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media mention September 7, 2023 New York Times: New Corporate Minimum Tax Ushers In Confusion and a Lobbying Blitz
The new corporate minimum tax was one of the most significant changes to the U.S. tax code in decades. Its logic rested on the idea that rich companies should not be able… -
media mention August 24, 2023 Mother Jones: The Struggle to Tax the Rich Isn’t Done Yet—In Some States It’s Actually Happening
Under an overcast sky, Patty Flores led a group of colleagues to an empty lot in the mobile home park where she lived. A bare patch of grass traced the outline… -
media mention August 22, 2023 Mother Jones: “The Wealthy Tend to Always Look Out for Themselves”—The Attack on State Taxes By Outside Groups
Amia Edwards lives here because she wants to make a difference. But in this majority-Black city, long starved for funding by the state’s mostly white Legislature, that’s proved a steep challenge.… -
media mention August 15, 2023 Editorial: Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday is Mostly Hype
It’s just about back-to-school time, and Gov. Phil Murphy and other Democratic state leaders are showing their love for New Jersey families by offering this special giveaway: 20 cents in… -
media mention August 14, 2023 Washington Post: Biden Wants Rich Companies to Pay Higher Taxes. Some Are Fighting Back.
It was a simple idea: Major U.S. corporations should pay at least a 15 percent tax on their income, ending an era when some of the country’s most profitable firms… -
media mention August 4, 2023 New York Times: What’s the Matter With Miami?
For a couple of years after the pandemic struck, there was considerable buzz to the effect that much of the financial industry might leave New York for Miami. After all,… -
media mention August 2, 2023 Chalkboard News: Some States Offer Back-to-School Tax Holidays. Do They Work?
As back-to-school shopping is expected to cost consumers an all-time high, some states have implemented sales-tax holidays aimed at providing some relief. Read more. -
media mention July 28, 2023 Charlotte Observer: NC Republicans Aren’t Worried About the Effects of Tax Cuts. You Should Be.
In mid-summer, the state capital is experiencing an odd mix of anxiety and content. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is warning that plans by Republican state lawmakers to expand private school… -
media mention July 26, 2023 The Lever: The Magical Math Behind Disney’s Content Purge
As Hollywood actors and writers strike together for the first time since 1960 over pay, working conditions, and job security, Disney has purged dozens of original TV shows and movies… -
media mention July 19, 2023 Video: How Google, UPS & Amazon Avoid Paying Billions in Taxes
ITEP Senior Fellow Matt Gardner appeared on The Freedom Side to discuss corporate tax breaks and “bonus depreciation.”
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media mention July 17, 2023 Video: ITEP Executive Director Amy Hanauer Featured on The Young Turks Segment on Social Security
This Young Turks segment on Senator Ron Johnson’s comments on Social Security features his exchange with ITEP Executive Director Amy Hanauer as well as ITEP data.
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media mention July 17, 2023 The Hill: Progressive Groups Tell Dems To Back Out of Debt Ceiling Handshake Deal
Progressive groups are arguing a handshake agreement on spending struck by Republicans and Democrats while raising the debt ceiling is null and void. Read more. -
media mention July 12, 2023 Yahoo Finance: Could Social Security Be Saved by the ‘Buffett Rule?’
Among the chief proposals to fix Social Security before a major funding source runs out of money is to have wealthy Americans pitch in through higher taxes and lower benefits. One way to… -
media mention July 12, 2023 Sacramento Bee: Biden, Democrats Want to Increase Tax Break for Parents. It Could Help 15 million Californians
The increased tax credit would help an estimated 14.7 million Californians, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a progressive Washington-based research group. While the proposed increase has… -
media mention July 11, 2023 Video: ITEP’s Matt Gardner Talks Corporate Tax Breaks on Scripps News Live
ITEP Senior Fellow Matt Gardner talks about “bonus depreciation” and our new report that finds that this tax break has saved nearly $67 billion for 25 of the corporations that benefited most.
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media mention July 6, 2023 The New Republic: The Truth About the GOP and the Deficit: All They Do Is Raise It
They talk deficit reduction. But what they actually do—time after time after time—is raise it via corporate giveaways. Here’s the latest example. Read more. -
media mention July 1, 2023 Mountain State Spotlight: Tax Cuts, Low-Balled Estimates and Volatile Revenues: Inside West Virginia’s $1.8 Billion Budget Surplus
Gov. Jim Justice has used the state’s budget surplus as proof of his business skills as he runs for the U.S. Senate. But the surplus is built on unpredictable revenue… -
media mention June 26, 2023 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Next Tax Debates are Heating Up in Congress
Call it the battle of the tax cuts. Western Pennsylvania’s lawmakers are on opposite sides as the U.S. House debates whether — and how — to cut taxes. Read more. -
media mention June 21, 2023 The Sacramento Bee: Fact Check: Does California’s Middle Class Pay Less in Taxes Than in Other States?
“The American people don’t know this. We have the highest tax rate for the 1%, but middle-class families actually paid less than the majority of states in America in California,”… -
media mention June 19, 2023 Insider: The IRS Could Recover $12 for Every $1 Spent on Scrutinizing the Ultra-Wealthy’s Taxes
It turns out that scrutinizing the rich’s taxes pays off. A new paper from economists at the Department of Treasury, Harvard University, and the University of Sydney looks at the return on… -
media mention June 19, 2023 The Independent: Biden Warns Union Members that Republicans are ‘Coming for Your Jobs’ in 2024 Campaign Speech in Philadelphia
Joe Biden got his 2024 presidential re-election campaign underway in Philadelphia on Saturday by continuing to pitch voters on his pro-labour bonafides. Read more. -
media mention June 15, 2023 Video: ITEP’s Amy Hanauer Talks Proposed GOP Tax Cuts on Scripps New Live
ITEP Executive Director Amy Hanauer joined Scripps News Live to talk about the trio of tax bills that House Republicans are moving through committee this week, and explain how they would disproportionately help the wealthiest Americans and foreign investors.
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media mention June 15, 2023 Salon: GOP Follows Debt Fight with Bill to Give $24 billion Tax Cut to the Top 1 Percent
After spending months threatening to tank the economy over the federal deficit, Republicans have unveiled a set of new tax proposals that would cost the government billions of dollars —… -
media mention June 13, 2023 Common Dreams: New GOP Bills Would Hand Richest 1% Over $28 Billion in Tax Cuts Next Year
Tax cut legislation that House Republicans are set to consider this week after pushing the global economy to the brink of disaster would deliver more than $28 billion to the richest 1%… -
media mention June 12, 2023 Video: ITEP’s Joe Hughes Talks Child Tax Credit Expansion on Scripps News Live
ITEP Federal Policy Analyst Joe Hughes joined Scripps News Live to talk about the American Family Act, which would permanently expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC) to 2021 levels, helping…