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media mention January 20, 2015 Star-Ledger: Reducing Taxes for Some in NJ Would Hurt the Poor Even More
The Garden State, like every other state, calls on low-income and middle-class New Jerseyans to pay greater shares of their incomes in state and local taxes than their wealthy neighbors.… -
media mention January 20, 2015 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: In Rex Sinquefield’s Vision, Mom’s Generation is Written off
The current sales and excise tax burden on somebody who earns about $32,000 in Missouri is a little more than 5 percent of their income, according to the nonpartisan Institute… -
media mention January 20, 2015 Public News Service: Illinois Poor Face Unfair Tax Burden
A new study finds Illinois’ poorest residents are paying almost three times more in taxes than the top one percent of earners. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention January 16, 2015 WITF: 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 that… -
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…