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media mention July 23, 2014 Politifact: Nan Rich says Florida has 3rd most-regressive tax structure
“Rich told PolitiFact Florida in an interview, “don’t hold me to ‘third regressive.’ …. I did not say ‘third’ definitively. … We are one of the most regressive.” Rich cited… -
media mention July 22, 2014 CNBC: Where and when to snag sales tax breaks across the US
“But while sale tax holidays are popular with consumers, critics argue that they do nothing to stir economic growth, and they simply shift spending on already planned purchases. One of… -
media mention July 21, 2014 Fond du Lac Reporter: We must get serious about highway funding
Let’s look at the numbers. According to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, from 2011 (the latest available), the average driver travels 11,318 miles each year and the average… -
media mention July 21, 2014 Toledo Blade: Comfort the comfortable
“According to an analysis done for the progressive advocacy group Policy Matters Ohio by the nonpartisan Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, fully half of this year’s $400 million tax… -
media mention July 18, 2014 Bangor Daily News: Again, Congress Has Short Fix for Roads
“While Congress seemingly has found consensus on a short-term fix, the House and Senate once again have put off the real work of governing — finding a solution that keeps… -
media mention July 17, 2014 Pioneer Press: Fridley-based Medtronic refutes allegations of tax avoidance
“Medtronic officials are pushing back against widely published suggestions that the company’s proposed acquisition of Ireland-based Covidien is motivated primarily by a desire to avoid U.S. taxes… “Tax experts and… -
media mention July 16, 2014 Washington Times: Democratic superdonor Tom Steyer’s use of tax shelters draws Romney comparisons
“While at Farallon, however, Mr. Steyer used loopholes in U.S. tax regulations to produce maximum returns for his elite clientele. That included using tax havens in the Cayman Islands, the… -
media mention July 16, 2014 Providence Journal: Immigrant says now is the time for advocacy
“The new definition of America, [journalist Jose Antonio Vargas] said, must acknowledge the reality that today’s immigrants, like those before, are here to stay. They contribute to the economy. Vargas said undocumented… -
media mention July 14, 2014 Bloomberg: Governors Warn That Road Repairs Stalled by Congress
“U.S. governors say they won’t be able to plan or build all the major highway and bridge projects the country needs as long as Congress delays action on a long-term… -
media mention July 10, 2014 Public News Service: Ohio’s Affluent Benefit Most From New Tax Cuts
“Cutting the income tax does little for the poorest Ohioans because they don’t have much income-tax liability to begin with, Schiller said. As they review current tax breaks, Schiller said,… -
media mention July 9, 2014 WZTV: Facebook Gets Refund Without Paying Taxes
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports these large companies like Facebook pay their executives in stock options instead of cash which doesn’t cost the company a dime yet… -
media mention July 9, 2014 Asheville Citizen-Times: There’s no free lunch – and no free highways
“As usual, Congress does not want to face up to its responsibilities. The Senate has passed a four-year, $265 billion plan — $37 billion less than the White House proposed… -
media mention July 7, 2014 The Plain Dealer: Ohio’s tax cuts favor the affluent, do not create jobs
Like other income-tax cuts, the latest batch favors the wealthiest Ohioans. An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit research group with a model of the… -
media mention July 3, 2014 Tucson Weekly: Shifty Proposal
In other words, cutting the income tax helps those at the top way more than it helps the other 85 percent of taxpayers, who barely pay any income tax… -
media mention July 3, 2014 Radio Iowa: Immigrants account for 4.5 percent of state’s economic output
And Fisher says they would be far less at risk of workplace abuses or wage theft. Fisher and a research associate used government data as well as formulas from the… -
media mention June 26, 2014 Remapping the Debate: Congress Fiddles While the Treasury Burns
The Levin bill is effective precisely because it is multi-layered, said Steve Wamhoff, legislative director for Citizens for Tax Justice, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, D.C., and a policy analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
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media mention June 24, 2014 Marketplace: D.C. Makes the Case for Taxing More Services
“If you don’t tax services in the long run, you don’t have a sales tax. End of story,” says Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. He says states should tax more services, ideally at a lower rate. But broadening the tax base isn’t easy, he says.
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media mention June 19, 2014 Los Angeles Times: Hypocrite Watch: Texas Gov. Rick Perry Says He May Move to Calif.
But Texas has sales and property taxes that make its overall burden of taxation on low-wage families much heavier than the national average, while the state also taxes the middle class at rates as high or higher than in California. For instance, non-elderly Californians with family income in the middle 20 percent of the income distribution pay combined state and local taxes amounting to 8.2 percent of their income, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy; by contrast, their counterparts in Texas pay 8.6 percent.
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media mention June 19, 2014 The Times Daily: The Solution to Prison Woes Lies in the Tax Code
A study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy of state taxes found that the share of state and local taxes paid by Alabamians based on income is considerably higher for those earning in the lowest 20 percent (10.2 percent) and the second lowest 20 percent (10.4 percent). By comparison, the top 1 percent of income earners paid only 3.8 percent of their income in state and local taxes.
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media mention June 17, 2014 St. Paul Pioneer Press: Medtronic’s Covidien Deal Spurs Debate about Corporate Taxes
By Christopher Snowbeck, June 17, 2014 Is Medtronic’s massive international corporate merger a billion-dollar tax dodge, an indictment of the U.S. tax code or a business-savvy work-around that could spur… -
media mention June 17, 2014 Politico: Tar Heel State Tackles Teacher Pay
In North Carolina, teacher pay is so low that educators are turning out for job fairs hosted by other states with the promise of higher salaries [http://bit.ly/1lJQ1e2] elsewhere. And the Tar Heel State ranks near the bottom — at 46th in the country — when it comes to teachers’ salaries. Meg Wiehe, director of state tax policy at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, told Morning Education those issues are at the heart of two proposals coming out of the state legislature. To pay for teacher pay increases, the state senate proposed asking teachers to give up their tenure rights, asking state residents to voluntarily return their state tax refunds and firing teaching assistants to save money. The state house’s idea would pay for increases through extra state lottery revenue generated by increased spending on lottery advertising. Both chambers will try to come to a compromise in the coming days with the start of the fiscal year looming on July 1.
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media mention June 17, 2014 Politico: North Carolina’s Two Odd Tax Proposals
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s Jenice Robinson previews what’s happening in the state on the tax front. “The North Carolina Legislature is back in session this week, and two odd proposals are on the table,” Robinson writes in an email. “North Carolina teachers are among the lowest paid in the nation, and they haven’t had a salary increase since 2008. The state legislature, after enacting major tax cuts that lose hundreds of millions in revenue, is trying to figure out how to fund teacher pay increases. The Senate has proposed asking state residents to voluntarily return their state tax refunds. The state House has proposed increasing the amount of revenue spent on advertising the state lottery with the expectation that advertising would bring in hundreds of millions in lottery revenue, which could be used to fund teachers salaries.”
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media mention June 13, 2014 Times Daily: The root of the problem is in code
Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2014 10:00 pm Additional money will be needed to solve the prison problems. Other state services have suffered budget cuts, as well, because not enough tax… -
media mention June 13, 2014 Puget Sound Business Journal: Replace sales tax hike with business tax to pay for transit
Seattle Councilmembers Nick Licata and Kshama Sawant Jun 12, 2014, 10:59am PDT Washington state has the nation’s most regressive tax structure, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s… -
media mention June 13, 2014 The Progressive Pulse: House leadership takes a different path than Senate and Governor when it comes to paying for its budget
Posted by : Tazra Mitchell Wednesday, June 11, 2014 It is worth lifting up the question that few people are asking: what if the tax plan ends up costing more…