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media mention April 15, 2015 The Atlantic: Americans Love Paying Taxes
These taxes are far from negligible, especially for very low-income people. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, people earning less than $19,000 a year pay an average… -
media mention April 15, 2015 The Atlantic City Lab: Using Legos to Explain Tax Policy
According to a 2015 report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the poorest 20 percent of individuals and families pay an average 10.9 percent in state and local… -
media mention April 15, 2015 Vermont Public Radio: Business Leaders Mount Campaign Against Plan to Limit Tax Deductions
Carl Davis is a senior analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington, D.C., based research group that analyzes federal, state and local tax policies. Davis, who… -
media mention April 15, 2015 The Star News: Taxing Times for Tar Heels
Meanwhile, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports that in all 50 states, the wealthy tend to pay a lower percentage of their incomes in taxes than low- and… -
media mention April 15, 2015 The Dallas Morning News: Tax Cuts Are Not the Answer for Texas
A recent report from the Center for Public Policy Priorities found that those who are least able to afford it pay a larger share of their incomes in state and… -
media mention April 15, 2015 Inland News Today: Who Pays Taxes in California?
A new study has found that the lowest-income families in California pay a greater share of their incomes in state and local taxes, on average, than other families, including those… -
media mention April 15, 2015 The Topeka Capital-Journal: Kansas Tax System Puts Higher Burden on Poor
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy examined each state’s income, sales, excise and property taxes to determine how much the average person at various income levels would pay. In… -
media mention April 15, 2015 Bill Moyers: Progress is Just Another Word for Crony Capitalism
Verizon, which is the worst of the bunch, paid no federal income taxes between 2008 and 2012, according to studies from the Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute for… -
media mention April 14, 2015 LA Times: How States Suck the Fairness out of the Tax System
A look at the data used by CTJ shows why this happens. It’s compiled annually by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which issues its own report, “Who Pays,” every few… -
media mention April 14, 2015 The Atlantic: What Undocumented Students Bring to the Classroom
The parents of undocumented students pay nearly $11 billion total a year in taxes, according to a 2013 Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy study, though, fearing deportation, many undocumented… -
media mention April 14, 2015 The Toledo Blade: Lawmakers Should Expand the State EITC
Ohio has pursued an increasingly regressive tax system in recent years, and Governor Kasich’s proposed new tax plan would continue that trend. Through a combination of income tax cuts and… -
media mention April 13, 2015 The Oregonian: Oregon Lags on Transportation Investment
Explaining to The Atlantic last week why Republican state legislatures were so much readier to raise the gas tax than Republican congressmen, Carl Davis of the Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention April 13, 2015 Nashville Post: Possible Hall Tax Cut Among Road Blocks to the Budget
“Americans for Prosperity, the Koch-brothers-funded advocacy group, have pushed hard for the state to do away with the tax, calling it punitive for those who save for retirement. According to… -
media mention April 13, 2015 Crain’s Detroit Business: Households Would Pay $474 More in Tax Under Prop 1
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 13, 2015 Reuters: Why Are States Leaving Billions in Retiree Income on the Table?
Illinois exempts all retirement income from state taxes – Social Security, private and public pensions, and annuities. We’re leaving $2 billion on the table annually, according to the state’s estimates.… -
media mention April 13, 2015 The Seattle Times: Reform Our Tax System with a Flat Tax
airness: The Washington State Tax Structure Study Committee found that in 1999 the state’s lowest-income households paid 15.7 percent of their income on state and local taxes, while the highest-income… -
media mention April 13, 2015 Union Bulletin: State Needs Flat Rate Income Tax
“Fairness: The Washington State Tax Structure Study Committee found that in 1999 the state’s lowest-income households paid 15.7 percent of their income on state and local taxes, while the highest-income… -
media mention April 13, 2015 The Advocate: With future of Louisiana higher education threatened, lawmakers sift through filed bills seeking deficit plug
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a liberal nonprofit in Washington, D.C., reported in January that the poorest 20 percent of households in Louisiana pay an average of 10… -
media mention April 13, 2015 Lansing Journal: Working Poor May See Modest Tax Break Under Prop 1
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, in an analysis conducted for the Michigan League for Public Policy, estimates a small net tax break of $24 for the average Michigan EITC… -
media mention April 13, 2015 The Detroit News: Prop 1 Would Cost Households Hundreds More in Taxes
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 13, 2015 USA Today: The Tax Even Republicans Like
And one state can start a wave. For example, Virginia reformed its gas tax in 2013, making it easier for neighbors like Maryland and Pennsylvania to follow, says Carl Davis,… -
media mention April 13, 2015 Mother Jones: Why Do Progressive States Have Regressive Tax Codes?
This problem isn’t limited to conservative states: According to a recent report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), every state places a higher effective tax rate on… -
media mention April 12, 2015 Meet the Press: #Nerdscreen, It’s Tax Time
Common sense would suggest that the more money you make, the higher tax rate you pay, but that’s not exactly right. Read More -
media mention April 3, 2015 Pacific Business News: Hawaii Community Foundation Launches Fund to Support Immigrants
The Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy found that in 2010, unauthorized immigrants in Hawaii paid more than $60.3 million in state and local taxes. If granted legal status, they… -
media mention April 3, 2015 Boston Globe: Baker’s Position on Taxes Is Great for the Wealthy, and Not Many Others
In fact, many in Massachusetts have been taxed more than enough. Those in the lowest 20 percent of personal income pay more than twice as high a share to state…