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media mention November 14, 2016 St Louis Post: Missouri’s new governor will need new ideas to fix a broken tax structure
“Governor-elect Eric Greitens has bold tax-reduction plans for Missouri but vague budget-balancing ideas. He should pay attention to the advice of Dylan Grundman, a senior analyst with the Institute on… -
media mention November 14, 2016 Telsur: Trump Vows to Deport up to 3 Million Undocumented Migrants Immediately
“On the campaign trail, he promised to deport all undocumented immigrants in the United States — a whopping 11 million people who pay US$11.6 billion or more per year in… -
media mention November 10, 2016 Telesur: Fear Brews Among Latinos as They Brace for Trump Presidency
“The Republican firebrand went as far to propose deporting all undocumented immigrants — a whopping 11 million people who pay US$11.6 billion or more per year in taxes, according to… -
media mention November 10, 2016 San Jose Mercury: Trump tax plan could lure Silicon Valley companies’ cash hoards back to U.S.
“Whether a tax holiday for these firms is good for the U.S. economy and taxpayers is a different issue. ‘It’s a terrible idea. Giving any kind of a lower tax… -
media mention November 9, 2016 The Cheat Sheet: 10 Worst States in America for Fair Tax Systems
“Americans generally believe that higher income households should pay a greater percentage of their incomes in taxes than lower income households. Yet the exact opposite occurs. The Institute on Taxation… -
media mention November 8, 2016 Forbes: Top 100 S&P Companies Averaged 25% In Income Taxes Actually Paid
“I spoke with two of the four experts that WalletHub consulted. Being accounting professors, they knew that the income tax expense on financial statements and the amount actually paid are… -
media mention November 7, 2016 The Atlantic: Are Washingtonians About to Vote Down a Chance to Fight Climate Change?
“Progressives in Washington have argued for years that the state’s tax system is unfair and exacerbates inequality. Indeed, according to a 2015 report by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention November 7, 2016 Yahoo! Finance: New Jersey just hiked its gas tax by 159%. Is your state next?
“Of course, New Jersey isn’t the only state that has or is toying with raising gasoline taxes. Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Washington… -
media mention November 3, 2016 BNA State Tax: Extras on excise: New Jersey fuel taxes are going up in the world
“New Jersey isn’t the only state that has seen a gas tax increase in recent years. Nineteen states and D.C. have seen gas tax changes in the past three years,… -
media mention November 3, 2016 Progressive Pulse: New policy brief: The tax cut that North Carolina should enact
“According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, low-income North Carolinians pay nearly twice the share of their income in taxes as our state’s richest residents. Reinstating the EITC… -
media mention November 3, 2016 The Acadiana Advocate: Task force reveals budget, tax recommendations for Legislature
“Meanwhile, the Louisiana Budget Project, which advocates on behalf of low and moderate income people, said “more is needed to put Louisiana’s budget back in the black.” “A preliminary analysis… -
media mention November 3, 2016 Oklahoma Watch: Five Things to Remember About the Penny Tax Proposal
“The tax would fall hardest on the poor, who spend a larger portion of their income on retail purchases. It would cost the bottom 20 percent of households an average… -
media mention November 1, 2016 Fox Business: New Jersey Gas Tax Hike: Will Your State Be Next?
“‘Many other states are facing similar issues, but haven’t raised the gas tax in a decade or more,’ said Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention October 31, 2016 Las Cruces Sun-News: Millennials like this mixed-ethnicity couple are reshaping America
“Luz said her father, a manual laborer, pays income tax — as do half the immigrants living in the United States without legal status, according to the Institute on Taxation… -
media mention October 31, 2016 Poughkeepsie Journal: Tax exempt: Millions in breaks for IDAs, but few jobs
“Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit research group, agreed that New York has done a good job of keeping tabs… -
media mention October 31, 2016 Casper Star-Tribune: Powerful Wyoming Liberty Group hits reset on image
“But Wyoming’s tax system is advantageous to the rich, with the state’s poor and middle classes paying a disproportionate amount of their income on sales and property taxes, said Carl… -
media mention October 31, 2016 The Daily Targum: KHAVICH: Enforcement of law is not anti-immigrant
“As to their contributions, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy calculated that the undocumented population pays nearly $12 billion in taxes annually.” Read more -
media mention October 28, 2016 Times Reporter: Al Landis is best candidate for Statehouse
“In fact, a study of state tax systems from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reported the bottom 20 percent put 11.7 percent of their income toward taxes while… -
media mention October 28, 2016 The Bay State Banner: Corporations dodge $718 billion in taxes through offshore tax havens
“According to a new report, Offshore Shell Games 2016, by CTJ, ITEP & USPIRG , American firms are avoiding up to $718 billion in U.S. taxes on $2.5 trillion in… -
media mention October 25, 2016 Detroit Free Press: Undocumented immigrants in Michigan face uncertain future
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimated undocumented immigrants paid about $10.6 billion in state and local taxes in 2010 — about $8 billion of which was accumulated through… -
media mention October 25, 2016 Observer-Reporter: Tax loopholes
“‘It’s emblematic of the way most people feel about the tax system,’ said Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit and nonpartisan research… -
media mention October 25, 2016 Bloomberg BNA: Thousands of Subsidiaries Go Missing From Bank SEC Filings
“Matt Gardner, executive director with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, told Bloomberg BNA that rules governing materiality ‘are neither stringent nor precise,’ and that banks are realizing they… -
media mention October 25, 2016 Times Leader: How tax policy favors the rich
“’It’s emblematic of the way most people feel about the tax system,’ said Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit and nonpartisan research… -
media mention October 25, 2016 Columbia Daily Tribune: Open borders make America great
“And though there are competing analyses about whether unlawfully present immigrants contribute more to the economy than they cost in education and health expenses, what cannot be denied is that,… -
media mention October 25, 2016 Quartz: It’s possible that half of undocumented US immigrants have paid more taxes than Donald Trump
“She’s right on the proportion of unauthorized immigrants who pay taxes, according to research from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, or ITEP.” Read more