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media mention January 16, 2015 KUOW: Washington State Ranks As Having Most Regressive Tax System
Ross Reynolds talks with Meg Wiehie, state policy director for the Institute on Taxation and Economic policy, about their yearly ranking of regressive tax systems. Reynolds also speaks with Paul… -
media mention January 16, 2015 WESA: PA’s Taxes Among the Most Regressive
“A new report finds Pennsylvania remains on a list of the “Terrible 10” — states with the most regressive tax policies. The non-partisan Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy finds… -
media mention January 16, 2015 The Citizens Voice: Tax burden unfair
As legislative leaders in Harrisburg refuse to implement a tax on Marcellus Shale gas extraction and to close tax loopholes for wealthy interests, a new study reveals the consequences of… -
media mention January 16, 2015 Santa Fe New Mexican: Tax system puts big burden on low-paid
According to a new report, New Mexico tax policy is moving in the wrong direction, as a reduction in corporate taxes coupled with increases in gross receipts taxes is putting… -
media mention January 16, 2015 Tulsa World: Oklahoma has the 16th most unfair state and local sales tax system
Oklahoma has the 16th most unfair state and local tax system in the country, says a report released Wednesday. In Oklahoma, the bottom 80 percent of taxpayers are paying between… -
media mention January 16, 2015 News Works: Pennsylvania’s taxes among the most regressive
“A new report finds Pennsylvania remains on a list of the “Terrible 10” states with the most regressive tax policies. The nonpartisan Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy finds that… -
media mention January 16, 2015 Ashbury Park Press: NJ’s tax system fairer than most, though still unequal
“New Jersey’s state and local tax system is fairer than most states, though low- and middle-income residents still devote a larger share of their income to taxes than the wealthy.… -
media mention January 16, 2015 State of Politics: Here and Now
“Taxes in New York may be the highest in the country, but at least they are reasonably equitable, according to the latest Who Pays study from the liberal Institute on… -
media mention January 16, 2015 Sunshine State News: Florida taxes second-most regressive in US
“Florida’s tax system poses a larger burden on poorer residents than almost any other state, according to a report released Wednesday by policy researchers at the Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention January 16, 2015 Peach Pundit: Georgia’s Working and Middle Class Face Nearly Double the Tax Rate of Top 1%
“A new study from the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy (ITEP) analyzes the tax structures of all 50 states and finds that Georgia’s richest contribute a much smaller share… -
media mention January 16, 2015 RTT News: Think Tank Says Poor Americans Pay More Taxes
A report by a non-partisan think tanks says that America’s poor are disproportionately burdened when it comes to paying taxes. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, virtually… -
media mention January 16, 2015 Accounting Today: States Tax Poor More Heavily than Ultra-rich
A new report finds that every state tax system, with the exception of the District of Columbia, taxes its poorest residents at significantly higher tax rates than the wealthiest 1… -
media mention January 16, 2015 Providence Business News: Study finds R.I.’s poorest residents pay more taxes than wealthiest
“A new study says that taxpayers in the lowest-income bracket in Rhode Island can expect to pay nearly twice as much of their income toward state and local taxes as… -
media mention January 16, 2015 The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah’s tax burden hits 20-year low, rich-poor gap widens
“Utah’s tax burden is at its lowest point in 20 years. But poor and middle-class Utahns pay nearly twice as much of their earnings for tax as do the wealthiest… -
media mention January 16, 2015 Arkansas Times: The poor hit harder by local taxes; bottom 40 percent left out in Asa tax cut
You can go to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy for Arkansas-specific information. Arkansas does not make the “terrible ten” most regressive states, where the bottom 20 percent pay… -
media mention January 16, 2015 KNWA: Arkansas Receives Negative Mark On Taxing Residents
“A new study released today by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) puts Arkansas among the most unfair tax systems in the country. According to the study, Arkansas’s… -
media mention January 16, 2015 The Edmond Sun: Low, middle-income Oklahomans pay highest taxes
“Low and middle-income Oklahomans pay more than two times more in taxes as a percentage of their income compared to the state’s wealthiest residents, a new study finds. On Wednesday,… -
media mention January 16, 2015 New Jersey Online: N.J. low- and middle-income families pay larger share of income in state taxes,
“New Jersey’s poor and middle-class families pay a larger share of their income in taxes than the rich, but the tax structure is more progressive than three-quarters of the states,… -
media mention January 16, 2015 The Tampa Bay Times: Florida taxes second-most regressive in US
Florida’s tax system poses a larger burden on poorer residents than almost any other state, according to a report released Wednesday by policy researchers at the Institute on Taxation… -
media mention January 16, 2015 The Oregonian: Oregon’s tax system one of fairest in nation for lower income
“A new study by a liberal think tank says Oregon’s tax system is one of the least regressive in the country as the result of the lack of a sales… -
media mention January 16, 2015 News & Record: Tax policy makes the poor poorer
“The lower your income, the greater share of it you pay in state and local taxes, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports today. This is true all across… -
media mention January 16, 2015 Greenwich Time: State ranks 26th for regressive taxes
Connecticut ranks 26 in a study that judges the fairness of state tax systems. According to the study, states with regressive tax structures have negative tax inequality indexes, meaning that… -
media mention January 16, 2015 Arkansas Matters: AR Ranks 11th Nationally for Tax Burden on Poor
“Arkansas ranks eleventh in the nation when it comes to taxing the poor. The poorest Arkansans, those making under $9,600 per year, pay two times more in taxes as a… -
media mention January 16, 2015 Lawrence Journal-World: Kansas has ninth most regressive tax code
Lower-income people in Kansas are taxed at more than twice the rate as upper-income people, according to a new report released Wednesday. The fifth edition of the “Who Pays?” study… -
media mention January 16, 2015 KSN: Kansas among “Terrible Ten” states for regressive tax systems
The 2015 report, entitled Who Pays: A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All Fifty States by the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, or ITEP, claims to assess…