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The Christian Science Monitor: Why Authorities Just Raided Caterpillar
March 8, 2017
The questions go beyond whether the financial activities were legal or illegal. The news puts names and faces on the problems of political cronyism and tax evasion by the wealthy, and on the global scale of these problems. That’s politically volatile in its own right. But the news, arriving at a time income inequality is […]
The Guardian: Fixing America’s failing infrastructure won’t be easy, despite Trump’s pledge
March 8, 2017
But a recent report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute analyzing transportation in 471 urban areas showed that although vehicle miles had increased, fuel consumption had not risen above its pre-recession level by 2014, meaning fewer dollars had flowed into highway coffers. Read more
Kentucky New Era: State gets $36M from immigrants here illegally
March 8, 2017
The report, released Thursday by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, comes as President Donald Trump works to ramp up immigration enforcement across the nation in part through an executive order expanding the groups of immigrants prioritized for removal and as Trump suggests he may push for broader immigration reform. The Kentucky […]
Univision: La millonaria contribución que hacen los indocumentados a la economía de Nueva York
March 8, 2017
“De la misma manera que el impacto horrendo de separar a familias bajo una política de deportación mavisa no debe ser ignorado, tampoco se deben pasar por alto las contribuciones significativas que hacen a la economía”, sostuvo Meg Wiehe, directora de programas en Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), del instituto que publicó el […]
The Press Democrat: Sonoma State University professor finds immigrant labor doesn’t hurt US workers
March 8, 2017
Another recent report, from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, D.C., found that undocumented immigrants contribute $11.7 billion in state and local taxes nationally. The nonpartisan but liberal-leaning think tank concluded that a pathway to citizenship — which conservative Republicans in Congress strongly oppose — would increase tax revenue by more than […]
Providence Business News: Undocumented immigrants pay $31.2M in state, local taxes in R.I.
March 8, 2017
Undocumented immigrants pay $31.2 million in state and local taxes in Rhode Island, according to a study released Friday by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that works on state and federal tax policy issues. The study, Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contributions, also says that Rhode Island […]
Fayette Tribune: Miss Liberty Needs to Smile Again
March 8, 2017
Over the past two years, the buzz word in the gilded halls has been “economic development.” But “economic development” has been an excuse for more “supply-side” business incentives and tax breaks which are nothing more than subsidies and do little good, according to a study by the institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. What is […]
The Gazzette: Study Maintains Undocumented Immigrants Pay Their Fair Share in Taxes
March 8, 2017
Colorado’s 163,000 undocumented immigrants pay plenty in taxes, according to a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The nonprofit think tank on state and federal tax policy estimates undocumented residents contributed $21.4 million in personal income taxes, $35.8 million in property taxes and $82.2 million in sales and excise taxes to […]
Daily Bulletin: Undocumented immigrants contribute billions in local, state taxes
March 8, 2017
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 to citizenship, according to a new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. On average, the nation’s estimated 11 million undocumented residents pay […]
News Day: Immigrants here illegally contribute $40B to NY economy
March 8, 2017
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 property. The data are part of a national analysis compiled by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a research organization on tax matters in […]
New York Daily News: What the undocumented produce for New York
March 8, 2017
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 New York state enrich us all. They make up 5% of the labor force, contribute $40 billion to its economy — and pour $1.1 billion […]
News 7: Undocumented people would be able to use Social Security card to get license in Colo. under bill
March 8, 2017
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 163,000 undocumented immigrants who contributed $139.5 million to the state in income, property, sales and excise taxes in 2015. Read more
Salon: Study shows undocumented immigrants pay a higher share of their income in taxes than the wealthiest 1 percent
March 8, 2017
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, undocumented immigrants pay in taxes a higher share of their income than do the wealthiest 1 percent in their respective states. A common misconception is that […]
Al Jazeera: How Trump’s wall is affecting those at the borders
March 8, 2017
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 to a February 2016 study from US think-tank the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. But with Trump’s promises to expel them, the burden is […]
Media Matters: Trump’s Bogus Immigration Claims Come Straight From Nativist Groups And Fringe Right-Wing Media
March 8, 2017
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 average, pay 8 percent of their income in taxes. Read more
The Daily News: Lower Discusses Failed Effort to Cut Income Tax
March 8, 2017
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 per year, while the wealthiest earners at more than $484,000 would get a tax benefit of $3,700 a year. The average Michigan worker with an […]
Daily Comet: The Immigration Order, a Disaster in the Making
March 8, 2017
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 taxes each year. According to the Social Security Administration, undocumented workers contribute $15 billion annually to the fund, but only withdraw an estimated $1 billion. […]
Huffington Post: The Looming Immigration Disaster We Can Avoid
March 8, 2017
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 Taxation and Economic Policy, undocumented immigrants pay $11.6 billion in taxes each year. According to the Social Security Administration, undocumented workers contribute $15 billion annually […]
American Prospect: How States Turn K-12 Scholarships Into Money-Laundering Schemes
March 3, 2017
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 palatable to voters. This is why unpopular tax cuts for the wealthy are often sold as plans to “invest” in America or to stimulate “growth.” […]
The San Jose Mercury News: Undocumented Immigrants Contributed Billions in State and Local Taxes
March 2, 2017
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 that cost. The institute published a similar analysis last year, though Thursday’s report used newer population estimates from 2014. “We felt very compelled to publish an […]
The Register Guard: Deportation Plan Will Have Major Impact on Oregon
February 28, 2017
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 Oregon public schools. In some cases, minor children born in the United States will face the loss of one or both parents — or de […]
The Morning Call: Deporting Illegal immigrants could cost US economy $5 trillion
February 28, 2017
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 house payments or rent (property taxes), income tax through employer deductions from their paychecks or through the purchase of goods or services (sales taxes). If […]
The Epoch Times: The Tax Loophole Behind Amazon’s Rapid Growth
February 28, 2017
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 organization focused on tax policy. This is one of the ways by which the giant online retailer has kept its prices low compared to brick-and-mortar […]
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Proposal Advanced to Cut Top Rate on Ga. Income Taxes
February 28, 2017
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 on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more
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