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media mention August 28, 2014 Beaver County Times: Taxes May Be Biggest Burden Facing Aliquippa
By Tom Davidson, The city still bustles with traffic now and then, although most of it’s just passing through town. On Thursday afternoon, Mayor Dwan Walker and City Manager Sam… -
media mention August 28, 2014 The Christian Science Monitor: A Solution to Burger King-Like Inversions
All the fracas over tax inversions like the recent Burger King-Tim Horton’s merger has generated some interesting ideas for broader changes in the way we tax multinational firms. One would… -
media mention August 25, 2014 Akron Beacon Journal: After a decade of tax cuts in Ohio
“Zach Schiller of Policy Matters Ohio has assessed the broad impact of the changes, with the help of the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, a research group in Washington.… -
media mention August 20, 2014 The Day: Tax-Free Shopping Starts Sunday in Connecticut
Connecticut’s annual sales-tax holiday coinciding with back-to-school shopping kicks off Sunday and runs through Aug. 23. The tax holiday primarily applies to clothing and footwear costing less than $300 per… -
media mention August 20, 2014 The Spectrum: Solution Possible for the Corporate Tax Issue
By Della Lowe: A week ago, Walgreen’s reversed its decision to move its corporate headquarters out of the United States, a move that would have been in name only but… -
media mention August 20, 2014 The Motley Fool: The 5 States with the Highest Sales Tax
By Jeremy Bowman: Nearly every state in the union charges a sales tax, and the tax levied on goods and services sold at the retail level is just one of… -
media mention August 20, 2014 The Toledo Blade: Tax Shift and Shaft
By the Editorial Board: Nearly a decade ago, Ohio placed a fateful bet: that big tax cuts, especially for the state’s richest people and corporations, would generate strong job creation,… -
media mention August 14, 2014 USA Today: Shrinking Revenue Spurs Gas Tax Alternative
By Elaine S. Povich It was the potholes that convinced real estate broker Lester Friedman that there’s got to be a better way to pay for road construction and repairs.… -
media mention August 14, 2014 Politico: Craft Beer Tastes Great, Less Taxes
By Kelsey Snell Trendy craft beer sales are booming, and cities and states are hoping tax breaks will help them elbow their way into a seat at the bar. Targeted… -
media mention August 14, 2014 The Bond Buyer: No Easy Fix for Highway Trust Fund
By Jim Watts Congress delayed but did not fix a $100 billion hole in federal transportation spending with the enactment last Friday of legislation providing $10.8 billion to extend solvency… -
media mention August 14, 2014 Bloomberg BNA: Processor Giant Intel Corp. Enters $100 Billion Incentive Agreement to Invest in Oregon
By Michael Kerman Processor and semiconductor giant Intel Corp. entered a Strategic Investment Program Agreement Aug. 11 with Washington County, Oregon’s second-largest county, located just outside Portland, the Portland Business… -
media mention August 14, 2014 NYT: The Muddled Road to Overhauling Corporate Taxes
By Patricia Cohen Every loophole has its lover. That’s why, despite the furor that has erupted over American companies adopting foreign headquarters to reduce their taxes, it is proving so… -
media mention August 11, 2014 Washington Post: Do Sales-Tax Holidays Boost Back-to-School Shopping?
By Sarah Halzack It’s back-to-school shopping season, meaning parents everywhere are dragging their kids to the store to stock up on notebooks and supplies or to nab the perfect first-day-of-school… -
media mention August 8, 2014 Toronto Star: What’s Behind Obama’s War on Corporate Deserters
By David Olive American corporate CEOs who don’t object to paying the dues granting them the privilege of country club memberships — possibly because their employer covers that perk, which… -
media mention August 6, 2014 Politifact: Nan Rich Makes Claims about State’s Economy, Taxes
In response to questions, Rich said Florida’s tax structure was too regressive. Rich cited a 2013 report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which partners with Citizens for… -
media mention August 6, 2014 Charleston Daily Mail: Remembering the Sales Tax Holiday
By Jared Hunt With students set to return to school this month, many parents are once again going through their annual ritual of back-to-school shopping. It might not be an… -
media mention August 6, 2014 Killeen Daily Herald: Sales Tax Holiday Starts Friday
By Alex Wukman … Kelly Davis, Midwest director for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said the three-day tax holiday provides no relief for low- and moderate-income taxpayers throughout… -
media mention August 1, 2014 Main Street: Sales Tax Holidays: Bargain or Rip off?
By Hal Bundrick The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) finds another fly in the sales tax holiday ointment. “One popular rationale for sales tax holidays is that they… -
media mention August 1, 2014 Lessburg Today: Virgina’s Back-to-School Tax Holiday
By Kelly Davis Your article about sales tax holidays “Virginia’s Back-To-School Tax Holiday Returns This Weekend” suggests that sales tax holidays are a great deal for shoppers, when, in… -
media mention August 1, 2014 Associated Press: Oklahoma Tax Holiday Is Little Relief
By Tim Tally Figures provided by the commission indicate that in 2008, the first year the sales tax holiday was in effect, shoppers saved $6.4 million in sales taxes on… -
media mention August 1, 2014 Streetsblog: Unlike Toll Reform, A Sale Tax Is a Really Regressive Way to Fund Transit
By Stephen Miller But a sales tax is one of the most regressive revenue-raisers out there. Of the types of taxes states typically levy — on property, income, and sales… -
media mention August 1, 2014 Streetsblog: Will Missouri Voters Go Along with the Highway Lobby’s Money Grab?
By Angie Schmitt That means, if Amendment 7 passes, the state’s poorest residents — whether they drive or not — will pay a larger share of their income than the… -
media mention August 1, 2014 Daily World: Sales Tax Holiday Offers Chance to Save
By Mike Hasten “The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has called Louisiana’s tax holiday “more hype than help.”” -
media mention August 1, 2014 St. Augustine Record: Tax Holiday, It’s How You Handle It
By the Editorial Board Florida touts these holidays — in which the 6 percent tax is temporarily lifted — as breaks for the average family, and says that Floridians will… -
media mention July 24, 2014 South Carolina Morning News: Refusal to budge on low gas tax a big mistake
“South Carolina’s gas tax has been at 16.8 cents since 1989, one of the lowest rates in the nation. Haley has said she would veto any bill raising the gas…