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media mention November 1, 2019 Bloomberg: Treasury Plans to Weaken Rules Meant to Stop Corporate Tax Avoidance
The Treasury Department should tread cautiously in weakening these rules now while Democratic lawmakers are eager to repeal large portions of the 2017 tax overhaul, said Matt Gardner, a senior… -
media mention November 1, 2019 WXIA 11Alive: How Much Do Undocumented Immigrants Contribute in Taxes?
Let’s take the state of Georgia as an example. Per ITEP, in 2017, undocumented immigrants contributed more than $351 million in local and state taxes – just in Georgia. According… -
media mention October 28, 2019 The Hill: Left-leaning Group: Taxes on Financial Trades Could Reduce Inequality
In its report, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) argued it’s possible that the higher costs of financial trades produced by an FTT would be fully borne by investors,… -
media mention October 28, 2019 The Sacramento Bee: California Democrat Wants to Make PG&E Pay a Penalty if it Gives Executive Bonuses
Harder’s bill would revive a tax called the alternative minimum tax for utilities that offer executive bonuses but have failed to invest in climate-resilient infrastructure. The bill is written to… -
media mention October 27, 2019 Las Cruces Sun News: Income Tax Changes Benefit Most Families in New Mexico
Recent analysis by the non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy confirms what we expected from income tax changes signed into law this year by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham —… -
media mention October 24, 2019 ProPublica: How a Tax Break to Help the Poor Went to NBA Owner Dan Gilbert
The upside for an investor such as Gilbert “could be huge,” said Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax policy at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a liberal-leaning think… -
media mention October 23, 2019 Wall Street Journal: Rising California Gasoline Prices Highlight Growing Divide in U.S.
A dozen states raised gas taxes earlier this year, including Illinois, Ohio, California, Maryland and Michigan, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a state and federal tax-policy… -
media mention October 23, 2019 The Hill: Senate Rejects Dem Measure to Overturn IRS Rules on SALT Deduction Cap
Lawmakers will have a major opportunity to revisit the GOP tax law at the end of 2025, when the SALT deduction cap and the law’s other tax changes to the… -
media mention October 18, 2019 The View: 60 Fortune 500 Companies Paid Zero Federal Income Tax
In this October 2019 episode of The View, Whoopi Goldberg, Chelsea Clinton and Sunny Hostin call out big business for spending big money to avoid paying taxes in a time… -
media mention October 16, 2019 KRWG: Analysis: 70% of NM Families With Children Will See State Income Tax Cut
Commentary: Most New Mexico families with children – 70% – will get a break on their state personal income taxes when they file their 2019 tax returns, thanks to legislation… -
media mention October 16, 2019 Real Change: Fishing for Equity in a Regressive Tax System
“It’s always about race, and it’s always about taxes,” said Misha Hill, a policy analyst with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). ITEP is the source of the… -
media mention October 14, 2019 POLITICO: Cannabis was supposed to be a tax windfall for states. The reality has been different.
In all, five of the nine states that have set up tax systems for legalized marijuana employ cultivation levies on growers, while all but Alaska charge an excise tax specifically… -
media mention October 14, 2019 POLITICO: Cannabis Was Supposed to Be a Tax Windfall for States. The Reality Has Been Different.
In all, five of the nine states that have set up tax systems for legalized marijuana employ cultivation levies on growers, while all but Alaska charge an excise tax specifically… -
media mention October 11, 2019 The Heartland Institute: Utah Studies New Method for Transportation Funding
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has also found that gas taxes are not a sufficient funding source to repair and rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure. This is mainly due… -
media mention October 6, 2019 Press-Republican: Cuomo Loses Opening Round in Fight Against New Tax Law
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a national think tank, projected in late 2017 that more than 70 percent of New York taxpayers would end up paying less in… -
media mention October 3, 2019 The Fiscal Times: Would a Warren/Sanders Wealth Tax Kill the Economy?
Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax policy at the liberal Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said Wednesday cited the public investments that could be financed with revenues from the… -
media mention September 30, 2019 Marketplace: The Stock Market Is Not the Economy
“The stock market is a market where stocks, a type of investment that represents ownership in a company are traded,” said Jessica Schieder, a federal tax policy fellow at the… -
media mention September 30, 2019 CNBC: New York Judge Dismisses Blue State Suit Over SALT Tax Deductions
Whether the final rule will ultimately deter people from donating to these funds remains to be seen. “If you’re really passionate about private school vouchers in Georgia, you donate and… -
media mention September 26, 2019 Bloomberg: Sanders, Warren Compete for Who Can Tax Billionaires the Most
“We’re seeing such a dramatic change in the debate,” Steve Wamhoff, the director of federal tax policy at the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said. “There is a… -
media mention September 24, 2019 Contra Costa Times: New sales tax proposal for transportation work gets Contra Costa supervisors’ blessing
According to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, low-income families spend about three quarters of their income on items that are subject to sales taxes while… -
media mention September 24, 2019 Louisville Courier Journal: Scholarship Tax Credits Are Private School Vouchers and Tax Shelters for the Wealthy
In a 2017 analysis, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy took a look at how “scholarship tax credit” programs impacted the budgets of the 17 states where they had… -
media mention September 19, 2019 New Internationalist: Why is Public Money Propping up Fossil Fuels?
Meanwhile, some countries are heading in precisely the wrong direction: over the next five years, the UK’s oil industry is set to receive $6.2 billion more than it pays in… -
media mention September 18, 2019 KOAT: How Migrant Workers Pay Taxes
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports that in 2017, such workers paid $1.1 billion in personal income taxes, which can often help strengthen an immigration case. Read more -
media mention September 18, 2019 Newark Star-Ledger: Cory Booker’s New Tax Plan Takes a Cue from … Ronald Reagan?
Booker’s capital gains tax plan is aimed at richer residents. Currently, capital gains are taxed at 23.8 percent compared to a top rate for earned income of 37 percent. And… -
media mention September 13, 2019 MarketWatch: Here’s What 2020 Democrats Have Said about Universal Basic Income
Harris’s proposal would cost more than $270 billion in 2020, according to an estimate by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more