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media mention April 21, 2015 MLive Media Group: You ask, we answer: Proposal 1, regressive taxes and electric vehicle fees
Sales taxes, which would increase under Proposal 1, are considered “regressive” because they can disproportionally affect low-income workers, who tend to spend a larger portion of their earnings on taxable… -
media mention April 21, 2015 Lansing State Journal: Tax proposal will cost some $500 per household
The average tax hike for the middle fifth of Michigan households — those making $40,000 to $64,000 a year — would be $267, or $22 a month, according to an… -
media mention April 21, 2015 The Spokesman-Review: Last Idaho Gas Tax Hike? 1995
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy notes Idaho is one of 22 states that have gone more than a decade without raising its gas tax. Idaho, which last raised… -
media mention April 21, 2015 KHON2: Hawaii resident’s tax burden one of the worst in the US
The Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy, or ITEP, found in its latest report that many taxes — including payroll taxes, sales taxes, and some state and local taxes —… -
media mention April 21, 2015 Honolulu Civil Beat: Is This Really Fair Taxation?
The bill’s preamble language, which is supposed to give the reader some idea of what is motivating the law change proposal, states: According to the study “Who Pays: A Distribution… -
media mention April 21, 2015 Governing: This Week in Public Finance
A new study has found that granting undocumented immigrants’ legal status in the United States could increase state and local tax collections by a total of more than $2 billion… -
media mention April 21, 2015 El Universal: Immigrants’ Tax Contributions Would Increase Under Obama’s Executive Actions
A new study titled, Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contributions, conducted by the U.S. Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) shows that undocumented immigrants’ tax contributions would increase significantly… -
media mention April 21, 2015 Washington Post: Kansas Lawmakers Want the Poor to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Rich
The Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy’s Meg Wiehe notes that in many states, average incomes have only increased among the richest groups in recent years. As a result, a system of taxation that depends more… -
media mention April 20, 2015 The Star-Ledger: How Much do N.J.’s Unauthorized Immigrants Pay in Taxes?
Immigrants living in New Jersey illegally pay about $613 million a year in state and local taxes and could pay much more under proposed immigration reforms, according to a new… -
media mention April 20, 2015 NY Daily News: Corporate giants often get huge tax breaks, while poor, undocumented immigrants have paid billions in state taxes
Yes, the unauthorized immigrant population, among the poorest and most vulnerable in New York State, does its part when it comes to taxes, according to a report by the Institute… -
media mention April 20, 2015 The Washington Post: Breaking Down the $11.8B Illegal Immigrants Pay in Taxes
Here’s a talking point for Democrats: President Obama’s executive actions on immigration will generate an extra $845 million in taxes annually from immigrants living here illegally. But that’s just a drop in the… -
media mention April 20, 2015 The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Could Get Cash from Obama Immigration Orders
Utah could collect an extra $10.9 million a year in state and local tax revenue if President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration proceed. And Utah could receive about twice… -
media mention April 20, 2015 The Atlanta Journal Constitution: Deportation Deferral Could Boost Georgia Tax Revenue
eorgia would see a nearly $40 million increase in local and state tax revenues if President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration are allowed to go forward, according to a… -
media mention April 20, 2015 Law 360: Undocumented Workers Can Add $2.2B in Taxes, Report Says
States and localities across the country would reap an estimated $2.2 billion per year in taxes if the 11.4 million undocumented immigrants living in the country were granted lawful permanent… -
media mention April 20, 2015 Pacific Business News: Hawaii’s Undocumented Immigrants Paid More than $31M in Taxes
Hawaii’s undocumented immigrants paid $31.17 million in state and local taxes in 2012, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. With immigration reform, those… -
media mention April 20, 2015 The Fiscal Times: Study Finds Illegal Immigrants Pay $11.8B in Taxes
The 50-state analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy released on Thursday found that roughly 8.1 million of 11.4 million undocumented immigrants who work paid more than $11.8… -
media mention April 20, 2015 International Business Times UK: Legalisation of Undocumented Would Increase Tax Contribution by £1.47b a Year
Undocumented immigrants would contribute billions of dollars in tax contributions if they were granted a pathway to legal permanent residence, a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy… -
media mention April 20, 2015 Maui Now: Tax Reform and Executive Action Would Increase Immigrants Contributions
In a new study, “Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contributions” by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, it was found that undocumented immigrants’ tax contributions would increase significantly under the… -
media mention April 20, 2015 The Inquisitor: Illegal Immigrants Pay $11.8B in Taxes
Released on Thursday, the study is the work of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a research organization that is both non-profit and non-partisan. Their findings reveal that around… -
media mention April 20, 2015 KRGV (Texas): Executive Action Would Increase Tax Contributions
“According to the U.S. Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the 11.4 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S. paid $11.84 billion in state and local taxes in 2012.… -
media mention April 20, 2015 Hutchinson News: Tax Poor
A new report from the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows that in Kansas families who make less than $20,000 a year pay about 11.1 percent of their… -
media mention April 20, 2015 Latin Post: All U.S. Immigrants Could Contribute $2.2B a Year
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization about tax policy issues, found that if all 11.4 million undocumented immigrants received lawful permanent residency in… -
media mention April 15, 2015 The Washington Post: Varied and Sometimes Unfair State Taxes
States favor their highest earners when it comes to taxation, according to a January report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. As we reported then, the bottom fifth of earners give… -
media mention April 15, 2015 The Montgomery Advertiser: Ending Federal Tax Deduction
The lowest-earning 20 percent of residents shell out approximately 10.2 percent of their annual income on state and local taxes, for example, while top earners pay only 3.8 percent, according… -
media mention April 15, 2015 Keene Sentinel: On Tax Day, a Look at New Hampshire’s Budget Battle
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, “On average, poor homeowners and renters pay more of their incomes in property taxes than do any other income group —…