States
Times Reporter: Al Landis is best candidate for Statehouse
October 28, 2016
“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 the top 1 percent, who make over $356,000 a year, pay 5.5 percent toward the same taxes.” Read more
The Bay State Banner: Corporations dodge $718 billion in taxes through offshore tax havens
October 28, 2016
“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 profits held offshore. These jaw-dropping numbers will keep getting bigger until we fix the corporate tax system.” Read more
Detroit Free Press: Undocumented immigrants in Michigan face uncertain future
October 25, 2016
“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 sales and excise taxes.” Read more
Observer-Reporter: Tax loopholes
October 25, 2016
“‘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 organization. ‘It favors those who have the resources.'” Read more
Bloomberg BNA: Thousands of Subsidiaries Go Missing From Bank SEC Filings
October 25, 2016
“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 don’t have to disclose them if they don’t want to.” Read more
Times Leader: How tax policy favors the rich
October 25, 2016
“’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 organization. ‘It favors those who have the resources.'” Read more
Columbia Daily Tribune: Open borders make America great
October 25, 2016
“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, according to the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, illegal immigrants contribute more than $11.6 billion to state and local coffers each year and […]
Quartz: It’s possible that half of undocumented US immigrants have paid more taxes than Donald Trump
October 25, 2016
“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
News Review: Burden remains
October 25, 2016
“In addition, Nevada finishes just out of the ‘terrible top 10’ list of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s assessment of overall fairness in state tax systems. Nevada ranks the 13th most unfair state and local tax system in the country.” Read more
Cigarette Taxes: Issues and Options
October 18, 2016 • By Aidan Davis
Efforts to increase taxes usually face some opposition, particularly increases to broad-based taxes such as the sales or income tax. Yet in many states, lawmakers have been able to agree on one approach to revenue-raising: the cigarette tax. Since 2002, nearly every state has enacted a cigarette tax in-crease to fund health care, discourage smoking, or to help balance state budgets. This policy brief looks at the advantages and disadvantages of cigarette taxes, and cigarette tax increases, as a source of state and local revenue.
Newsmax: AFT Criticizes ‘Neovouchers’ for Private Schools
October 18, 2016
“States using ‘neovouchers’ – or backdoor vouchers – to encourage donations to private school scholarship funds or to offset the costs of private school tuitions illegally allow wealthy taxpayers to turn a profit when making charitable contributions to private schools, according to a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.” Read more
FAIR: ‘Real Estate Investors Should Be Treated Like Any Other Businessmen’
October 18, 2016
“The statement revealed nothing we didn’t know about Trump, but it did raise a few questions for some folks about taxes—who pays what and why. Richard Phillips is senior policy analyst at Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. He joins us by phone from Washington, DC. Welcome to CounterSpin, […]
Republican Eagle: Offshore tax havens cost U.S. $718 billion in taxes
October 18, 2016
“According to a new report, Offshore Shell Games 2016, by Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ), the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) & the U.S. Public Interest Group Education Fund, American firms are avoiding up to $718 billion in U.S. taxes on $2.5 trillion in profits held offshore. These jaw-dropping numbers will keep getting […]
Texarkana Gazette: How some tax policies favor the rich
October 18, 2016
“‘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 organization. ‘It favors those who have the resources.'” Read more
Times Reporter: Challenger Jeremiah Johnson seeks 98th District House seat
October 18, 2016
“The study, ‘Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States,’ produced by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and released in Ohio by Policy Matters Ohio, reported the bottom 20 percent put 11.7 percent of their income toward taxes while the top 1 percent, who make over $356,000 […]
mySA: Immigrants bring immense value
October 18, 2016
“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, according to the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, illegal immigrants contribute more than $11.6 billion to state and local coffers each year and […]
Standard-Times: Immigrants bring value to nation
October 18, 2016
“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, according to the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, illegal immigrants contribute more than $11.6 billion to state and local coffers each year and […]
United Steelworkers: $718 Billion Of Corporate Tax-Dodging
October 18, 2016
“‘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 Justice (CTJ), Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund (U.S. PIRG).” Read more
Times Leader: How tax policy favors the rich
October 18, 2016
“‘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 organization. ‘It favors those who have the resources.’”
Politifact: Roy Cooper says Pat McCrory raised taxes on the middle class ‘in 67 different ways’
October 18, 2016
“A 2015 study from the liberal groups Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and The Budget & Tax Center found that the bottom 20 percent of North Carolinians paid taxes equivalent to 9.2 percent of their income, while the top 1 percent paid taxes equivalent to 5.3 percent of their income.” Read more
The Beachwood Reporter: 32 Illinois Fortune 500 Companies Holding At Least $147 Billion Offshore
October 17, 2016
“In 2015, more than 73 percent of Fortune 500 companies maintained subsidiaries in offshore tax havens, according to Offshore Shell Games, released this week by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.” Read more
Wisconsin Gazette: 73 percent of Fortune 500 companies playing offshore shell game
October 17, 2016
“More than 73 percent of Fortune 500 companies maintained subsidiaries in offshore tax havens in 2015, according to ‘Offshore Shell Games.’ The new study was released this week by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.” Read more
Mic: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, IBM and other big tech companies top list of tax-avoiders
October 17, 2016
“The report, authored by researchers from Citizens for Tax Justice, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, found that 73% of U.S. Fortune 500 firms — more than 300 corporate giants — have money stashed in tax shelters abroad, including the Netherlands and Bermuda.” Read more
The Daily Reporter: How some tax policy favors the rich
October 14, 2016
“’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 organization. ‘It favors those who have the resources.’” Read more
American Federation of Teachers: Backdoor ‘Neovouchers’ Allow Wealthy to Profit off Public Funds for Schools
October 14, 2016
“Ten U.S. states are blatantly circumventing public opposition or constitutional obstacles to publicly funded private school vouchers by allowing wealthy taxpayers to turn a profit on ‘charitable’ contributions to private schools, a report released this week by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reveals.” Read more
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