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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
The Sun-Sentinel: Undocumented Immigrants Contribute $437 Mil to South Florida Economy
February 28, 2017
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- and moderate-income families in states as reported by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Both Pew and the taxation institute are nonpartisan organizations located […]
Miami Herald: They May Not Be Documented, But They Do Pay Taxes
February 28, 2017
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. “These aren’t small figures,” he said, “ so it’s certainly something that should be considered thoughtfully.” Read more Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article134797534.html#storylink=cpy
Washington Post: The New Immigration Order, a Disaster in the Making
February 28, 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. […]
Eater: How Restaurants Hire Undocumented Workers
February 28, 2017
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 not the reality. Undocumented people are usually having taxes withheld. They’re paying into a system that doesn’t ever pay them back.” According to The Institute […]
CFO: Planning for Tax Policy Turmoil
February 28, 2017
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 June 2016. The reforms, which would likely have languished in Congress under a Hillary Clinton presidency, included elimination of the alternative minimum tax and a […]
Common Dreams: Taking on the Billionaires
February 22, 2017
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 1 percent. Unsurprisingly, the disparity is widest in states without an income tax. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports that Washington’s working class […]
Mic: Taxpayers in These Seven States Don’t Pay State Income Tax
February 22, 2017
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 Economic Policy. Read more
Bloomberg BNA: Property Tax Caps–Giving with one Hand, Taking with the Other
February 22, 2017
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 Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). This disparity is likely to present itself when properties are subject to a change in ownership. In such cases when […]
West Virginia Metro News: Debate Over Repealing W. Va’s Income Tax Begins
February 22, 2017
States best equipped to make a move like this are those that have an influx of wealth, said Carl Davis, an analyst for the national Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “Unless you’re in a situation like Alaska and you manage to stumble onto a huge pot of new tax revenue, income tax repeal involves […]
CT News Junkie: Keep Your Eyes on the CEO Not the Public Employee
February 22, 2017
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), Connecticut’s state and local tax system is the 26th most regressive in the nation. That simple fact alone is reason enough to demand real tax fairness. Connecticut’s budget issues cannot be resolved on the backs of middle class families. Nor can they be fixed by […]
The Express Star: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
February 22, 2017
That same paper showed that the ANNUAL lost state revenue because of cuts to the top personal income tax rate enacted since 2005 is $1.022 billion PER YEAR, according to an analysis conducted for Oklahoma Policy Institute by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a non-partisan national research organization. So it seems like […]
Alaska Dispatch News: Income tax debate heats up as Alaska faces do-or-die moment
February 22, 2017
The proposed bill would cut the dividend to about $1,100 next year and institute an income tax equivalent to 15 percent of a taxpayer’s federal tax bill. A married couple with no kids and gross income of $100,000 would pay about $1,705 in state taxes while collecting about $2,200 in dividends, the sponsors estimate. A […]
Planet Jackson Hole: American Dreams, Undocumented Fears
February 22, 2017
A report published by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) in 2016 found that undocumented immigrants contribute around $11.6 billion to the economy annually. Undocumented immigrants in Wyoming contributed $12.7 million in state in federal taxes last year, according to a report from the New American Economy (NAE). And a University of Wyoming […]
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