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media mention September 9, 2017 Time: Formerly Undocumented State Representatives Say Donald Trump Is Threatening the American Dream
For a politician to toy with the futures of so many young people is unconscionable. But when you consider the impact that repeal would have on our economy, it’s also… -
media mention September 8, 2017 Bloomberg: Football Champs and CEOs Alike Sidestep Taxes With Private Jets
The result is that airline passengers are subsidizing some of the world’s largest corporations and wealthiest people under the current system, said Matthew Gardner, a senior fellow at the nonprofit… -
media mention September 8, 2017 Houston Chronicle: Should Low-Tax Texas Have to Shoulder More of Harvey’s Load?
Right now, although Texas is a low-tax state overall, that tax burden falls disproportionately on poor people. High property and sales taxes and the absence of an income tax means… -
media mention September 8, 2017 Arkansas Times: Arkansas to Fare Worse Than Most States under Trump Tax Proposal, Report Says
We don’t have an actual tax bill to parse yet, but Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families has a helpful preview of how the cuts outlined by Trump earlier this year… -
media mention September 6, 2017 Politico: Why Corporate Tax Reform Is So Messy
There is even greater variation among individual companies. Eighteen of the 258 Fortune 500 companies that were consistently profitable between 2008 and 2015 did not pay any federal taxes during… -
media mention September 6, 2017 Quartz: The Smart Tax-Reform Idea Aimed at Democrats That Will Also Rile Republicans
The Republican proposals include provisions that would lead to huge reductions in taxes paid by the wealthiest Americans—an estimate from the non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy suggests the… -
media mention September 6, 2017 San Antonio Express News: News of DACA’s End Hits South Texas Immigrants
Immigration activists noted that DACA recipients pay $2 billion a year in state and local taxes, including $300 million in Texas, according to a report by the Institute on Taxation… -
media mention September 6, 2017 Denver 9 News: What’s True About DACA Recipients
According to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy earlier this year, DACA enrollees contribute an estimated $1.6 billion a year in state and local taxes. Read… -
media mention September 6, 2017 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Pennsylvania Leaders Respond to Trump Administration’s DACA Rescind
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, Democrat “President Trump’s action today is an insult to America and our values. This action is profoundly unjust, immoral and without regard for basic fairness. Tearing… -
media mention September 1, 2017 CBS News Moneywatch: Can Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts Help the Middle Class?
Fortune 500 companies now hold about $2.6 trillion in offshore cash, which leads to billions in lost federal taxes, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. A set… -
media mention September 1, 2017 Fact Check.org: Trump’s Tax Speech
U.S. companies with business overseas do keep some profits in offshore accounts, where it isn’t subject to U.S. corporate taxes until it is repatriated to this country. The profits are declared indefinitely,… -
media mention September 1, 2017 The Columbian: Republicans should stick to facts, not rhetoric, on topic of corporate taxes
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s visit to the Boeing plant in Everett last week contained plenty of ideology, politicking, and lobbying for Republican efforts to reconfigure the U.S. tax code. But… -
media mention August 31, 2017 CNBC: Corporate Tax Reform Could Leave These Companies Paying More
Earlier this year, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan think tank, combed through the financial filings of 258 major U.S. corporations to see how much tax they… -
media mention August 31, 2017 Politico: Trump Wants to Slash America’s Corporate Tax Rate, But That Rate Is a Myth
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy examined 258 Fortune 500 companies that were profitable from 2008 to 2015 and found 100 companies paid zero — or less — in… -
media mention August 31, 2017 Slate: Our Corporate Tax System Is a Mess. Republicans Might Just Make It Worse
Earlier this year, the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy released a report in which it analyzed the tax rates paid by members of the Fortune 500 between 2008… -
media mention August 31, 2017 HuffPost: Soda Taxes Create Complicated Rules
The arcane rules for taxing beverages point to a broader taxation challenge: Unless state legislatures and city officials target broad categories, all gasoline sales, for example, their efforts to tax… -
media mention August 31, 2017 Irish Times: Dublin Watches Nervously as Trump Pushes U.S. Tax Reform Agenda
A proposal to encourage companies to repatriate the trillions of dollars that are resting offshore is also up for discussion between the White House and Republicans on Capitol Hill, perhaps… -
media mention August 31, 2017 Vox: Trumps Says the U.S. Has the Highest Corporate Tax Rate in the World
Big multinational corporations commonly make use of the deferral loophole, which allows them to avoid taxes on profits made abroad. That exception creates incentives for corporations to use accounting gimmicks… -
media mention August 31, 2017 HuffPost: Here Are 4 Populist Tax Reforms Trump Could Adopt If He Really Cared About Working People
In fact, the evidence suggests that Trump’s tax cuts would line corporate CEOs’ pockets, while depleting the Treasury and doing little, if anything, to boost working class Americans’ bottom line.“Trump’s… -
media mention August 31, 2017 The Oklahoman: Tax Holiday Debate Splits Those on the Left
The liberal Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has been among those urging repeal of sales tax holidays. In Georgia, the liberal Georgia Budget and Policy Institute promoted repeal. In… -
media mention August 30, 2017 Fortune: Trump Doesn’t Want Us to See His Real Tax Plan
Following is an excerpt from a op-ed by Alan Essig, executive director of ITEP, published on Fortune. President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress are eager to turn our… -
media mention August 30, 2017 Quartz: Most of Trump’s Tax Cuts Would Go to Taxpayers Making over $599,300 a Year
He didn’t provide any specifics about how these things might happen however. So far, the most detail that’s been offered about Trump’s tax reform plan is a one-page, less-than 250… -
media mention August 30, 2017 HuffPost: Donald Trump Kicks Off Push For Tax Reform In Missouri
The president spoke at an event at Loren Cook Co., which manufactures fans, blowers and lab exhaust systems. The company’s owner donated to Trump and to various Missouri GOP officials during… -
media mention August 30, 2017 The Fiscal Times: Will Trump’s Corporate Tax Reform Really Boost the Economy?
A territorial tax system is still open to abuse: Although there may be benefits to changing the way foreign profits are taxed, there is no guarantee that tax dodging will… -
media mention August 30, 2017 The New York Times: Trump Tax Plan May Free Up Corporate Dollars, but Then What?
But skeptics worry that making the system airtight is impossible. “It’s an endless cat-and-mouse game,” said Matthew Gardner, senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a research…