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media mention March 8, 2017 Daily Bulletin: Undocumented immigrants contribute billions in local, state taxes
Undocumented residents in the United States pay an estimated $11.74 billion annually in state and local taxes, an amount that would increase significantly if these immigrants were given a pathway… -
media mention March 8, 2017 News Day: Immigrants here illegally contribute $40B to NY economy
The report uses U.S. Census data and applies assumptions from studies on the rate at which the unauthorized immigrant population pays sales taxes, registers to pay income taxes and owns… -
media mention March 8, 2017 New York Daily News: What the undocumented produce for New York
In a case of perfect timing, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the Fiscal Policy Institute just released a study detailing how the estimated 817,000 undocumented workers in… -
media mention March 8, 2017 News 7: Undocumented people would be able to use Social Security card to get license in Colo. under bill
The bill comes at the same time that a report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan nonprofit based in Washington, that says Colorado has an estimated… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Salon: Study shows undocumented immigrants pay a higher share of their income in taxes than the wealthiest 1 percent
Undocumented immigrants in the U.S. pay more than $11 billion a year in state and local taxes, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. In 42 states,… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Al Jazeera: How Trump’s wall is affecting those at the borders
Among the criticisms of the wall and deportations are signs that they may actually hurt the US economy. Undocumented Americans contribute $11.64bn to the US economy in taxes annually, according… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Media Matters: Trump’s Bogus Immigration Claims Come Straight From Nativist Groups And Fringe Right-Wing Media
A February 2016 analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) reported that “undocumented immigrants contribute more than $11.6 billion” at the state and local level, and on… -
media mention March 8, 2017 The Daily News: Lower Discusses Failed Effort to Cut Income Tax
According to Gilda Jacobs, executive director of the Michigan League for Public Policy, the tax relief for the lowest earners at less than $22,000 a year would be only $16… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Daily Comet: The Immigration Order, a Disaster in the Making
And the cost of the undocumented? Their contributions to the economy far outweigh their burden. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, undocumented immigrants pay $11.6 billion in… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Huffington Post: The Looming Immigration Disaster We Can Avoid
As Murguía points out, however, the cost of deportation would be a great one: Their [the undocumented] contributions to the economy far outweigh their burden. According to the Institute on… -
media mention March 3, 2017 American Prospect: How States Turn K-12 Scholarships Into Money-Laundering Schemes
This article was originally published in The American Prospect. By Carl Davis Politicians have long had a knack for framing policy proposals, however controversial, in terms that make them more… -
media mention March 2, 2017 The San Jose Mercury News: Undocumented Immigrants Contributed Billions in State and Local Taxes
Trump, like many of his supporters, has said undocumented residents hurt the economy by taking jobs from U.S. citizens while using up public services and other resources. Taxpayers, he argues, front… -
media mention February 28, 2017 The Register Guard: Deportation Plan Will Have Major Impact on Oregon
Also facing deportation are homeowners, entrepreneurs (an estimated 5,700 in Oregon) who have created jobs, community volunteers and young people who were born in Mexico but have been educated in… -
media mention February 28, 2017 AJ +: President Trump Thinks Undocumented Immigrants Are a Drain on the Economy. He’s wrong
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media mention February 28, 2017 The Morning Call: Deporting Illegal immigrants could cost US economy $5 trillion
Do they pay taxes? According to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, undocumented immigrants paid $11.64 billion a year in state and local taxes either through… -
media mention February 28, 2017 The Epoch Times: The Tax Loophole Behind Amazon’s Rapid Growth
As recently as 2011, Amazon was only collecting sales tax in five states, said Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a nonprofit research… -
media mention February 28, 2017 Atlanta Journal Constitution: Proposal Advanced to Cut Top Rate on Ga. Income Taxes
The left-leaning Georgia Budget and Policy Institute said the measure could save Georgia taxpayers — and cost the state — about $154 million. That estimate comes from the Washington-based Institute… -
media mention February 28, 2017 The Sun-Sentinel: Undocumented Immigrants Contribute $437 Mil to South Florida Economy
The FIU institute compiled its figures from new undocumented immigrant population estimates by the Pew Research Center and effective tax rates for sales, property and income taxes paid by low-… -
media mention February 28, 2017 Miami Herald: They May Not Be Documented, But They Do Pay Taxes
Bustamante pulled his data from a collection of reports that include research by the Pew Research Center, the National Academies of Sciences and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.… -
media mention February 28, 2017 Washington Post: The New Immigration Order, a Disaster in the Making
And the cost of the undocumented? Their contributions to the economy far outweigh their burden. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, undocumented immigrants pay $11.6 billion in… -
media mention February 28, 2017 Eater: How Restaurants Hire Undocumented Workers
Hille had a similar experience in his 20 years in the restaurant industry. “When politicians say things like ‘immigrants don’t pay taxes, they’re a burden on the system,’ it’s just… -
media mention February 28, 2017 CFO: Planning for Tax Policy Turmoil
On top of the then-President-elect’s proposed tax breaks was the prospect of more-permanent and deeply rooted reforms contained in “A Better Way,” the tax-reform “blueprint” issued by House Republicans in… -
media mention February 22, 2017 Common Dreams: Taking on the Billionaires
The result has been to make state and local taxes, on the whole, regressive. The share of income paid by the poorest 20 percent is twice that of the richest… -
media mention February 22, 2017 Mic: Taxpayers in These Seven States Don’t Pay State Income Tax
As a result of Washington’s various consumption taxes, its low-income residents wind up paying a disproportionately higher percentage of their income in taxes than the rich, according to a study by the Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention February 22, 2017 Bloomberg BNA: Property Tax Caps–Giving with one Hand, Taking with the Other
On the other hand, tax caps on assessed value in particular can lead to tax disparities amongst homeowners in neighborhoods where market values are comparable, according to the Institute on…