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media mention June 7, 2018 The (Maine) Free Press: Where the Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Should Stand on the Issues
In the past several years, the LePage administration and now the Trump administration have been very kind to higher-income earners. In 2011, the governor signed a $400 million tax cut,… -
media mention June 4, 2018 CNBC: Donate to charitable funds and nab a tax break in these states — for now
How the IRS will ultimately proceed remains to be seen, but experts agree that the agency may take a closer look at programs with generous tax credits. “It’s when you… -
media mention May 31, 2018 Reno News and Review: Tax Hike?
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the poorest 20 percent of Nevada families pay 6.1 percent of their income in sales tax. The wealthiest one percent of… -
media mention May 30, 2018 Urban Milwaukee: What’s Wrong with Illinois?
Although Illinois is widely viewed as a blue state because of its recent record of supporting Democratic presidential candidates, from a “who pays” angle it looks much more like a… -
media mention May 25, 2018 Politifact: Scott Dawson distorts Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s Grant Funding
But Matt Gardner, senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said there is a distinction between tax dollars and taxpayer dollars. “User fees are, technically, not ‘tax… -
media mention May 24, 2018 Reuters: U.S. Treasury Readies Crackdown on SALT Workarounds
But the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, or ITEP, warned that narrow action could have unintended consequences for federal charitable donations if the government imposes arbitrary distinctions between… -
media mention May 24, 2018 New York Times: I.R.S. Warns States Not to Circumvent State and Local Tax Cap
Carl Davis, the research director for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, said that Alabama provides a 100 percent state tax credit for taxpayers who donate money… -
media mention May 24, 2018 Washington Post: NJ Democrats Loved the Idea of Taxing the Rich Until They Could Actually Do It
A spokesman for Sweeney, the state Senate president, said families earning over $1.1 million in New Jersey already face an average $738 tax hike under the GOP law, citing data… -
media mention May 24, 2018 Politico Morning Tax: Is the End Near
Along those same lines, some liberals are clearly a bit queasy about the idea of the state SALT maneuvers, given that most of the benefits flow to top earners. But… -
media mention May 24, 2018 Washington Times: Treasury Department Warns States over SALT Workarounds
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank, issued a new report Wednesday warning the Treasury not to single out the blue states, saying if they’re going… -
media mention May 16, 2018 NBC: What Trump’s disclosure of his 500 LLCs can and can’t tell us
A 2015 report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a non-profit, non-partisan, tax policy think tank, said Delaware’s tax code made it “a magnet for people looking to create… -
media mention May 16, 2018 San Francisco Chronicle: How Amazon and Entrepreneurs Can Pay Zero Federal Income Tax, and Do So Legally
With the recent news that Amazon paid zero federal taxes for 2017, every entrepreneur should be asking, :”How can my company pay no taxes, and legally, too?” According to the… -
media mention May 16, 2018 Bloomberg: The Kochs Helped Slash State Taxes. Now Teachers Are in the Streets
“There’s this promise,” says Meg Wiehe of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “ ‘We’re going to put more money in your pockets. We’re going to let your family decide… -
media mention May 16, 2018 USA Today: Amazon Tax over Head Tax Foreshadows Battles to Come in other Cities
In Washington state, neither state or local government are allowed to tax income. In addition, state law caps real estate tax increases to no more than 1% a year. “It’s… -
media mention May 16, 2018 CNN: North Carolina teachers want better pay and they’re marching to fight for it
Mark Jewell, president of the North Carolina Association of Educators, has said the state could be spending a lot more on schools if it hadn’t shrunk revenues by lowering corporate… -
media mention May 15, 2018 Seattle Times: Coalition Abandons Initiative Requiring Legislature to ‘Balance’ Washington’s Tax Code
It’s no great secret that Washington state has a regressive tax system, meaning people with modest incomes pay a comparatively high share of it in state and local taxes. The… -
media mention May 14, 2018 Seattle Weekly: Seattle City Council Passes Reduced Head Tax
This comes on the heels of a 2015 Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report that showed Washington has the most regressive tax system in the country because of its high… -
media mention May 12, 2018 News & Observer: Arizona Income Tax story
Meg Wiehe, deputy director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said the public could be more likely to support income tax hikes since federal tax debate in the… -
media mention May 12, 2018 Valdosta Daily Times: T-SPLOST: Good for our community
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the fuel tax in Georgia actually increased .3 cents on gasoline and .4 cents on diesel in 2017. The fuel tax… -
media mention May 11, 2018 Associated Press: Arizona Voters May Be Asked Whether They Want to Tax High Earners to Fund Education
Ballot initiatives to hike taxes on the rich are rare but not unheard of. A measure in Washington state in 2010 to adopt an income tax for individuals who make… -
media mention May 11, 2018 Marketplace: Tax cuts: Have they benefited Indiana’s economy?
As for the potential long-term consequences, the richest Indiana taxpayers will receive the largest average tax cuts in 2027 (with an average cut of $4,840), while taxes would go up slightly… -
media mention May 9, 2018 Working Life Podcast: A shift in the air on tax cuts?; Arizona uprising update; Inequality is worse than you think
The teachers’ uprisings around the nation have challenged the bankrupt ideology of supply-side tax cutting—and maybe marks a shift in the public’s view of taxes and public spending. Jonathan Tasini talks… -
media mention May 8, 2018 CNN: North Carolina teachers will be the next to walk out. Here’s what they want
An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy finds North Carolina would have $3.5 billion more in annual revenue if lawmakers had not changed the tax system that… -
media mention May 8, 2018 Seattle Post-Intelligencer: How Seattle’s Amazon avoids paying taxes
Amazon effectively paid no U.S. income taxes in 2017, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Meanwhile, the company reported a staggering $1.9 billion in profits in… -
media mention May 8, 2018 Bloomberg BNA: Federal Tax Law May Spur Business Relocations Among States
Such migration concerns are “overblown,” Carl Davis, research director at the liberal-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, told Bloomberg Tax. “High-income earners tend to move less often than everyone…