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media mention October 11, 2016 Bloomberg BNA: S&P Global Says Repatriation Plan Could Jump-Start Overhaul
“’You can never know what infrastructure investment means,’ said Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. ‘You can’t know that you’re changing anybody’s investment behavior. You… -
media mention October 11, 2016 Herald-Standard: Immigration rights advocate says next president will have to address issues
“A report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) published February revealed undocumented immigrants paid $11.6 billion in state and local taxes in 2013.” Read more -
media mention October 11, 2016 The Royal Gazette: Strange tale of sneakers and tax havens
“The report, prepared by Citizens for Tax Justice, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, said that most of America’s biggest companies… -
media mention October 11, 2016 Open Secrets: Trump’s tax losses, and the political power of real estate
“’The potential tax benefits can far outstrip the expense’ of making campaign contributions, said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. ‘It’s an incredibly… -
media mention October 11, 2016 Think Progress: Opposition to Washington’s historic carbon tax initiative is coming from the unlikeliest of sources
“To Bauman and his colleagues at CarbonWA, the initiative seemed like a win-win, something that would drive down carbon emissions while moving Washington’s notoriously regressive tax code — the worst in the… -
media mention October 11, 2016 Crooks and Liars: US Corporate Tax Dodgers Hiding More Money Than The GDP Of France
“‘Multinational corporations’ use of tax havens allows them to avoid an estimated $100 billion in federal income taxes each year,’ says a new report just released by Citizens for Tax… -
media mention October 11, 2016 Don’t Mess With Taxes: IRS now accepting ITIN renewal applications
“State and local governments collect more than $11.6 billion a year from undocumented immigrants, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) update of its 50-state study.” Red… -
media mention October 11, 2016 CT News Junkie: Report Highlights Practice of Offshore Tax Havens
“The report, Offshore Shell Games, was compiled by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, and Citizens for Tax Justice.” Read more -
media mention October 11, 2016 Motion Picture Editors Guild: Large Companies Owe Hundreds of Billions in US Taxes, Report Says
“In 2015, the Fortune 500 companies avoided paying taxes on $2.5 trillion in accumulated profits held offshore, according to the study by the Citizens for Tax Justice, US PIRG Education… -
media mention October 11, 2016 The Mercury News: Should California extend ‘temporary’ income taxes on top earners?
“But tax experts like Carl Davis, a senior policy analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, say there’s no proof that state income taxes on top earners have… -
media mention October 5, 2016 Bloomberg BNA: $718 Billion in Taxes Lost in 2015 to Offshore Profits
“The company that made the most in offshore profits in 2015 was Apple Inc. with $214.9 billion in earnings, according to “Offshore Shell Games,” by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund,… -
media mention October 5, 2016 The Hill: Companies eyeing banks’ help with Treasury’s debt-equity rules
“But if Treasury exempts banks and other heavily regulated industries under section 385, it would ‘eviscerate’the department’s goal in clamping down on earnings stripping, warned Matthew Gardner, executive director of… -
media mention October 5, 2016 Salon: Donald Trump’s tax returns show the American tax code favors the rich
“’The real estate [loophole] is a pretty clear and, I think, pretty potent example of a tax break where middle-income Americans look at it and just say, “Well, this doesn’t… -
media mention October 5, 2016 NPR: Corporate Profits Take Permanent Vacation In Caymans And Bermuda
“Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, is one of the study’s authors. He says: ‘In many tax havens, it’s easier to set up a… -
media mention October 5, 2016 AppleInsider: Study claims Apple avoided paying $65.08B in US taxes through offshore arrangements
“The sums made Apple the biggest avoider of corporate taxes in the U.S., said Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, quoted by the U.K.’s… -
media mention October 5, 2016 IOL: Apple named biggest tax avoider in US
“It also revealed that in 2015 three quarters of the Fortune 500 firms – the largest corporations in America – hold £1.9 trillion of income in offshore tax havens. This… -
media mention October 5, 2016 Tucson Weekly: What is ‘The Tax Foundation,’ and Why Does It Rank Arizona 21st in Tax Policies?
“A more liberal-leaning group, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, has a different take on Arizona’s tax structure. It comes close to agreeing with the Tax Foundation on the… -
media mention October 5, 2016 Rapid City Journal: SD tax policies model of unfairness
“The non-partisan, non-profit Institute On Taxation And Economic Policy says that in 2015, South Dakota had the fourth most regressive tax system in the United States. Poor and middle-income residents… -
media mention October 4, 2016 Bloomberg: More Than 73% of Fortune 500 Cos. Used Tax Havens in 2015
“More than 73% of Fortune 500 cos. had subsidiaries in offshore tax havens, said the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention October 4, 2016 San Francisco Chronicle: Trump, Clinton tax plans lack proposals for major reform
“‘They’re not changing the fundemental way we tax incom… it’s really a missed opportunity,’ said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.” Read more -
media mention October 4, 2016 Think Progress: Undocumented immigrants could teach Trump a few things about paying taxes
“Similarly, a 2016 Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report found that undocumented workers are a net positive to the economy, contributing roughly $11.64 billion every year, or an average… -
media mention October 4, 2016 CBS Connecticut: Companies Store Trillions In Offshore Accounts
“The study by ConnPirg, the Connecticut Public Interest Research Group, along with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, shows $2.5-trillion squirreled away in offshore accounts.” Read more -
media mention October 4, 2016 WTNH: New report highlights Connecticut companies utilizing tax havens
“Matthew Gardner, a spokesperson for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, explained that the only way for the U.S. to get this tax money back would be to adjust… -
media mention October 3, 2016 Bloomberg BNA: Rubio Introduces Senate Bill to Block IRS Estate Tax Rules
“‘The interesting question is: When does writing regulations amount to enforcing existing laws effectively and when does it amount to codifying new laws?’ said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the… -
media mention October 3, 2016 Politifact: Tom DeLay says most illegal immigrants draw ‘welfare benefits,’ send children to public schools
“Tanya Broder, a staff attorney for the National Immigration Law Center, said by phone that ‘undocumented immigrants have the same tax obligations as any other resident.’ Broder emailed a 2015…