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media mention February 18, 2015 The Economic Populist: Feed the Rich and Starve the Poor
As it is now, the poor already pay more than the rich in taxes — that’s to say, as a percentage of their income. According to another recent report from… -
media mention February 18, 2015 The Hill: The Transportation Moment
In fact, the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, claims that as many as 12 states could pass gas tax increases this year. Taken in sum, there is a general… -
media mention February 18, 2015 The Toledo Blade: Governor’s Reform Plan Draws Fire from the Left, Right
An evaluation of the proposal by the Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, requested by Policy Matters, suggests the top 1 percent of Ohio earners, those making $388,000 or… -
media mention February 18, 2015 The New Republic: Brownback’s Right-Wing Experiment is Bankrupting Kansas
There’s a much better way for Kansas to fulfill its constitutional duties and avoid these yearly budget shortfalls: give up on its failed tax cuts and raise revenue. And that… -
media mention February 13, 2015 New York Times: States Consider Increasing Taxes on the Poor, Raising Them on the Rich
While the bottom fifth of earners pay more than 10 percent of their income in state and local taxes, the top 1 percent pays closer to 5 percent, the Institute… -
media mention February 13, 2015 International Business Times: Closing Tax Gap Would Reap $200B a Year
Last month, the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that the poorest 20 percent of households pay on average more than twice the effective state and local tax… -
media mention February 12, 2015 Providence Journal: Taxing the Poor
“While the federal income tax system is generally progressive, state and local taxes hit lower-income Americans hard. The nonprofit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has been on a mission… -
media mention February 12, 2015 The Inlander: Taxes-Idaho v. Washington
But don’t look so smug, Washington progressives: Washington may take in more tax revenue to fund more programs than Idaho, but its tax system hits the poor far harder. The… -
media mention February 12, 2015 The Arkron Beacon Journal: Kasich the Tax Shifter
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy performed an analysis of the governor’s tax plan for Policy Matters Ohio. Released on Tuesday, the evaluation reveals how the overall impact would… -
media mention February 11, 2015 NPR All Things Considered: Failing Bridges Take a Toll
“Asphalt costs are higher, machinery costs are higher. Construction workers’ wages are usually higher,” says Carl Davis of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington. “So the revenues… -
media mention February 11, 2015 Washington Post: Can These Red States Raise the Gas Tax?
Some states can’t wait around to see what the federal government will do. In order to fix their roads, many are seriously considering raising a tax that in some states… -
media mention February 11, 2015 Bloomberg: Will State Legislatures Pass Gas Tax Hikes This Year?
However, the kind of funding structure that Maryland put in place has been called good policy by organizations like the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a non-profit, non-partisan… -
media mention February 11, 2015 The Columbus Dispatch: 60% of Ohioans Would Receive Tax Increase Under Kasich Plan
Some of that gap is attributed to the governor’s plan to impose a $1-a-pack increase on the state cigarette tax. But even removing that from the table, taxpayers in the… -
media mention February 10, 2015 Reuters: U.S. Companies May Not Be Fleeing Due to High Tax Rate
In a project for Reuters, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a tax policy think tank in Washington, looked at the six companies’ data somewhat differently, stripping out… -
media mention February 10, 2015 KELO TV: Paying More for Being Poor
Being poor in South Dakota is harder than in most other states in the U.S.. A recent study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that South Dakota’s… -
media mention February 5, 2015 The Kennebec Journal: LePage Following Republican Governors’ National Strategy
Meg Wiehe, state policy director for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning organization that evaluates tax reform initiatives, questions whether journalists are making accurate appraisals of Republican… -
media mention February 5, 2015 24/7 Wall Street: 10 States with the Worst Tax Averages for Americans
When looking at taxes paid as a share of the income earned, all states have a regressive tax system, which means poorer residents are taxed more than the wealthiest ones.… -
media mention February 5, 2015 Washington Post: It’s Time to Stop Letting Sports Team Owners Blackmail Taxpayers for New Stadiums
“It’s a silly tax break,” said Matt Gardner, director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “It’s ludicrous that the federal government would be subsidizing state and local borrowing to give… -
media mention February 4, 2015 The Spokesman Review: Economy Finally Recovering–for the 1 %
Washington’s tax fairness problem is old news – every year, new analyses emerge that rank Washington near the bottom on measures of fairness. That’s based on the state’s reliance on… -
media mention February 4, 2015 Palm Beach New Times: Florida Has the 2nd Least Fair Tax System in the Nation
A big selling point to convincing people to move to the Sunshine State has always been that Florida has no state income tax. And that’s true. But the reality is… -
media mention February 4, 2015 The Bellingham Herald: When It Comes to Unfair Tax Systems, We’re No. 1
The unfair nature of our tax system made national news earlier this month when the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released its state-by-state profile in which it compares… -
media mention February 2, 2015 CNN Money: Offshore Corporate Cash Piles at Risk from Obama Tax Plan
Meanwhile, Matt Gardner, executive director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, says the proposed tax rates are too low. “It’s helpful that the [U.S.] administration has identified a… -
media mention February 2, 2015 Nooga.com: Study Says Tennessee Poor Hit Harder with Taxes than the Rich
The report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy—a nonpartisan research group with ties to the liberal-leaning Citizens for Tax Justice—ranks Tennessee’s tax system as the seventh most unfair… -
media mention February 2, 2015 Progress Illinois: Illinois Ranks Poorly on Wellbeing Indicators
Additionally, researchers highlighted the fact that Illinois has the fifth most regressive tax system in the nation, according to a separate study recently issued by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.… -
media mention February 2, 2015 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Ohio’s Tax System Burdens Middle Class and Poor
In Ohio the top 1 percent of non-elderly residents by income, who earned at least $356,000 in 2012, pay 7 percent of their income in state and local taxes on…