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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… -
media mention May 28, 2015 The Emporia Gazette: Tax Structure Is the Problem
When considering income taxes overall, information from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy indicates that the poorest 20 percent of Kansans pay 11.1 percent of their income in taxes… -
media mention May 28, 2015 The Toledo Blade: Ohio Readies for First Break on Sales Tax
However, 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… -
media mention May 28, 2015 Stateline: To Create Revenue, Some States Put Scofflaws in Virtual Stocks
Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank, said that while making tax delinquents’ names public may work, a larger question is… -
media mention May 21, 2015 CBS Moneywatch: Who Will Pay for Ever-Growing Infrastructure Needs
But with the summer driving season about to start this weekend, the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) has jumped into the debate with some new data and… -
media mention May 21, 2015 PolitiFact: Are there more U.S. Senators than Wisconsin residents who would benefit from GOP estate tax plan
Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, called the estimation “pretty rock solid” and said the Center on Budget Policies and Priorities used a sensible… -
media mention May 21, 2015 The News&Observer: Ending Privilege Tax Drives up Property Taxes
The supposed “historic” tax cut of 2013 actually resulted in a tax code under which the average taxpayer in the bottom 80 percent of the income distribution now pays more… -
media mention May 20, 2015 Vox: These Common Tax Breaks Are a Disaster for Small Business
The left-wing Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy agrees with the conclusion and observes that when targeted tax breaks do reduce revenue, “that means reductions in the public services that… -
media mention May 18, 2015 Grist: Why It’s a Bad Idea to Tax People for Every Mile They Drive
Twenty-four states haven’t touched their gas tax rates in more than a decade, according to left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. For 16 of those states, the last change… -
media mention May 18, 2015 Honolulu Civic Beat: A Progressive Legislative Lament
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report of 2015 notes that Hawaii is the state with the second highest percent of its taxes paid by the bottom fifth as… -
media mention May 18, 2015 Kearny Hub: Static Gas Tax Rate Curbs Nebraska’s Buying Power
“It’s an inevitable fact that if gas tax rates are not updated from time to time, the tax is not going to keep pace with construction costs,” said Carl Davis… -
media mention May 18, 2015 The Birmingham News: The Easiest Budget Fix? Make the Rich Pay Taxes Like the Poor
The Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy calculated what Alabamians pay toward those three taxes and broke them down by what are called quintiles – 20 percent chunks of the… -
media mention May 18, 2015 Gannett: The Fair Tax Is Anything But Fair
According to the authoritative Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, it would mean an average $225,000 a year tax cut for the top 1 percent, and a net increase of… -
media mention May 18, 2015 The News&Observer: NC Forgoes a Tax Windfall
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit research group that focuses on tax fairness, analyzed that shift. Its findings have often been misconstrued to say that 80 percent… -
media mention May 18, 2015 The Press Democrat: The Five Biggest Myths about Measure A
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the gas tax has lost “28 percent of its value since 1997” as costs of highway construction and road repair work… -
media mention May 18, 2015 PolitiFact: Fair Tax Claim Ignores Contradictory Economic Models
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimated the sales tax would need to be 45 percent to be revenue neutral, as the proposal pledges, and also account for tax… -
media mention May 11, 2015 Law 360: Marijuana Legalization Accompanied By Tax Hurdles: Report
tates are gradually legalizing recreational and medical marijuana and expecting tax windfalls in the process, but the world of marijuana taxation is fraught with complexities that states must consider in… -
media mention May 11, 2015 The Ashville Citizens Times: Renewed Attacks on Renewable Energy in Raleigh
Okay. Let’s talk about fairness and competition. From 2008 to 2012 Duke Energy paid no federal income tax though making more than $9 billion in profits, according to a report…