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media mention March 27, 2020 Bloomberg: Delayed Tax Filing Could Mean Larger Stimulus Check for Some
For people who were ineligible in 2018 and perhaps took a pay cut or got a divorce that put them under the income thresholds in 2019, “there needs to be… -
media mention March 27, 2020 Crooked: Democrats Must Keep Fighting Trump’s Bailouts
These massive corporations also reaped huge benefits from Trump’s 2017 corporate tax cuts. An Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report from March 10 lays it out: “In the two… -
media mention March 27, 2020 CNN: These taxpayers won’t get stimulus checks. That’s unjust
Unfortunately, the Senate proposal does not include all taxpayers. Those who file their taxes using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) instead of a Social Security number have been left… -
media mention March 26, 2020 Miami Herald: Millions of immigrant families won’t get coronavirus stimulus checks, experts say
ITIN filers collectively contribute an estimated $11.74 billion in state and local taxes each year, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. In 2015, ITIN filers paid $23.6… -
media mention March 26, 2020 ABC News: New York and DC call out shortcomings of relief bill while others stand to gain
Who has been left out? Undocumented workers: Those who file their taxes using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) instead of a Social Security number have been left out, according… -
media mention March 26, 2020 Fox NYC: Expand / Collapse search Coronavirus stimulus FAQ
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, immigrants who file taxes using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) instead of a Social Security Number will be exempt from… -
media mention March 25, 2020 Fortune: Everything you need to know about the stimulus checks in the coronavirus relief bill
That said, not all older people who are already reliant on government assistance are immediately eligible for a rebate. According to Steve Wamhoff of the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention March 25, 2020 WV Metro News: How the federal financial relief package could aid West Virginia citizens and businesses
In West Virginia, the average rebate for households is $1,830, according to an analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more -
media mention March 25, 2020 American Prospect: Avoid Taxes, Receive Federal Bailouts
On that haul, they paid an average effective federal income tax rate of 2.3 percent. According to Matthew Gardner at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, that rate is… -
media mention March 25, 2020 Labor Notes: $1,200 per Adult, $500 per Child: Stimulus Bill Nears Passage
Below is an excerpt from an op-ed by Amy Hanauer, ITEP’s executive director, published in Labor Notes. The economic catastrophe made this middle-of-the-night package urgent. Unemployment is spiking in ways… -
media mention March 25, 2020 Investment News: Recession could hit Social Security financial outlook
Trump has proposed eliminating payroll taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare beginning through the end of the year. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan think tank,… -
media mention March 25, 2020 Politico: Who’s Looking Ahead to Phase 4
For instance, the House bill would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit in ways Democrats have sought for awhile — like making the incentive larger for childless workers, and making… -
media mention March 19, 2020 Los Angeles Times: A Payroll Tax Cut Would Overwhelmingly Benefit the Rich
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media mention March 19, 2020 CNBC: A tale of two coronavirus relief efforts: One for the rich, one for the poor
Two financial-relief measures the Trump administration is weighing to fight the economic scourge of the coronavirus would have drastically different impacts on the rich and poor, according to a new… -
media mention March 17, 2020 Foreign Policy: Trump’s Big Turnaround: Cash Payments Instead of a Payroll Tax Cut
First, a payroll tax cut only offers benefits to those with a job, and, as the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has extensively documented, it heavily favors higher-income workers—not… -
media mention March 17, 2020 Talking Points Memo: Why The Checks-For-Everyone Idea To Ward Off A Recession Is Gaining Steam
An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that the top 20 percent of income earners would reap two-third of the benefit of a payroll tax cut,… -
media mention March 12, 2020 Bloomberg Tax: Virus Panic Prompts Trump Call for Tax Relief
A payroll tax cut, something the administration has floated, would be an ineffective stimulus measure to combat the virus’s economic fallout, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.… -
media mention March 12, 2020 New York Times: Trump’s Payroll Tax Cut Would Dwarf the 2008 Bank Bailout
The largest gains in dollar figures would go to households earning more than $123,000 a year, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington.… -
media mention March 12, 2020 Washington Examiner: In cutting payroll taxes to spur the economy, Trump would be following in Obama’s footsteps
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-of-center nonpartisan tax policy organization, found that Obama’s payroll tax cut didn’t benefit the lower and middle class very well. The study… -
media mention March 12, 2020 The Sacramento Bee: Trump has big plans for California highway repair, but no plan to pay for it
While there’s no way to know how much states increases would be curbed if federal taxes were higher, if at all, Carl Davis, research director at Washington, D.C., Institute on… -
media mention March 11, 2020 Politico: That’s a lot of tax relief
Just looking at sales and excise taxes, the eight states where recreational pot was legal in 2019 raised close to $2 billion in revenue, according to Carl Davis of the… -
media mention March 8, 2020 Washington Post: Virginia General Assembly approves higher gas tax, speed cameras and cellphone ban
Virginia joins 31 states that have raised their gas taxes or changed formulas for them in the past decade, responding to declines in revenue, according to the nonprofit Institute on… -
media mention March 4, 2020 Market Watch: This is how much American workers saved during the first year after Trump tax overhaul
Focusing on personal taxes didn’t tell the whole story, according to Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax policy at the progressive Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, or ITEP. “The… -
media mention March 3, 2020 Connecticut Mirror: After one alarming tax fairness study, CT is wary of launching a second
Gasoline distributors shift the entire cost of Connecticut’s 8.1% wholesale fuel tax onto local filling stations, which then pass it all onto motorists — who also pay a 25-cents-per-gallon retail… -
media mention February 28, 2020 MSNBC: Team Trump wants even more corporate tax breaks in a second term
For another, corporations clearly don’t need a lower rate since so many of them aren’t even paying taxes at the current rate. Late last year, the Institute on Taxation and…