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media mention July 15, 2018 Vermont Business: Auditor Can’t Quantify Benefit of Economic Incentives
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy ranks Vermont’s tax system as one of the most progressive in the country because of the steeply graduated income tax, the State earned… -
media mention July 14, 2018 Cedar Rapids Gazette: Tax Cuts Can’t Ease Trade Fears
That’s likely because, as a report published Wednesday by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy notes, income inequality has soared, and such measures are making it worse. The wealthy… -
media mention July 12, 2018 Politico: The History of 21st Century Tax Cuts
The history of 21st-century tax cuts in the U.S. involves the top end getting most of the proceeds, Pro Tax’s Toby Eckert reports off of a new report from the… -
media mention July 11, 2018 New York Times: $111 Billion in Tax Cuts for the Top 1 Percent
Think of it this way: Income inequality has soared in recent decades, with the wealthy pulling away from everyone else and the upper-middle-class doing better than the working class or… -
media mention July 11, 2018 Mother Jones: Guess Who Benefits from Republican Tax Cuts?
In news that will shock no one, the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy has tallied up the results of all the Republican tax cuts since 2000 and concluded that… -
media mention July 11, 2018 Vox: America’s Getting $10 Trillion in Tax Cuts, and 20% of Them Are Going to the Richest 1%
The first analysis, from the Institute on Taxation and Economic and Policy, a liberal-leaning think tank, found that from 2001 through 2018, changes to the federal tax code have reduced… -
media mention July 11, 2018 The Hill: The GOP Tax Bill Rewards Offshoring – Here’s What We Can Do to Stop It
The new law allows companies to pay half or less of the corporate tax rate on profits earned abroad as they would here at home, while also exempting from tax… -
media mention July 11, 2018 Bloomberg Law: $5.1 Trillion Revenue Reduction
Significant federal tax changes from 2001 through 2018 have reduced revenue by $5.1 trillion, according to an Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy analysis published July 11. “By the end… -
media mention July 11, 2018 The Hill: Tax Cuts Since 2000 Have Mostly Benefited High Earners
Households in the top fifth of income levels have received 65 percent of the value of tax changes enacted since 2000, according to a report released Wednesday by the left-leaning… -
media mention July 11, 2018 Yahoo! Finance: The Steep Cost of Tax Cuts Since 2001
Tax cuts enacted since the turn of the 21st century have added nearly $6 trillion to the deficit while disproportionately benefiting wealthy households, according to a new study from the… -
media mention July 10, 2018 San Jose Mercury News: If California Gas Prices Take Their Seasonal Tumble, Will That Save the Gas Tax?
Just so you know, California isn’t the only state raising gasoline taxes. As 2018’s second half starts, drivers in seven states face just-raised taxes on fuel, according to the Institute… -
media mention July 9, 2018 Washington Post: At State Level, GOP Renews Push to Require ‘supermajorities’ for Tax Hikes, Imperiling Progressive Agenda
In three additional states — Florida, Oregon and North Carolina — conservative lawmakers and business groups are currently advancing similar measures, said Meg Wiehe, a tax analyst at the Institute… -
media mention July 6, 2018 Orange County Register: California Isn’t the Only State Hiking Gas Taxes
Just so you know, California isn’t the only state raising gasoline taxes. As 2018’s second half starts, drivers in seven states face just-raised taxes on fuel, according to the Institute on… -
media mention July 5, 2018 The Bond Buyer: Where SALT Workarounds Are Being Promoted
he $10,000 federal cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes has led to a flurry of activity in red states to promote tax credits for taxpayers’ efforts to… -
media mention July 5, 2018 Fox Business: Higher State Taxes, Not OPEC, Boosting Gas Prices
In July, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee were among seven states that raised their gas taxes Opens a New Window. . At least 27 states have raised or updated their gas… -
media mention July 5, 2018 24/7 Wall Street: 10 States With the Lowest Gas Prices Get Government Help
While oil prices are the major component of gas prices, state taxes are often overlooked. And they are unlikely to change very much. According to the Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention July 5, 2018 The Nation: Will Red-State Protests Spark Electoral Change?
State lawmakers came “out of the gate in 2011 with a pretty regressive, large-scale tax-cut plan,” said Meg Wiehe, deputy director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP),… -
media mention July 2, 2018 USA Today: Gas Taxes Rise Sunday in Seven States as AAA Projects Record Travel for July 4th
Massive teacher protests this spring in Oklahoma, West Virginia, Kentucky and other states prompted the Oklahoma Legislature to raise taxes on cigarettes, fuel and oil and gas production to pay for… -
media mention July 2, 2018 Augusta Free Press: Rising Gas Prices, Health Costs Mitigate Impact of Tax Cuts
Meanwhile, six months after passage of the tax cut law, Virginia’s wealthiest one percent will be watching fireworks at the country club in great comfort knowing that their tax cuts… -
media mention July 2, 2018 Seattle Times: Fight Heats up over Washington State Carbon ‘Fee’ Likely to Make Fall Ballot
Opponents criticize the measure as a regressive tax on Washingtonians. They note that the state — with a sales tax but no income tax — already is considered to have… -
media mention June 29, 2018 American Prospect: The Two Biggest Lies in Donald Trump’s Tax Plan
Following is an excerpt from an essay in the American Prospect by ITEP Senior Fellow Matt Gardner: Despite a full-court charm offensive by the White House, its media surrogates, and… -
media mention June 29, 2018 San Antonio Express News: Why Immigrants Come
What’s needed is a change of policy and a change of focus. The objective should not be to decrease the supply of labor needed in the farm fields and hospitality… -
media mention June 28, 2018 Fast Company: AT&T’s Long Partnership with NSA Is Just Another Swamp Romance
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said AT&T enjoyed an effective tax rate of just 8 percent between 2008 and 2015, despite the fact that the company enjoyed record… -
media mention June 28, 2018 American Prospect: Massive Spending Cuts, the Tax Act’s Hidden Costs
According to an analysis released last year by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, those in the bottom fifth of the income distribution paid just under 7 percent of… -
media mention June 27, 2018 Bloomberg BNA: Fix’ for Federal Cap on State Tax Deduction? K-12 Tax Credits
But the very same charge can be made against the tax credit programs for private K-12 schools, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said in its report. These programs…