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media mention October 27, 2017 MarketWatch: Trump-Ryan Tax Plan Will Encourage More Corporate Offshore Tax Avoidance
The figures are staggering. At least 366 of the Fortune 500 companies have established subsidiaries in tax-haven countries. The companies pay an average tax rate of 6.1% on their “foreign”… -
media mention October 27, 2017 The Week: The GOP’s Head Fake on Taxes
But this little adjustment would barely shift the overall effects of the tax plan at all. “Taxpayers with total income exceeding $1 million would receive an average tax cut of… -
media mention October 27, 2017 Mother Jones: Republicans Fast Track Tax Cut for the Wealthy
Most of the Republican opposition came from the GOP’s plan to eliminate deductions for state and local taxes, with 11 Republicans from New York and New Jersey voting against the… -
media mention October 27, 2017 Fusion: Income Tax Is Great
A report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy examines the results of a natural experiment on taxation that has emerged within our country: The economic performance of the… -
media mention October 27, 2017 The Street: Proposed Gas Tax Increase Could Harm Consumers
Since 2013, 26 states have raised their gas taxes with eight alone in 2017, according to a report conducted by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a non-profit and… -
media mention October 27, 2017 Washington Post: Happy Hour Roundup
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy releases a report showing that states with higher personal income taxes have higher economic growth, higher wage growth, and lower unemployment than states… -
media mention October 27, 2017 NY Daily News: D.C.’s Budget Takes Dead Aim at NYC
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy finds that 84% of the tax cuts received by New York State residents would go to the richest 1% of households here —… -
media mention October 27, 2017 City Pages: Emmer, Paulsen, and Lewis Decide the Deficit Isn’t So Important After All
The 1 percent gets served first, of course. The wealthiest Minnesotans will receive 62 percent of the state’s tax cuts next year for an average of $66,000, according to the… -
media mention October 26, 2017 American Prospect: Republicans Want to Make Corporate Tax Avoidance Easier
According to a recent report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, 73 percent of Fortune 500 companies have subsidiaries in a low-tax… -
media mention October 26, 2017 Star-Ledger: You’re Now More at Risk of Losing Your Property Tax Break
The loss of the state and local tax deduction would mean higher taxes for 26.4 percent of New Jersey taxpayers, according to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention October 26, 2017 International Business Times: Do Lower Taxes Spur Economic Growth? What Happened In No-Tax States
Researchers at the non-partisan and non-profit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy compared the nine states without personal income taxes, which include Florida, Texas and Washington, to the nine states… -
media mention October 25, 2017 CNN: How Trump’s Policies Could Hurt the Rust Belt
Rust Belt states Ohio, Michigan and Indiana are not home to large populations of $1 million household income earners. Rather, they’re in the middle or bottom of the pack, according… -
media mention October 24, 2017 Forbes: Which U.S. Companies Have the Most Tax Havens
Every year, U.S.-based multinational corporations use tax havens to avoid paying an estimated $100 billion in federal income tax. According to a report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy,… -
media mention October 23, 2017 Wall Street Cheat Sheet: 15 People Who Will Cash in Big from the Trump Plan
According to the the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, it would be a tale of two classes. The top 1% (those earning over $600,000) would see an average tax cut… -
media mention October 19, 2017 Think Progress: Trump’s Tax Bill Is a Swamp Monster
Piper was among several Fierce lobbyists working for Apple on the bill in the Senate, House, and the Executive Office of the President. Apple — the company that had over $230… -
media mention October 19, 2017 CNN: America Needs Higher Wages, Not Lower Taxes
There’s no argument over who benefits from the current Republican proposal to cut taxes, if you put aside ideology and honestly look at the numbers. According to analyses from the… -
media mention October 18, 2017 NPR’s Marketplace: Can You Convince Americans to Support Lower Corporate Taxes by Promising Them a Pay Raise?
Another reason Trump’s message may not land? Many economists don’t think that corporate tax cuts will lead to higher wages. “It’s a pretty far-fetched claim,” said Matthew Gardner of the… -
media mention October 17, 2017 Reveal: The Fight for Public Education
In this radio interview, ITEP research director Carl Davis discusses the downfalls of using tax credits for private education. Carl is featured around the 8:40 mark. Read more -
media mention October 17, 2017 Washington Examiner: Indiana’s Tax Cuts Haven’t Led to Higher Paychecks
Carl Davis for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: In announcing a tax cut framework in Indianapolis that was negotiated with House and Senate leaders, President Trump said, “Indiana… -
media mention October 17, 2017 Wisconsin Public Radio: Paul Ryan Defends Tax Proposal Health Insurance Subsidy Cut
A study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington DC found about 60 percent of the proposed tax cuts would benefit the top 1 percent of income earners in Wisconsin.… -
media mention October 17, 2017 International Business Times: Three quarters of Fortune 500 companies used offshore tax havens in 2016
New research has revealed that 73% or 366 companies on the Fortune 500 list, including brands as big as Nike, Apple and Citigroup, used tax havens to avoid US taxes… -
media mention October 17, 2017 The Nation: How the Swindlers of Silicon Valley Avoid Paying Taxes
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a nonpartisan organization, has warned, “Corporations would have even greater incentives to engage in accounting gimmicks to make their U.S. profits appear… -
media mention October 17, 2017 Fiscal Times: 4 Corporate Giants Benefiting from Offshore Tax Havens
A new report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy finds that nearly three-quarters of Fortune 500 companies used offshore… -
media mention October 17, 2017 Bloomberg BNA: Taxes Lost to Offshore Profits Rise to $752B in 2016
The report, released Oct. 17 by the left-leaning U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, “undermines the case for any tax proposal… -
media mention October 13, 2017 New York Times: U.S. and Europe May Collide on Taxing Apple and Amazon
The rulings on Amazon and Apple — which those companies are disputing — are byproducts of a race among governments to lure corporate giants to their shores in the hunt…