August 13, 2021
The issue has made odd bedfellows of Republicans and some Democrats, with the liberal-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy blasting a repeal as “inequitable.” ITEP found that if the cap were repealed, two-thirds, or some $67 billion, would flow to white taxpayers who make over $200,000 per year. The report said that a clean […]
August 13, 2021
A worker without children may receive up to $1,502 in 2021, nearly triple the former benefit, and President Joe Biden proposed making the changes permanent in the American Families Plan. If that happens the enhanced EITC would provide $12.4 billion to families in 2022, benefiting 19.5 million workers, according to research from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. […]
July 29, 2021
In fact, an analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy recently revealed that the value of federal stimulus dollars averages $3,450 for the bottom 60% of earners in the U.S. That encompasses everyone making less than $65,000 per year. And this $3,450 number doesn’t even take into account the fact that the child […]
July 29, 2021
39. That’s the number of profitable S&P 500 and/or Fortune 500 companies who paid no federal income tax from 2018 through 2020—the first three years that the Trump administration’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was in effect—per a new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) think tank. Read more
July 29, 2021
Thirty-nine U.S. corporations reaping over $120 billion in profits between 2018 and 2020—the first three years of the so-called “GOP tax scam”—paid no net federal income tax, or claimed refunds during that period, a report published Thursday by the Institution on Taxation and Economic Policy revealed. Read more
July 28, 2021
According to the senator’s website, the law would require that corporations making over $100 million in yearly profits would pay a 7% tax on any money made after the $100 million cutoff. These corporations, she told Langone, “should have to pay a tax on what they report. Not on what happens after they’ve done a […]
July 27, 2021
The stimulus checks and monthly child tax credit payments have helped increase the understanding of how money can serve as a tool to help people who are struggling, he said. “When you give people cash, you give people the tools to solve their own problems,” Ruben said. Without any further changes, the enhanced EITC will […]
July 26, 2021
The average American in the lowest 20% of income earners has the potential to collect a total of $3,590 from a combination of direct payments, the expanded Child Tax Credit and the expanded Earned Income Tax Credit, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The analysis is based on policies […]
July 23, 2021
Between cash hitting bank accounts — in the form of stimulus payments and advance child tax credits — and the expanded earned income tax credit, the value is an average of $3,450 for the bottom 60% of earners (making $65,000 or less per year), according to research from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. […]
July 22, 2021
t looks like the combination of stimulus checks and at least two expanded tax credits will be a boon to most U.S. households. Between cash hitting bank accounts — in the form of stimulus payments and advance child tax credits — and the expanded earned income tax credit, the value is an average of $3,450 […]
July 21, 2021
The IRS also feels significantly short-changed by dozens of big, profitable companies. Just as the Biden administration is pushing to raise corporate tax, a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that at least 55 American giants paid zero corporate income tax last year, despite raking in billions in profits. However, […]
July 21, 2021
Jacobs was among 55 large companies included on an annual list of firms that don’t pay U.S. income taxes put together by the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more
July 16, 2021
Carl Davis, director of research at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said he supports such an idea. The shift would mean the IRS could work directly with taxpayers, rather than “putting our faith” in corporations, he said. Read more
July 15, 2021
“This is super targeted to lower income families,” Aidan Davis, senior policy analyst at the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), told Yahoo Money. “The families that are being targeted through this enhancement are families that are struggling to pay for rent, keep up with necessities, or they’re having trouble paying for things like […]
July 15, 2021
“We saw that many states are using better-than-expected revenue outlooks as an excuse to cut personal and corporate income taxes,” Marco Guzman, state policy analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy told The Daily Poster. “Unfortunately, the people that will be benefiting most from these cuts are not the people who were most […]
July 14, 2021
One challenge for the IRS is that each company tends to interpret tax laws differently, says Matt Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning Washington nonprofit organization. Corporate accountants are “exercising their own judgment about what constitutes [an unrecognized tax benefit] and what is not,” Gardner said. Read […]
July 8, 2021
In fact, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports that California’s tax system does the most of any state to alleviate inequality — while taxes in most states serve to widen the gap between rich and poor. Read more
July 8, 2021
“It’s very likely they’re getting hundreds of millions of dollars a year in R&D tax credits,” said Matthew Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, who’s studied the tax habits of Amazon and other big companies. Amazon declined to comment. The tax breaks themselves aren’t at risk, but the deduction […]
July 8, 2021
Matthew Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, who’s studied the tax habits of Amazon and other big companies, told Politico that Amazon is likely “getting hundreds of millions of dollars a year in R&D tax credits.” Read more
July 6, 2021
In all, the changes proposed by the Biden administration would generate about $88.4 billion in new tax revenue, according to a separate analysis conducted by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more
July 1, 2021
This means that the state’s wealthiest 5% of taxpayers will receive nearly 60% of the benefits, while the bottom 80% will get only 23%, according to an analysis for Policy Matters Ohio by the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more
June 25, 2021
“It’s a wildly inappropriate use of the Roth IRA, even if it’s legal,” said Steve Wamhoff, the director of federal tax policy at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and a former tax policy analyst for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. “Lawmakers said that they were trying to encourage retirement savings and make it easier […]
June 15, 2021
According to the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, 55 of the largest corporations in America — including Archer Daniels Midland, FedEx and Nike — paid no federal income taxes last year, despite racking up almost $41 billion in pre-tax profits. At 21 percent, their total tax bill would have been $12 billion. Instead, […]
June 11, 2021
“I think it’s a big wake-up call,” said Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax policy for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington. “It tells us things that tax experts have already known for a long time. But it’s the amount of detail, the specific names, that we don’t normally see,” Wamhoff said. […]
June 10, 2021
“Outright repeal of the SALT cap without an adequate replacement would exacerbate racial inequities in this country,” said a study from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s Carl Davis and Jessica Schieder. The report noted that property taxes tend to be a big component of state and local taxes, which could “disproportionately benefit home-owning […]
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