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media mention August 13, 2017 Washington Examiner: Mitch McConnell Faces Dug-in Democrats on Tax Reform
“There’s been more and more awareness that actually C-corporations are not paying 35 percent in taxes,” said Steven Wamhoff, a tax expert at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy,… -
media mention August 11, 2017 New York Times: Questions Emerge Over What Wisconsin Must Give for Foxconn Plant
Mr. Walker, who has made promises of job creation a centerpiece of his two terms in office, has pushed lawmakers to move quickly in approving the bill, which would offer… -
media mention August 11, 2017 AP: School Voucher Programs Raise Questions about Transparency and Accountability
The AAA Scholarship Foundation Inc. which runs programs in Nevada and five other states, says it doesn’t give tax advice but has, when asked, shared an IRS memo on the… -
media mention August 9, 2017 Wall Street Journal: Lawsuit Says Seattle’s ‘Tax-the-Rich’ Measure Violates State Constitution
The tax would bring in about $140 million every year for the city. The money would be used to fund affordable housing, education and transit services, and replace federal funding… -
media mention August 7, 2017 International Business Times: How Changing Corporate Tax Rates Affects The Economy, Government Revenue
As Suarez Serrato pointed out in the IBT interview, the study also highlighted the gulf between statutory and effective corporate tax rates. While the federal corporate rate stands at 35 percent… -
media mention August 4, 2017 USA Today: In Some States, Sales Tax Holidays Lose Luster
For more than a decade after New York started the modern trend in 1997, the number of states with annual sales tax holidays grew steadily. But the count peaked at… -
media mention August 4, 2017 Politifact: Are There Over $4 Trillion in Earnings Offshore?
We also turned to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which found that Fortune 500 companies — a slightly smaller pool — report $2.6 trillion offshore. ITEP included total untaxed… -
media mention August 3, 2017 Between the Lines: Trump Tax Plan Would Benefit the Wealthiest Americans
Between The Lines’ Scott Harris spoke with Matthew Gardner, senior fellow with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, who discusses his group’s analysis of the Trump administration’s tax reform… -
media mention August 1, 2017 International Business Times: As Mnuchin Discusses Tax Reform, Business Groups Lobby To Shape Tax Policy
Two reports on effective federal and state corporate tax rates by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that, for dozens of profitable Fortune 500 companies, it has, on… -
media mention August 1, 2017 Houston Chronicle: Sanctuary Cities Law Could Cost Texas Billions
An analysis of data from the U.S. Census, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that if 10 percent of undocumented immigrants leave… -
media mention July 31, 2017 Utah Public News Service: Trump’s Economic Policies to Increase Economic Inequality
The Trump administration’s tax proposals would not benefit all taxpayers or states equally, according to new analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Matt Gardner, a senior fellow with… -
media mention July 29, 2017 San Francisco Chronicle: Should We Fear Big Tech?
Many tech companies have avoided taxes by placing intangibles such as patents and copyrights in subsidiaries in low- or no-tax countries, then attributing income likely generated elsewhere to those subsidiaries.… -
media mention July 28, 2017 The New York Times: Wisconsin’s Lavish Lure for Foxconn: $3 Billion in Tax Subsidies
Big companies like Foxconn possess leverage to extract concessions from state governments that smaller firms cannot, said Carl Davis, research director at the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy… -
media mention July 28, 2017 The Atlantic: How Much is Wisconsin Paying for a Taiwanese Manufacturer’s Jobs
Plus, states rarely seem to consider whether the money they lavish on corporations might be better spent elsewhere—on public goods like bridges, say, or educational initiatives for their work forces.… -
media mention July 27, 2017 The Sacramento Bee: A Jackpot for the 1 Percent, a Pittance for the Rest of Us
In California, the bottom line would be even more unfair. The 1 percent with the highest incomes – an average of more than $2.7 million a year – would get… -
media mention July 25, 2017 Gizmodo: Meet the Shell Company Uber Used to Acquire Otto
This kind of patent game has been played best by Pfizer. In its annual report on offshore tax havens used by Fortune 500 companies, the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention July 20, 2017 Bloomberg: Americans Say They Back Gas Tax to Fix Crumbling Roads
Twenty-six states have raised or updated their gas taxes since 2013, including eight so far this year, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a non-profit research organization… -
media mention July 20, 2017 Law 360: Wealthy Benefit More Under $5T Trump Tax Plan
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy on Thursday projected a minimum $4.8 trillion federal revenue reduction over a 10-year period under President Donald Trump’s tax plan that the nonprofit… -
media mention July 19, 2017 Newsday: Rural America Keeps Rejecting Big Wind
Since last October, NextEra Energy, the world’s biggest producer of wind energy, has filed lawsuits in federal and state courts against five rural governments, including the town of Hinton, Oklahoma,… -
media mention July 19, 2017 Louisville Courier-Journal: Fix Kentucky’s Upside Down Tax Code
And among other things, the legislation would raise Kentucky’s tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. This would initially generate about $155 million in revenue, but – more… -
media mention July 19, 2017 The Hill: Tech Groups Voice Support for Tax Reform
The U.S. currently taxes companies on their income at home and abroad. Corporations, however, don’t have to pay taxes on their income abroad until they repatriate it back home. Supporters… -
media mention July 16, 2017 Bloomberg BNA: Low Tax Revenue Fuels State Deficits, Budget Battles
In more than a dozen other states, legislators fought down to the wire. Maine and New Jersey were forced into brief government shutdowns. Much press was given to New Jersey… -
media mention July 14, 2017 MarketWatch: Why Back to School Sales Could Actually Cost You Money
Currently 16 states have back-to-school sales tax holidays planned for 2017, with most located in the Southeast. Some states also have sales tax holidays for other products, such as guns… -
media mention July 14, 2017 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Legislator Proposes Exempting Poorest Virginia Localities from Some Taxes
Carl Davis, research director at the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, says state taxes don’t play that large a role in economic development decisions. Companies search for an… -
media mention July 12, 2017 The American Prospect: As Trump Gears Up for Big Tax Cuts, Seattle Opts to Tax Wealthy
Currently, Washington is one of the few states that don’t levy a personal or corporate income tax. No cities in Washington levy a tax on income, either. That’s partially why…