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media mention January 12, 2018 USA Today: High-Tax States Plot Ways to Get Around New Limit on Federal Tax Deductions
But a more liberal group, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, reported last year how financial advisers have advertised how taxpayers could make a profit by giving to funds in… -
media mention January 12, 2018 Yahoo Finance: Democrats Downplay Bonuses Employees Are Getting In Wake Of GOP Tax Law
But it’s worth noting that PEPCO, which was acquired by Exelon Corp. in 2016, paid an effective tax rate of negative 27.9 from 2008 to 2015 partly because of various… -
media mention January 12, 2018 Washington Post: Is the Trump Tax Cut Good or Bad for the Middle-Class?
A state-by-state analysis produced by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a liberal-leaning group, show the vast majority will get some kind of tax cut in Missouri in 2019,… -
media mention January 12, 2018 Politico: The Progressive Skepticism on the SALT Run-Arounds:
The progressive skepticism on the SALT run-arounds: The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has a new paper that says it’s understandable why states would try to make sure residents… -
media mention January 12, 2018 Time: Walmart Shocked Employees By Closing Dozens of Sam’s Club Stores. Here’s What We Know
And how much richer will Walmart be in light of the new tax law the company is crediting as the big reason for raises and bonuses for workers? Matt Gardner,… -
media mention January 9, 2018 The Hill: Why You Shouldn’t Pay Attention to What Companies Say about Their Tax Bills
Following in an excerpt from an op-ed by ITEP Senior Fellow Matthew Gardner that appear in The Hill: A flurry of announcements by corporate giants such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan… -
media mention January 9, 2018 Salon: Apple’s Biggest Innovation Isn’t Gadgets. It’s Dodging Taxes
Why would so many American companies register themselves in the Caymans? Elementary. American tax law allows corporations to defer paying taxes on profits earned overseas, until those profits are repatriated… -
media mention January 9, 2018 The Fiscal Times: More States Are Turning to Toll Roads
Nineteen states have waited a decade or more since last increasing their gas tax rates. Another 13 states have gone at least two decades, and three states — Alaska, Oklahoma and… -
media mention January 8, 2018 MTPR: Federal Tax Bill Casts Uncertainty on Montana’s Budget
The federal tax bill could result in about another one percent loss, under one of the state’s interpretations of the federal law’s impacts. Meg Wiehe is deputy director the left-leaning… -
media mention January 4, 2018 CBS St. Louis: Metro East Gubernatorial Candidate Wants Progressive Income Tax
Democrat Bob Daiber, currently Madison County’s Regional Superintendent of Schools, claims Illinois’ tax system is fifth most regressive in the nation — citing the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.… -
media mention January 2, 2018 Philadelphia Business Journal: New Federal Tax Loophole Could Stoke Interest in Private School Donations
Changes to the federal tax code could encourage more Pennsylvania businesses to pump money into K-12 private schools instead of paying state taxes. That’s according to an analysis by the… -
media mention January 1, 2018 Select state coverage of ITEP’s analyses of Republican tax Plans
Burlington County Times: Will Phil Murphy raise NJ’s taxes (and 4 other political questions for .. Kaplan Herald: This chart exhibits how the GOP tax plan will hit your pockets… -
media mention December 29, 2017 NPR: This Tax Loophole for Wealthy Donors Just Got Bigger
One of the changes, according to the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy, which advocates for a “fair and sustainable” tax system, allows far more wealthy donors in 10 states… -
media mention December 29, 2017 Nasdaq: The New GOP Tax Law and Millennials
Still there remains much confusion on what will happen to Jane and Joe’s taxes. From CBS: Tax experts are combing through the legislation to get a handle on how its new tax… -
media mention December 28, 2017 The Observer: ITEP Responds to MacArthur on GOP Tax Plan
Excerpt from op-ed by Meg Wiehe: Rep. Tom MacArthur’s Dec. 27 op-ed cherry-picked data from analyses by my organization, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), to bolster his… -
media mention December 28, 2017 The Washington Journal: Greater Washington’s Achilles’ heel on tax cuts: Its pricey real estate
Greater Washington’s high median income should have set up the region to reap more than its share of $1.5 trillion in tax cuts passed by Congress and signed by President… -
media mention December 27, 2017 The Street: General Electric Has Seen Almost $70 Billion of Its Value Disappear in 2017
GE was one of 18 Fortune 500 companies that paid no net federal income taxes between 2008 and 2015, a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found.… -
media mention December 25, 2017 Alternet: Republican Tax Plan Opens Backdoor to Federally Supported School Vouchers
Another voucher-like provision Republicans put into the tax code will not have as much immediate impact as the 529 extension but may have much more negative and wide-reaching effects long-term.… -
media mention December 24, 2017 Vanity Fair: “You All Just Got a Lot Richer”
When Donald Trump and the Republican party unveiled its precious tax legislation, outside analysts immediately noted that the bill seemed designed to favor a slim subset of Americans. The Institute… -
media mention December 22, 2017 Fortune: Real Estate Investors Will Love This Last-Minute Change to the Tax Plan
This is an excerpt from an op-ed by ITEP Senior Fellow Steve Wamhoff that appeared in Fortune. A last-minute change to the just-passed tax plan that would benefit real estate… -
media mention December 22, 2017 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Tax Changes Could Help Parochial Schools
As a result, a preferred private school gets funding, which it must use to offset tuition for low-income students. The donor loses almost nothing. There are certain tax situations in… -
media mention December 22, 2017 Investors’ Business Daily: GE Cash Crunch That Hit Dividend May Get Worse Under Trump Tax Cuts
Companies had held off on paying income taxes on foreign earnings until those funds are returned, or repatriated, to the U.S. The 35% domestic rate has led several companies to… -
media mention December 22, 2017 Associated Press: Windfall for Workers Too?
Since the Senate passed its initial tax overhaul, 32 companies have announced share buybacks totaling $83.7 billion, Schumer’s office said. Matthew Gardner, a senior fellow at the liberal Institute on… -
media mention December 22, 2017 Washington Post: The Finance 202: Trump pledged to slash a key break for investment managers. Here’s the inside story of how he failed.
From the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: AT&T’s Tax Rate for Past 8 Years: 8.1% Boeing’s Tax Rate for Past 8 Years: 5.4% The idea that a new lower… -
media mention December 22, 2017 CBS News: Bonuses for Some Workers After Tax Bill Passes
Matthew Gardner, a senior fellow at the liberal Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said companies have been sitting on large cash holdings for years that easily could have gone…