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media mention April 11, 2017 The Minneapolis Start-Trubine: The Tax Fairness Gap is gone
But if states can compete on tax fairness, Minnesota is positioned to do well. The national Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy ranked Minnesota the fifth-fairest state in the country… -
media mention April 11, 2017 Chicago Tribune: Family finances: How a border tax would affect you
But economists at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan research group, say the adjustment overall could take years, and in the meantime, at least some portion of… -
media mention April 11, 2017 Minnesota Post: Health of Twin Cities lakes at risk from salt
The national Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy ranked Minnesota the fifth-fairest state in the country in 2014 for taxing those at higher incomes at nearly the same effective rate… -
media mention April 2, 2017 Boston Globe: Some See Risks Rising for Undocumented Who Pay Their Taxes
In total, they paid $23.6 billion in federal taxes, according to the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an arm of the Internal Revenue Service. Separately, undocumented workers pay nearly $12 billion in… -
media mention March 31, 2017 The San Diego Union Tribune: Sempra has paid no corporate taxes in recent years … and it’s all legal
According to figures compiled by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a left-of-center group based in Washington D.C., between 2008 and 2015 Sempra earned $7 billion in profit… -
media mention March 31, 2017 Christian Science Monitor: After years of fighting states, Amazon makes sales tax standard
Regardless of the motivation for the move, tax experts applaud the decision to make state sales tax collection standard. “This expansion in Amazon’s tax collection practices represents a step forward… -
media mention March 31, 2017 Philadelphia Inquirer: BAT Bad News for Pennsylvania
Furthermore, any attempt to tax imports will likely be retaliated against in other countries by enacting similar trade measures that boost their own exports and penalize U.S. imports. In a… -
media mention March 31, 2017 Bloomberg BNA: States May Eye Health Care Flop as Harbinger on Tax Reform
Whatever happens on taxes at the federal level, a debate on how Congress might or should broaden the base of what’s taxable is likely to occur, and that will be… -
media mention March 31, 2017 The Seattle Times: Boeing Paid Federal Taxes
Matthew Gardner, a senior fellow at the nonprofit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which lobbies for tax fairness, said Boeing “continues finding new bases for postponing taxes.” “Boeing’s prodigious… -
media mention March 31, 2017 Salon: The rich pay fewer taxes than the poor, and get more services
The analysis starts with state and local taxes, which are often ignored by apologists for big-income tax cuts. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the state and local tax rate… -
media mention March 31, 2017 The Guardian: My undocumented friend: Carlos does the work few in Vermont want to do
While on the campaign trail, Donald Trump called CNN’s Erin Burnett “naive” for suggesting “illegal immigrants” pay taxes. But nationally, they contribute an estimated $11.64bn a year in just state… -
media mention March 31, 2017 St. Louis Public Radio: Proposition 1, a St. Louis ballot measure, regarding MetroLink, urban development funding
Newhouse cited a statistic from the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which found that the bottom 20 percent of income earners in the state of Missouri pay 5.8… -
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…