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The Week: America Doesn’t Have a Wealth Tax. The Supreme Court Might Kill It Anyway.
November 29, 2023
Remember the wealth tax? It was a centerpiece of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 presidential campaign, but the proposal — like her candidacy — didn’t end up going anywhere. But just because America doesn’t actually have a wealth tax doesn’t mean the Supreme Court can’t rule it out of bounds. It just might do so, The Associated Press reported, […]
The Lever: The TurboTax Scam
November 9, 2023
Tax prep companies claim a government-run direct-file system would be expensive — but it could cost less than the federal subsidies going to the industry. Read more.
Bloomberg: Election-Day Ballot Measures Offer Preview of 2024 Fights
November 6, 2023
Ahead of next year’s presidential election, voters will weigh state and local proposals on abortion, taxes and housing. Read more.
News and Tribune (Indiana): Editorial: Raising Sales Tax Would Hurt Poor Hoosiers
November 1, 2023
With statewide elections on the doorstep, some 2024 candidates are playing on a familiar ploy in calling for a reduction or an end to Indiana’s income tax. The most popular idea floated by those who are campaigning on the proposal, including current lieutenant governor and gubernatorial hopeful Suzanne Crouch, is to replace a sizable portion […]
New York Times: Why Do We Enrich Older Americans at the Expense of Everyone Else?
October 26, 2023
We older Americans are not only controlling national politics, we are consuming an ever larger share of our economy’s resources through programs like Social Security and Medicare, leaving younger Americans to foot growing bills for their parents’ and grandparents’ retirements. And politicians of both parties are refusing to recognize the consequences. Read more.
Stateline: Blue and Red States Slash Taxes Despite Warnings of Hard Times Ahead
October 25, 2023
Since 2021, half the states have cut personal income tax rates. Read more.
TIME: How Giant Corporations Can Still Get Out of Paying Taxes
October 23, 2023
For decades, multinational corporations—especially those based in the U.S.—have funneled billions of dollars in profits to tax havens, earning even more money for their shareholders. Read more.
Video: Tax Policy Experts Warn Indiana Tax Force Drastic Cuts Could Hurt Lowest-Earning Hoosiers
October 21, 2023
As Indiana seems poised to restructure its tax system in the next few years, some policy experts are urging the State and Local Tax Task Force not to make drastic cuts to the state’s individual income tax. Read more and watch the video featuring ITEP’s Neva Butkus here.
Wall Street Journal: How Will States Pay for Roads When Gas Taxes Evaporate?
October 20, 2023
As electric vehicles become more popular and gasoline sales decline, governments are struggling to find new ways to fund infrastructure. Read more.
St. Louis Magazine: Why Can’t St. Louis City Tax People Like 94 Percent of U.S. Localities Do?
October 17, 2023
Even if the city wanted to scrap its 1% earnings tax and make the property tax dominant—as it is nationwide—conservative state laws block it. Read more.
Tulsa World: Eliminating State Income Tax Faces Same Challenges It Did More Than Two Decades Ago
October 16, 2023
More than 20 years ago, during Frank Keating’s second term as governor, he proposed replacing the state’s individual income tax, its sales tax on groceries and its business franchise tax with a 5.9% tax on some 200 additional business activities, from hair cuts to house sales. Oklahomans liked the idea of no income tax, but […]
Forbes: Mapping Billionaire Wealth: Where The Richest Americans Live Now Vs. Two Decades Ago
October 15, 2023
Extreme wealth has been consolidating in the United States. Read more.
The Street: Here’s Why Microsoft is Trying to Get Out of Paying its Massive Tax Bill
October 13, 2023
Corporate tax evasion has become a much more prominent piece of the discussion as Americans have struggled under high inflation, rising energy and home prices. Read more.
The American Prospect: Can States Plug Gaps in Federal Policy?
October 10, 2023
Expansion of the Child Tax Credit is blocked in Washington, but many states are partly helping. They can do only so much. Read more.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: State’s Tax Relief Not Created Equal
October 10, 2023
For the second consecutive special session in about 13 months, the Arkansas General Assembly last month approved a temporary nonrefundable income tax credit for low-income and middle-income taxpayers as part of a tax cut package that permanently trimmed the state’s top individual and corporate income tax rates. Read more.
CNBC: Supreme Court Tax Case Could Have Sweeping Federal Policy Effects, Experts Say
October 6, 2023
As the Supreme Court starts a new term, experts are closely watching a case that could have sweeping effects on the U.S. tax code, including corporate revenue and future wealth tax proposals. Read more.
Video: ITEP’s Matt Gardner Discusses IRS Funding & ‘U.S. v. Moore’ SCOTUS Case on The Rick Smith Show
October 2, 2023
ITEP Senior Fellow Matt Gardner joined Rick Smith to discuss, among other things, our new report Supreme Corporate Tax Giveaway: Who Would Benefit from the Roberts Court Striking Down the Mandatory Repatriation Tax?.
Capital & Main: Some States Are Fighting Rising Child Poverty With Tax Credits
October 1, 2023
New Mexico is one of 10 states that have created or expanded child tax credits after Congress let a federal program expire. Read more.
Axios: How the Supreme Court Could Grant $271 Billion in Tax Relief
October 1, 2023
A court case on this term’s Supreme Court docket could end up granting 400 of America’s largest corporations some $271 billion in tax relief, per new calculations from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more.
Newsweek: Supreme Court May Upend the U.S. Tax Structure
September 29, 2023
An upcoming case that will be heard by the Supreme Court could potentially have far-reaching implications on the United States tax structure, according to a new report. Read more.
The Lever: Justices Have Financial Interest In Major Tax Case
September 27, 2023
John Roberts and Samuel Alito own shares of companies that could score billions in tax relief from the outcome of Moore v. United States. Read more.
Stateline: As Child Poverty Edges Back Up, States Launch or Expand Their Own Tax Credits
September 21, 2023
The federal pandemic-era child tax credit expansion lifted millions of children out of poverty in the second half of 2021. But Congress allowed it to expire at the end of that year, and new U.S. census data shows the child poverty rate more than doubled in 2022, erasing the record gains that were made. Read more.
Washington Post Editorial: The Best Vehicle for Addressing Child Poverty is Right Before Our Eyes
September 18, 2023
Child poverty in the United States more than doubled from 2021 to 2022, data released Tuesday from the Census Bureau shows. The surge — by far the largest jump on record — is a tragedy that was foreseeable and could have been prevented. It is largely the result of the decision by Congress not to renew the enhanced child […]
Video: ITEP’s Amy Hanauer Talks Poverty and the Child Tax Credit on the Rick Smith Show
September 14, 2023
This week the Census Bureau released new numbers showing that in 2022 the U.S. lost the dramatic gains made against child poverty in 2021, in large part due to the lapsed Child Tax Credit expansion.
Salon: Child Poverty More than Doubled in 2022 Due to Republicans’ Tax Cut Push. Trump Plans for More
September 13, 2023
Trump and his advisors are setting sights on an aggressive tax cut plan to push during his 2024 campaign. Read more.
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