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media mention January 12, 2017 NPR: Gas Taxes May Go Up Around The Country As States Seek To Plug Budget Holes
“Raising fuel taxes helped the state in the 1980s, and lawmakers might try it again. Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, says Oklahoma lawmakers… -
media mention January 12, 2017 Common Wealth: Dump the millionaire tax
“The state also supplements the federal Earned Income Tax Credit for joint filers with income less than $50,000. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, these adjustments resulted… -
media mention January 12, 2017 Salina Journal: Nixing tax reform obstacles
“The LLC exemption — which eliminated taxes on pass-through business income and relieved the tax burden for more than 330,000 Kansas business owners — was passed and signed almost half… -
media mention January 9, 2017 The Seattle Times: Education funding-An income tax would solve this
“Congratulations citizens of Washington state [“School-funding task force unlikely to have proposed fixes when Legislature convenes,” NWThursday, Jan. 5]. It is official: According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention January 9, 2017 Deseret News: Child tax credit
“Also, the increase in income tax for large families would mostly negatively impact lower-income families, who according to an Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report are already paying a… -
media mention January 9, 2017 Cincinnati Enquirer: Immigration coalition braces for policy changes
“Grayson, the Interfaith Workers Center director, said the coalition needs to try to work to educate the public that attempts at widespread deportations would be costly and harm families and… -
media mention January 9, 2017 Patch: Georgia Gas Taxes Edge Up In 2017
“In the Peach State, the price of a gallon of of gasoline increased by 0.3 cents on January 1 and the price of a gallon of diesel increased 0.4 cents,… -
media mention January 5, 2017 The Topeka Capital-Journal: Eliminating obstacles to tax reform in Kansas
“The LLC exemption — which eliminated taxes on pass-through business income and relieved the tax burden for more than 330,000 Kansas business owners — was passed and signed almost half… -
media mention January 3, 2017 Lancaster Online: Pennsylvania think tanks battle over remedies for $1.7B state budget deficit
“The Budget and Policy Center blames the deficit on reductions in corporate taxes enacted under Govs. Ed Rendell and Tom Corbett. The state’s top taxpayers are getting a bargain, the… -
media mention January 3, 2017 New Jersey Spotlight: Income Inequality and Policy in New Jersey
“Some background. The CPBB’s report, “How State Tax Policies Can Stop Increasing Inequality and Start Reducing It,” starts by ranking the various states according the ratio of average income for… -
media mention January 3, 2017 The Oklahoman: Even gasoline tax may get a look to help deal with Oklahoma budget crunch
“Other state legislatures are likely to have similar discussions. Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, tells USA Today that it appears more than a… -
media mention January 3, 2017 West Virginia Metro News: West Virginia fuel tax drops on New Year’s, but is it cause to celebrate?
“Since 2013, 19 states have made changes to the way their gas tax is calculated, said Carl Davis, research director for The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. There had… -
media mention January 3, 2017 Accounting Today: Voices Immigration reform could help states seeking additional revenues
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, proposed that state and local governments could significantly increase revenue collection by legalizing undocumented immigrants. A report released… -
media mention January 3, 2017 Huffington Post: Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Dwarfed By Estimates Of Need
“There are still 20 states that have waited a decade or more since last raising their gas tax rates,” said Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention December 28, 2016 USA Today: 7 states will have higher gas taxes Jan. 1
“Georgia, North Carolina, Indiana and Florida will each see modest gas tax increases of less than a penny per gallon, based on automatic adjustments in those states, according to the… -
media mention December 23, 2016 Tahlequah Daily: Restoring Earned Income Credit will aid low-income folks
“As Walke pointed out, those who qualify must funnel a higher percentage of their yearly wages to income taxes than their well-heeled neighbors. They also pay sales taxes, and in… -
media mention December 23, 2016 Nassau Herald: Lessons learned about Long Island immigrants
“And, according to the FPI, “Like U.S.-born residents, immigrants pay a lot in property taxes.” Seventy-three percent of Long Island immigrants live in owner-occupied homes, and 40 percent of them… -
media mention December 21, 2016 The Daily Sentinel: Fix online sales tax
“Even if the law is a zero-sum proposition, many lawmakers feel there’s an important principle at stake — a level playing field for business. Brick-and-mortar stores located in Colorado are… -
media mention December 20, 2016 Rising Up with Sonali: How Corporations Have Benefitted From Trump’s Tax Law
A new report by the Institute on Taxation Economic Policy examined corporate tax avoidance in the first year that the tax law took effect. The results are the opposite of… -
media mention December 20, 2016 Telegram & Gazette: Worcester property tax policy deserves study
“Low-income families generally pay a higher percentage of their earnings on state and local taxes. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, for example, said that in 2015, families earning… -
media mention December 20, 2016 The Post Script: America’s immigrants get the short end of the stick
“Contrary to popular belief, undocumented immigrants pay state and local taxes to the tune of $11.64 billion a year. And it is estimated that around 50 percent of undocumented immigrants… -
media mention December 20, 2016 Politifact: Most taxes are lower since Cuomo was elected
“Property taxes statewide continue to rise despite a state imposed cap. Most municipalities are not able to raise property taxes more than 2 percent without voter approval. The Department of… -
media mention December 20, 2016 Financial Times: BlackRock and Franklin Templeton to win big from US tax holiday
“Despite the best efforts of Congress to make sure that the last repatriation holiday spurred investment rather than dividends, it didn’t work out,” said Matthew Gardner, senior fellow at the… -
media mention December 16, 2016 The Intercept: Apple, Google and Others at Trump Tech Summit Have Stashed $560 Billion in Profits Overseas
“The last thing we should be doing is rewarding these bad actors with special tax breaks that are unavailable to the rest of us,” said Matt Garner, a senior fellow… -
media mention December 14, 2016 Christian Science Monitor: The peril and promise of Trump’s approach to saving jobs
““There’s a crying need for federal oversight” of state economic incentives, Matthew Gardner, senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, writes in an email. “It’s basically a…