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media mention September 18, 2015 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: On the roads again
“What I describe is generally advocated by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which likes the idea of continuing to base highway money on highway use, which seems… -
media mention September 18, 2015 Salisbury Post: Talkback: What online readers say about …
If allowed to work in the country legally, their state and local tax contributions will increase significantly. The increase could cover the current deficit between service costs and revenues… -
media mention September 18, 2015 WUNC: Under New Tax Plan, Timing Belt Change Would Cost $30 More On This Volkswagen Jetta
“Sen. Josh Stein, a Democrat from Wake County, disagrees. He says the plan would favor high-wage earners because everyone pays the same income tax—instead of lower rates for people… -
media mention September 15, 2015 Bloomberg BNA: Individual Income Tax Insights: Fifty States of Rates – State Tax Systems Don’t Play Fair
“All state tax systems are inherently unfair, at least that is the verdict issued by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). ITEP’s 2015 Who Pays: A Distributional Analysis… -
media mention September 15, 2015 Mother Jones: John Kasich Was Against Poor People Before He Was for Them
“Once again, the budget brought tax savings for the wealthy, and higher taxes for those who can least afford them. An analysis of the 2015 budget by the Institute of… -
media mention September 15, 2015 Lexington Herald-Leader: Despite stark financial outlook, Kentucky gubernatorial candidates say little about taxes
“According to the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Kentucky’s richest 1 percent of families — those earning at least $330,000 a year — already have the lowest overall… -
media mention September 15, 2015 The Washington Times: U.S. companies given Export-Import Bank subsidies keep profits offshore, skirt taxes
“Matt Gardner, the executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said companies that are both benefiting from federally backed loans and who are keeping some of their… -
media mention September 15, 2015 St. Louis Post Dispatch: Nicklaus: Tax credit would be better for workers than minimum wage hike
“The federal credit has become one of the government’s most powerful antipoverty tools. It also improves progressivity, a virtue that’s lacking in many state tax systems, including Missouri’s. “It can… -
media mention September 10, 2015 New York Daily News: #Undocumoney Campaign to Show How Much Undocumented Immigrants Contribute to U.S Economy
“According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the over 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States collectively paid $11.84 billion in state and local taxes in 2012.”… -
media mention September 8, 2015 Reuters: Tax Exemption May Be Key to Move of Keurig’s Coffee Buying to Switzerland
“The fact that Keurig is doing this is pretty clearly due to a loophole in the law that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense,” said Matt Gardner, executive director… -
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,…