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media mention June 18, 2015 U.S. News and World Report: Kansas Gov. Brownback Says Sales and Cigarette Tax Rises Are Not Tax Increases
But a new analysis Tuesday from Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan but left-leaning policy group based in Washington, said the cumulative effects of the changes in tax… -
media mention June 17, 2015 Wichita Eagle: Brownback Signs Budget and Tax Bills, Defends Tax Policies
TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback says a plan increasing sales and other taxes does not count as a tax increase because it comes on the heels of income tax cuts… -
media mention June 17, 2015 Kansas City Star: TheChat: Kansas Evaluates Impact of the Raucous 2015 Session
The fallout from the 2015 session continues. ▪ “It’s clearly a cautionary tale for other states to have in mind.” — Matthew Gardner, executive director of the left-leaning Institute on… -
media mention June 17, 2015 KCTV Kansas City: Kansas Governor Says Deficit Plan Is Not a Tax Increase
Brownback, his top aides and their legislative allies have argued repeatedly that cuts in income tax rates benefited all classes of taxpayers. The governor noted that one provision of this… -
media mention June 17, 2015 KSHB Kansas City: Social Service Agencies Worry About Potential Effects of Kansas Budget
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the poorest 40 percent of Kansans will pay an average of $131 more in taxes because of the new budget. According… -
media mention June 15, 2015 New York Times: Kansas Tax Cutting Model Tarnished by Sales Tax Increase
Matthew Gardner, executive director of the left-leaning, Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said Kansas’ experience makes it more difficult for other states to pursue aggressive income tax cuts.… -
media mention June 15, 2015 Columbus Dispatch: Ohio’s Top Earners Benefit More From Senate’s Tax Plan Than House’s, Analysis Says
The report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy on behalf of liberal research group Policy Matters Ohio estimates that the lowest 40 percent of Ohio income earners would… -
media mention June 15, 2015 Star Tribune: Kansas Lawmakers Pass Plan to Boost Sales, Cigarette Taxes After Brownback’s Budget Warnings
“TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican legislators in Kansas narrowly approved tax increases Friday, responding to pleas from their leaders and a warning from GOP Gov. Sam Brownback’s aides about draconian spending… -
media mention June 15, 2015 Daily Record: Letter: State’s Tax Structure Hits the Poor the Hardest
Why did the recession have such a damaging effect on the state budget? Because, almost uniquely in the country, most of our state’s revenue comes from various kinds of sales… -
media mention June 15, 2015 The Washington Post: How Kansas Keeps Making Life Harder for the Poor
Poor families in Kansas would pay even more in taxes under a bill the state House passed Friday. Matt Gardner, the executive director of the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention June 12, 2015 Presna Latina: Substantial Contribution of Immigrants to US Economy
The text states that the contributions of this sector would increase by $ 845 million if the migrant relief proposed by US President Barack Obama is finally approved, and in… -
media mention June 12, 2015 Salon: Sam Brownback Guts Kansas Even More: This Is Life Under America’s Worst Republican Governor
Brownback’s well-paid tax consultant, the legendary economist Laffer, promised Kansans that the cuts would pay for themselves in supercharged economic growth. At the time, a report from the Institute on… -
media mention June 9, 2015 The Washington Post: The Facts About Rick Perry And The ‘Texas Miracle’
On average, the poorest one in five Texas residents pays 12.5 percent of their annual income in taxes to the state and to local governments, among the highest rates in… -
media mention June 9, 2015 Columbus Dispatch: Kasich Flirts With Steve Forbes’ Flat Tax
“If you ask its advocates why it’s a good idea, one of the first things they’ll say is it’s a simpler way to tax,” said Matt Gardner, executive director of… -
media mention June 9, 2015 The News-Herald: Amazon’s Ohio Sales Tax Collection Seen As Way To ‘Level Playing Field,’ Close Tax Loophole
Some states, however, have decided not to wait for the federal government to make the change. So far, 10 states have taken their own limited steps to expand the number… -
media mention June 9, 2015 Dayton Daily News: Kasich Flirts With Flat Tax
“If you ask its advocates why it’s a good idea, one of the first things they’ll say is it’s a simpler way to tax,” said Matt Gardner, executive director of… -
media mention June 5, 2015 Chicagoist: Addressing Property Taxes And Gentrification Along The 606
Most gentrification narratives go vaguely like this: hipsters come to a neighborhood and open up fancy businesses and build fancy stuff and the original residents get pushed out. But often… -
media mention June 3, 2015 Hutchinson News: Brownback’s Latest Tax Plan Appears To Be More Of Same
Brownback proposed the state eliminate income taxes for 388,000 poor residents and raise taxes for business owners. Sounds good. But the nonpartisan Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy found that… -
media mention June 3, 2015 WNPR: Hold On: Why Don’t Corporations in Connecticut Pay (More) Tax?
Matt Gardner is director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, and he explained it this way: “If you think it’s wrong for companies to be able to shift… -
media mention June 2, 2015 Kansas City Star: Early analysis shows that Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan would raise taxes for 40 percent of low- and middle-income Kansans
The non-partisan Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy found that the plan leaves behind the poorest 40 percent of Kansans. “The data does not support Governor Brownback’s claims,” said Annie… -
media mention June 2, 2015 Providence Journal: Proposed Tax Breaks Focus on Keeping Retirees in RI
Kate Brewster, executive director of Economic Progress Institute, also had a warning for the committee. She cautioned that while many have stories of seniors who move out of state because… -
media mention June 2, 2015 In These Times: 30,000 Teachers Walk Out
Indeed, Washington has the nation’s most regressive tax structure, according to a study published in January by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The study found that the state’s… -
media mention June 2, 2015 Ashville Citizen Times: Long-Term Tax Shifts May Hit Rich and Poor Differently
North Carolina’s sales tax is unfair because it “requires the least from those with the most,” said Meg Wiehe, state tax policy director at the national Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention May 29, 2015 Asheville Citizen-Times: Long-term tax shifts may hit rich and poor differently
North Carolina’s sales tax law has loopholes large enough to drive a truck through — or sail a boat, pilot an airplane or guide a train. Or pull a wood… -
media mention May 29, 2015 US News & World Report: The Party of Red Ink
Meg Wiehe, state tax policy director at the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, says Kansas’ tax cuts are “definitely the number-one reason the state faces a big budget…