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Newsweek: Florida Wants to Cut Property Taxes—But California Has a Warning
April 10, 2025
As state lawmakers consider cutting and even abolishing property taxes in Florida, California—which passed major reform in the late 1970s protecting homeowners against significant hikes—offers a cautionary tale of how well-intended tax revolts can backfire against those they should benefit. Read more.
NBC News: IRS to Share Info with ICE About Some Undocumented Immigrant Taxpayers
April 8, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security has sought to use tax filing information to find people in the U.S. without legal status in support of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation operation. Read more.
Delaware Business Times: Dover Democrat Amends Income Tax Bill to Reflect Meyer’s Proposal
April 8, 2025
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports that Delaware has the 40th most regressive state and local tax system in the country. That means those who earn the most will pay the least taxes, between property taxes, income and excise tax and more.
WGBH Boston: Immigrant Taxpayers Hesitate, Delay Filing Amid Fears of Deportation
April 8, 2025
Elgardo, an undocumented immigrant in Boston, has paid taxes like clockwork for the past seven years with an individual taxpayer identification number, or ITIN. The nine-digit tax processing number is available to some immigrants who want to comply with tax law but can’t access a social security number. Read more.
National Catholic Reporter: Editorial: Tax Battle a Referendum on Moral Clarity
April 7, 2025
Let us be plain: What is being proposed is not tax reform. It is not aimed at fairness, economic stability or the public good. It is a redistribution of wealth — upward, deliberate and vast, from the poorest of the poor to the richest of the rich. And more than just poor policy, it is a profound moral failure. These proposals violate the very heart of Catholic social teaching.
Missouri Independent: Missouri Lawmakers Set to Pass Capital Gains Tax Cut with Questions about Its Total Cost
April 7, 2025
The bill nearing passage could reduce state revenues by $600 million or more, IRS data suggests, instead of the $111 million loss in official estimates Read more.
Associated Press: Mississippi and Kentucky Aim to End Personal Income Taxes
April 6, 2025
About 45 years have passed since a U.S. state last eliminated its income tax on wages and salaries. But with recent actions in Mississippi and Kentucky, two states now are on a path to do so, if their economies keep growing. Read more.
NPR’s Marketplace: Millions of Undocumented Immigrants File Taxes. Now Their Data Could Be Used to Deport Them.
April 4, 2025
Millions of undocumented immigrants pay taxes every year. And the confidentiality of the addresses and other personal data submitted to the IRS by taxpaying undocumented immigrants has remained protected for decades. But the Donald Trump administration is looking to change that, challenging a decadeslong firewall around taxpayer data. Read more.
Audio: ITEP’s Rita Jefferson Talks Property Tax Reform with KKFI-FM in Kansas City
April 4, 2025
The Kansas legislature failed to place an amendment on the ballot that would cap property valuations. ITEP Local Analyst Rita Jefferson joined the Heartland Labor Forum live to discuss responsible ways to control soaring property taxes. (Her segment begins around the 30-minute mark.)
New York Times: Assessing Elon Musk’s Misleading Claims About Fraud in Government Spending
March 29, 2025
The world’s richest man made inaccurate claims about entitlement fraud, how a government payment system works and government survey costs. Read more.
Clarion Ledger: Mississippi Governor Signs Income Tax Elimination Bill. How Are You Affected?
March 28, 2025
With a stroke of a pen, and a few light-hearted jokes, the Build Up Mississippi Act, the largest total tax cut in state history was signed into law on March 27.
The American Independent: Trump’s IRS Cuts Will Make It Easier for Rich Americans to Avoid Paying What They Owe
March 25, 2025
Experts say staffing cuts at the Internal Revenue Service will make it easier for wealthy tax evaders to avoid paying what they owe to the U.S. Treasury each year. In addition to costing the government billions of dollars in owed revenue, they say cuts by President Donald Trump’s administration will likely mean more audits for […]
Newsweek: ICE Could Use IRS Data to Track Undocumented Immigrants
March 25, 2025
Federal immigration authorities may soon gain access to Internal Revenue Service data under a pending agreement that would allow them to verify the names and addresses of individuals suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, according to multiple reports.
Axios: The Fiscal Hit from the IRS Sharing Immigration Information
March 25, 2025
The more afraid immigrants are that the IRS will report them to immigration authorities, the less they may pay in taxes, experts warn.
Vanity Fair: IRS Prepares to Provide Addresses of Some Undocumented Taxpayers to Immigration Enforcement
March 24, 2025
“It is a complete betrayal of 30 years of the government telling immigrants to file their taxes,” one former IRS official told The Washington Post, who chose anonymity out of fear of retribution. The partnership between the IRS and ICE is one of the latest moves from President Donald Trump’s administration in their unprecedented onslaught against immigrants, especially ones without documentation.
Missouri Independent: Proposed Tax Credit Boost May Be Lucrative for Missouri Anti-Abortion Centers, Donors
March 21, 2025
When the Missouri House signed off on a $1.3 billion tax cut package last week, it included a provision creating a 100% tax credit for donations to pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes and diaper banks.
Newsweek: DOGE Stimulus Check Update: Millions Will Not Qualify
March 20, 2025
The mastermind behind the proposal to issue "DOGE dividend" checks to Americans has confirmed to Newsweek that millions of taxpaying immigrants without legal status will not be eligible for the payments.
NBC News: Musk Uses Immigration and Claims of Voter Fraud to Sell Social Security Administration Cuts
March 19, 2025
Musk has cast the idea as one that’s primarily about immigration, falsely claiming that undocumented immigrants are fraudulently accessing hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of entitlements, including Social Security, Medicaid and disability programs, as part of a Democratic scheme for votes.
The Free Press: The Illegal Immigrants Who Love Trump
March 19, 2025
Many Americans don’t realize how much cash illegal immigrants contribute to the economy. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, “undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022,” using Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs). Though they aren’t eligible for tax benefits, like Social Security, many hope that making these payments will one day help their case for legalization.
CNN Video: ITEP’s Amy Hanauer on How DOGE’s Attack on the IRS Will Hurt Ordinary Taxpayers
March 17, 2025
ITEP Executive Director Amy Hanauer appeared on CNN on March 17, 2025 to discuss the ongoing attack by DOGE and Congress on the IRS.
Audio: ITEP’s Matt Gardner Discusses Maryland’s Tax and Budget Debate on WYPR
March 17, 2025
As the 2025 General Assembly reaches its midway point, the most pressing issue facing lawmakers is the state’s budget deficit. ITEP Senior Fellow Matt Gardner joined Midday to share the details of Gov. Wes Moore’s budget proposal. Listen to the full audio here.
Stateline: Child Tax Credits, Long a Liberal Priority, Find Favor In Republican States
March 17, 2025
Cash would flow directly into the hands of Ohio parents under a proposal from Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. As part of multibillion-dollar budget negotiations this session, Ohio lawmakers will consider the new refundable tax credit worth up to $1,000 per young child, to be paid for by an increase in tobacco taxes.
South Florida Sun Sentinel: Editorial: If Property Taxes are Doomed, an Income Tax is Fairer
March 15, 2025
Florida has a new and dubious distinction: The nation’s most unfair tax code. Gov. Ron DeSantis and some legislators aim to make it even worse. After years of ranking second or third, Florida is now considered the absolute worst in terms of how much less a percentage of their incomes Donald Trump and other wealthy […]
The Boston Globe: If the IRS Betrays Immigrants, We All Pay the Price
March 14, 2025
Millions of immigrants living in the country illegally still pay income taxes every year, contributing billions to federal, state, and local governments, often through the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number program (ITIN), which allows those without Social Security numbers to file returns. (Of course, immigrants — like everyone else — also pay sales taxes, gas taxes, etc.)
New York Times: Musk Suggests His Team Will Scrutinize Social Security and Entitlement Spending
March 11, 2025
Elon Musk, the world’s richest individual, suggested on Monday that his government cost-cutting team would scrutinize Social Security and other entitlement spending, describing the expenditures as rife with fraudulent transactions and repeating a conspiracy theory that Democrats were using the programs as a “gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants and have them stay in the […]
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