States
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media mention October 28, 2016 Times Reporter: Al Landis is best candidate for Statehouse
“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… -
media mention October 28, 2016 The Bay State Banner: Corporations dodge $718 billion in taxes through offshore tax havens
“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… -
media mention October 25, 2016 Detroit Free Press: Undocumented immigrants in Michigan face uncertain future
“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… -
media mention October 25, 2016 Observer-Reporter: Tax loopholes
“‘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… -
media mention October 25, 2016 Bloomberg BNA: Thousands of Subsidiaries Go Missing From Bank SEC Filings
“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… -
media mention October 25, 2016 Times Leader: How tax policy favors the rich
“’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… -
media mention October 25, 2016 Columbia Daily Tribune: Open borders make America great
“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,… -
media mention October 25, 2016 Quartz: It’s possible that half of undocumented US immigrants have paid more taxes than Donald Trump
“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 -
media mention October 25, 2016 News Review: Burden remains
“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… -
brief October 18, 2016 Cigarette Taxes: Issues and Options
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.
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media mention October 18, 2016 Newsmax: AFT Criticizes ‘Neovouchers’ for Private Schools
“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… -
media mention October 18, 2016 FAIR: ‘Real Estate Investors Should Be Treated Like Any Other Businessmen’
“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… -
media mention October 18, 2016 Republican Eagle: Offshore tax havens cost U.S. $718 billion in taxes
“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… -
media mention October 18, 2016 Texarkana Gazette: How some tax policies favor the rich
“‘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… -
media mention October 18, 2016 Times Reporter: Challenger Jeremiah Johnson seeks 98th District House seat
“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… -
media mention October 18, 2016 mySA: Immigrants bring immense value
“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,… -
media mention October 18, 2016 Standard-Times: Immigrants bring value to nation
“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,… -
media mention October 18, 2016 United Steelworkers: $718 Billion Of Corporate Tax-Dodging
“‘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 18, 2016 Times Leader: How tax policy favors the rich
“‘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… -
media mention October 18, 2016 Politifact: Roy Cooper says Pat McCrory raised taxes on the middle class ‘in 67 different ways’
“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… -
media mention October 17, 2016 The Beachwood Reporter: 32 Illinois Fortune 500 Companies Holding At Least $147 Billion Offshore
“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,… -
media mention October 17, 2016 Wisconsin Gazette: 73 percent of Fortune 500 companies playing offshore shell game
“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… -
media mention October 17, 2016 Mic: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, IBM and other big tech companies top list of tax-avoiders
“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… -
media mention October 14, 2016 The Daily Reporter: How some tax policy favors the rich
“’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… -
media mention October 14, 2016 American Federation of Teachers: Backdoor ‘Neovouchers’ Allow Wealthy to Profit off Public Funds for Schools
“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…