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media mention November 18, 2017 The Guardian: Drug Traffickers Taught the Rich How to Hide Money in Tax Havens
A study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy published this year shows that 366 of the 500 American companies with the highest revenue (those that are part of… -
media mention November 17, 2017 Washington Post: The GOP Tax Plan Is Moving Forward. It’s a Big Scam on Trump’s Base
While this JCT document doesn’t say exactly how many people will see their taxes rise, other analyses give us a hint. For instance, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy… -
media mention November 17, 2017 Associated Press: Derided by Critics, Trickle-Down Economics Gets Another Try
In the view of Carl Davis, research director at the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the track record for supply-side economics “is not particularly inspiring.” In 1981, in… -
media mention November 17, 2017 New York Times: Confused by Tax Bills?
Compared with current law, the House bill, which was passed Thursday, would raise personal federal income taxes on California, New Jersey, New York and Maryland residents by $16.7 billion in… -
media mention November 17, 2017 San Francisco Chronicle: Tax Reform–Look out Californians
Another point to consider: The corporate tax cuts are permanent, while the individual tax cuts are not. Nationwide, only one income group — individuals making $20,000 to $30,000 — would… -
media mention November 16, 2017 New York Times: Billionaires Desperately Need Our Help
Now it’s fair to complain that the tax plan over all doesn’t give needy billionaires quite as much as they deserve. For example, the top 1 percent receive only a… -
media mention November 16, 2017 The Washington Post (Morning Plum): Tax Plan Favors Trump States
The House GOP tax plan nixes most state and local deductions, hitting higher-taxed states harder. Jim Tankersley reports on a new analysis by Carl Davis of the Institute on Taxation… -
media mention November 16, 2017 New York Times: Republican Tax Plan Puts Corporations over People
The plans also differ on their treatment of state and local tax deductions. The Senate would kill them entirely. The House would maintain them only for property taxes and cap… -
media mention November 16, 2017 Vox: Republicans Are Weaponizing the Tax Code
The Republican tax plan supercharges these changes. To a striking degree, the changes are about benefiting not just the well-off but those who are well-off because they own capital, as… -
media mention November 16, 2017 Denver Magazine: How the House and Senate Tax Plans Would Affect Coloradans
To pay for its extensive perks for the wealthy, the House bill adds $1.5 trillion to the national deficit over 10 years, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention November 16, 2017 Los Angeles Times: A Tax Bill No Responsible California Lawmaker Should Support
But the bill’s cuts in personal tax rates, its increase in the standard deduction and other benefits for individual taxpayers are partially offset by reductions in some popular tax deductions… -
media mention November 16, 2017 Fast Company: The Republican Tax Bill Is Great If You’re a Rich, Jobless Heir
Of the $1.5 trillion in proposed cuts in the House version of the bill, about $1 trillion will go to corporations and businesses over the next decade. About $500 billion will… -
media mention November 15, 2017 Washington Post: GOP Tax Cuts Would Be Tax Hikes for Some Families
A separate analysis released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that District-wide, about 39 percent of households earning between $77,220 and $131,900 would see their taxes increase… -
media mention November 15, 2017 The Guardian: Trumps Tax Breaks for the Rich Won’t Trickle Down to Help Working Americans
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the richest 5% of households will receive 61% of the tax cuts in 2027 under the House plan. The middle fifth… -
media mention November 15, 2017 CNN: GOP Tax Plans Could Fuel the Suburban Revolt Against Trump
The bite from the GOP bill is deeper for upper-middle-class families in major metropolitan areas, particularly in Democratic-leaning states where taxes, and usually property values, are higher. While only about… -
media mention November 15, 2017 Rolling Stone: The GOP Tax Plan Just Became an Assault on Obamacare
The Senate tax bill is now skewed toward millionaires. In 2027, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the Republican plan provides the richest one… -
media mention November 14, 2017 Washington Post: Republican Tax Bill Would Be Paradise for Plutocrats
As Thomas Frank wrote in the Guardian, these “tax havens are not a sideshow” to the global economy; “they are a central reality.” And that reality makes a mockery of… -
media mention November 9, 2017 U.S. News&World Report: The Rot at the Heart of the GOP’s Tax Bill
Let’s take the second part first. Republicans have been promoting their tax “reform” plan – which is really more of a big tax cut with some modest reforms chucked in… -
media mention November 8, 2017 NPR’s All Things Considered: After Working To Avoid Taxes, What Could New Legislation Mean For Apple?
ITEP Senior Fellow Matthew Gardner talks to All Things Considered reporter Jim Zarroli about Apple’s tax avoidance schemes. JIM ZARROLI: Apple has made hundreds of billions of dollars around the… -
media mention November 8, 2017 New York Times: Want Kids, a Degree or a Home? The Tax Bill Would Cost You
That is why taxes would go up for about 45 percent of middle-class taxpayers by 2026 under the House bill, according to an analysis by The Times. By contrast, the… -
media mention November 8, 2017 Bloomberg: Tax Bill Offers Uneven Benefits and Hikes for Some, Analysts Say
President Donald Trump’s promised tax cut for the middle class comes with some extra baggage in the bill House Republicans are considering: a much larger tax cut for the top… -
media mention November 8, 2017 CBS News Money Watch: 5 Groups Who May Get No Relief from The GOP Tax Bill
Republicans say they want their tax code to give middle-class Americans a break, but some analysts are warning a few vulnerable groups may not get relief. The biggest winners under… -
media mention November 8, 2017 Mother Jones: Donald Trump’s Tax Plan Would Give Nearly 50 Percent of Tax Cuts to the Top 1 Percent
Another report, released Monday by the the Institute on Taxation on Economic Policy (ITEP), a liberal think tank, also finds that nearly half the benefits would go to the top 1 percent.… -
media mention November 7, 2017 Washington Post: What Is Carried Interest and Why It Matters in the GOP Tax Bill
Critics argue that these wealthy financiers should be paying more. The preferential tax treatment gives the wealthy an unfair advantage and deepens the divide between the rich and poor, they… -
media mention November 7, 2017 MarketWatch: Paradise Papers’ Are a Timely Reminder Not to Overlook Your Own Tax Breaks
“As with last year’s Panama Papers, these papers will help shed light on the astonishing breadth of corruption facilitated by tax havens and law firms that work with elite clients…