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media mention February 22, 2017 Digital Journal: States to Raise Gas Taxes
According to Reuters, Carl Davis, a research director at the non-partisan Washington D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says three factors, including low gas prices, a crumbling transportation infrastructure,… -
media mention February 22, 2017 Salt Lake Tribune: Rush to reform taxes has lawmakers hurtling toward bad policy
According to figures from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, about a quarter of the estimated $200 million that would be generated by restoring the full sales tax on… -
media mention February 15, 2017 Detroit Free Press: House Panel Approves Gradual Elimination of Income Tax
And Gilda Jacobs, executive director of the Michigan League for Public Policy, said that according to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the tax relief for… -
media mention February 14, 2017 Pilot Tribune:
An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows the average annual nominal tax cut for the wealthiest 1 percent of Nebraskans would be $5,810, while the average… -
media mention February 14, 2017 The Tennessean: Bill aims to exempt feminine products, diapers, food from sales tax
Several organizations have rated Tennessee’s tax system poorly because of the high sales tax and no state income tax. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy rated Tennessee as one of… -
media mention February 14, 2017 The Cinnicinati Enquirer: Kasich budget doubles down on approach that hasn’t worked
We asked the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a national nonprofit research group with a model of state and local tax systems, to analyze how the proposal would affect… -
media mention February 14, 2017 Omaha World Herald: Ricketts’ tax plan is unfair to average Nebraskans
The bottom 80 percent of Nebraska earners pay 9 percent to 11 percent of their income in state and local taxes. The top 20 percent pay less — just 8… -
media mention February 8, 2017 KPNG: It’s About Time for Tax Fairness
An analyst with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, D.C., examined the net effect of Amazon collecting the 4.225 percent state sales tax, starting Feb. 1, in… -
media mention February 8, 2017 The Denver Post: 19 states have raised gas taxes since 2013. In Colorado, Republicans want to cut them
“This is highly unusual, what’s being talked about in Colorado right now,” said Carl Davis, research director with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. And it can largely be… -
media mention February 8, 2017 Bloomberg: Texas Prepares to Battle Its Sanctuary Cities
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that undocumented immigrants in Texas pay about $1.5 billion in state and local taxes. (Texas has no state income tax, but it… -
media mention February 6, 2017 ABC News: Without Immigrants, the U.S. Economy Would Be a Disaster
According to Meg Wiehe, the director of programs for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, “Undocumented immigrants contributed more than $11.6 billion in state and local taxes each year.… -
media mention February 3, 2017 American Prospect: Republican Governors, Trickle-Downers of the Week
In fact, most low- and middle-income residents already pay more in consumption taxes than they do in incomes taxes, according to a new report from the Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention February 3, 2017 Alternet: It’s Time to Take America’s Billionaire Class Head on
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 3, 2017 Crain’s Detroit Business Journal: In bid to eliminate Michigan income tax, fears of another Kansas
Critics of these tax cuts note that states with no income tax tend to put a higher share of the tax burden on low-income residents. According to a 2015 report… -
media mention February 1, 2017 Crain’s Detroit Business: In Bid to Eliminate Michigan Income Tax, Fears of Another Kansas
According to a 2015 report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan research organization, five states with no income tax are ranked among the top 10 most… -
media mention January 30, 2017 Governing: Coming Soon to 6 States: Online Sales Taxes From Amazon
Carl Davis, research director for the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, estimated the state of Missouri could collect between $30 million and $34 million annually… -
media mention January 30, 2017 Hartford Courant: Windham Works On Sanctuary City Resolution
Hewes pointed to a number of sources of information, including a 2015 report from The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. According to this report, “unauthorized immigrants in Connecticut paid… -
media mention January 30, 2017 Lawrence World Journal: Voters, please pay close attention
Aligned with conservatives in the Senate, Brownback steadfastly refused to consider a direct reversal of the original tax plan, insisting that the state continue on its path toward replacing the… -
media mention January 30, 2017 The Tennessean: Grocery tax proposal complicated for most Tennesseans
Other organizations, like the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, regard Tennessee’s tax structure statewide as regressive, meaning it inhibits growth and proportionally taxes the poorest Tennesseans the hardest. The… -
media mention January 30, 2017 Bloomberg BNA: States Plan Uneasily for Spending, Taxing in Trump’s Shadow
“Too many states are leaning heavily on regressive sales and excise taxes to balance their budgets, or to fund cuts in progressive income taxes and estate taxes,” Carl Davis, Institute… -
media mention January 26, 2017 Governing: Despite Budget Shortfalls, Some Governors Call for Tax Cuts
In both Colorado and Kansas, the tax increases would help cover projected budget deficits. That can be a dangerous habit, said Meg Wiehe of the progressive-leaning Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention January 26, 2017 Market Exclusive: Losses And Gains For Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) Under President Trump Expected
A new analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) reveals that the likes of Apple and Oracle seem to be some of the biggest winners of Trump’s… -
media mention January 26, 2017 Chattanooga Times Free-Press: Tennessee House GOP pursues anything-but-gas-tax-increase plans for road funding
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, five states have not implemented an increase in their gas tax rates since the 1980s or earlier: Alaska, Oklahoma, Mississippi, South… -
media mention January 23, 2017 WDEF: HOW WOULD TENNESSEE STACK UP AGAINST OUR NEIGHBORS WITH NEW GAS TAX?
“Governor Haslam argues that Tennessee hasn’t raised the gas tax in a long time. In fact, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy finds that the 27 years since we… -
media mention January 23, 2017 Bloomberg BNA: Congress, Courts, Oil Among Pressures on State Budgets
“A further problem facing oil states such as Oklahoma, Louisiana, North Dakota and West Virginia is deep cuts they made to severance and other taxes “when times were good,” Carl…