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media mention March 31, 2017 International Business Times: Republican Health Care Plan: Trumpcare Gives Wealthiest 1% A $31B Taxcut
The wealthiest Americans will see the biggest benefit from the Republican plan to repeal the tax on investments and additional Medicare tax in the Republican American Health Care Act, a… -
media mention March 22, 2017 Washington Post: How a GOP tax plan would help Caterpillar after a raid by federal agents
“Caterpillar appears to have elevated international tax avoidance to an art form,” said Matt Gardner, the former director of the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “From that perspective,… -
media mention March 22, 2017 Queen Anne News: Seattle’s proposed soda tax doesn’t go far enough
According to the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Washington has the most unfair state and local tax system in the country. Read more According to the non-partisan Institute… -
media mention March 22, 2017 Arizona Daily Sun: Trump corporate tax cut must be paired with reforms
A new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, based on the regulatory filings of 258 U.S. Fortune 500 companies, illustrates how the 35 percent tax rate is… -
media mention March 22, 2017 Dallas News: For Trump loyalist and the neighbors she hates, immigration policy more than politics
Nationwide, undocumented immigrants pay about $11.7 billion a year in state and local income, sales and property taxes, including about $1.5 billion in Texas, according to the nonpartisan Institute on… -
media mention March 22, 2017 Altoona Mirror: Tax season shows why reforms needed
A new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy demonstrates that any reform must be in multiple directions, rather than in just reducing rates at the top. President… -
media mention March 22, 2017 The Capital Times: Dems’ bill promotes an economy that works for everyone
Over the last three decades, the average incomes for Wisconsin’s top 1 percent have increased by 120 percent, yet the incomes of the remaining 99 percent grew by just 4… -
media mention March 22, 2017 Ventura County Star: Corporate tax cut must include reform
A new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, based on the regulatory filings of 258 U.S. Fortune 500 companies, illustrates how the 35 percent tax rate is… -
media mention March 22, 2017 Urban Milwaukee: Democrats’ Tax Proposal Helps Middle Class
Over the last three decades, the average incomes for Wisconsin’s top 1 percent have increased by 120 percent, yet the incomes of the remaining 99 percent grew by just 4… -
media mention March 22, 2017 Kansas City Star: Who would argue taxes with H&R Block? This guy, but only a little
Who would argue taxes with H&R Block? Matt Gardner would, but only a little. Gardner was the lead author of a recent study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention March 22, 2017 Huffington Post: Companies That Cheat on Their Taxes
However, because of a new study by the non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) we do know that more than half of wealthy Fortune 500 companies find ways… -
media mention March 22, 2017 The Register-Mail: Change ‘tax avoidance’ laws
However, the practice isn’t unusual. About $2.5 trillion has been held offshore in about 10,000 tax-haven subsidiaries by more than 350 of Fortune-500 companies, according to another report, “Offshore Shell… -
media mention March 22, 2017 Gas 2.0: Fuel Taxes Likely to Increase in 2017 in States without Elections
According to information supplied by Carl Davis, research director for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), Washington, D.C., states were more active in changing their rates in the odd-numbered… -
media mention March 22, 2017 Palm Beach Post: NextEra Energy disputes report saying it paid no income taxes
The study, The 35 Percent Corporate Tax Myth conducted by the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, D.C., examined eight years of data on federal income taxes… -
media mention March 22, 2017 CSP Magazine: Why 2017 Looks Bullish for State Gas-Tax Increases
“If you go back to 2013, we’ve seen a significant group of states—19—enact gas-tax increases or reforms of some type. In many cases, these are states that have gone years… -
media mention March 22, 2017 San Diego Union-Tribune: Trump corporate tax cut must be paired with reforms
A new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, based on the regulatory filings of 258 U.S. Fortune 500 companies, illustrates how the 35 percent tax rate is… -
media mention March 13, 2017 CBS MoneyWatch: Meet the 18 profitable companies that paid no taxes over 8 years
President Donald Trump and the GOP leadership have vowed to reduce U.S. corporate taxes, arguing that the statutory 35 percent rate is far too high. But thanks to loopholes and… -
media mention March 13, 2017 The Huffington Post: The Country That Everyone Used To Know
Trump either cannot distinguish facts or he doesn’t care. He says crime is up when crime is down. He says, “I’m the least racist person there is,” then bans Muslims… -
media mention March 13, 2017 Alaska Dispatch News: How billion-dollar companies paid nothing in taxes
Although the top corporate rate is 35 percent, hardly any company actually pays that. The report, by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning research group in Washington,… -
media mention March 13, 2017 The Herald: Democrats, give us a reason to vote for you
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says we have the most regressive tax system (harder on lower incomes) in the nation, and Democratic leaders in this state are determined… -
media mention March 13, 2017 Boston Business Journal: Five things you need to know today, and a rough run for retail
With the corporate tax rate getting more attention under a Trump presidency than ever before, here’s a story for you: Eighteen companies — including two based in Massachusetts— paid no… -
media mention March 13, 2017 Idaho Statesman: Unauthorized immigrants in Idaho pay millions in state and local taxes, report says Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/state/idaho/article137452418.html#storylink=cpy
Unauthorized immigrants living and working in Idaho pay an estimated $28.6 million annually in state and local taxes, according to a new report by a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. They… -
media mention March 13, 2017 Cincinnati Business Courier: P&G among biggest beneficiaries of tax breaks; here’s how other Cincinnati companies fared
P&G had an effective federal corporate tax rate of 22.3 percent, paying $14.9 billion in taxes on nearly $67 billion in U.S. profits over that eight-year period, according to the… -
media mention March 13, 2017 CNBC: Shares of General Electric rise on report that Immelt could be ‘pushed into retirement’
An uptick in stock price comes as a report was issued Thursday by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning research group in Washington, claiming that 100 corporations,… -
media mention March 13, 2017 The Seattle Times: GE, Priceline among top corporations paying no income tax over last 8 years
Although the top corporate rate is 35 percent, hardly any company actually pays that. The report, by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning research group in Washington,…