011, though they account for only 13 percent of… -
media mention August 14, 2015 Slate: Don’t Fall for Back-to-School Tax Holidays
If shoppers are simply shifting their spending to save on taxes, that means the states are losing revenue. That’s certainly the position of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy,… -
media mention August 13, 2015 Purdue Exponent: Mike Huckabee: Alienating Himself in the Name of God
“I’m still one who says that we can get rid of the Internal Revenue Service if we would pass the FairTax, which is a tax on consumption rather than a… -
media mention August 13, 2015 News and Observer: Problems with NC Legislation to Cap Taxes, Reduce Spending
Colorado has struggled with its TABOR, with declines in the percentage it has spent on education, including secondary and elementary schools, and on higher education. Colorado declined from 35th to… -
media mention August 11, 2015 Ohio Watchdog: Is Sales Tax Holiday Good or Bad for Ohio?
Bill sponsor Rep. John Patterson Jr., D-Jefferson, thinks passage of the measure would generate activity in retail stores and help create excitement that could rival the post-Thanksgiving Black Friday sales.… -
media mention August 11, 2015 Toledo Blade: Ohio Readies for First Break on Sales Tax
Carl Davis, a senior analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit nonpartisan Washington think tank, said that while tax holidays help retailers, they don’t accomplish much… -
media mention August 11, 2015 Columbus Dispatch: Ohio’s Sales-Tax Holiday Gets Mixed Reviews
Ohio’s first sales-tax holiday is in the books, and whether there will be one next year remains a matter of speculation. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy conducted a… -
media mention August 11, 2015 The Atlantic City Lab: Even Doubled, America’s Gas Tax Would Be Low by World Standards
The U.S. rate of 53 cents a gallon reflects the federal gas tax as well as the average state tax. Adding Carper’s 16 cents wouldn’t budge the U.S. position way… -
media mention August 10, 2015 Press Examiner: Day Back To School Sales Tax Holiday Underway
“So states that are not doing sales tax holidays, they’re certainly not missing out”. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, sales-tax holidays cost states about $300 million… -
media mention August 10, 2015 KSWO: Oklahoma Retailers Expect Soaring Sales on Sales Tax Holiday
Oklahoma retailers are stocking their shelves as they prepare for the state’s annual sales tax holiday on back-to-school clothing and shoes. But tax policy analysts say it’s little more than… -
media mention August 7, 2015 TJC News: State Sales Tax Holiday Begins Friday
“Paying more to skip the crowds is a back to school shopping strategy some embraced Thursday before the start of the Texas Sales Tax Holiday weekend. A few examples of… -
media mention August 7, 2015 Washington Times: Oklahoma Retailers Expect Soaring Sales on Sales Tax Holiday
“The bottom line is that whatever policy goal you want to achieve through a sales tax holiday, there are probably better ways to achieve those goals,” said Matthew Gardner, executive…