States
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media mention October 14, 2016 Pharos-Tribune: Immigrants bring immense value to America
“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 14, 2016 WTOK News Center: Mississippi tax code getting scrutiny
“But check out a chart from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. It’s all about state and local taxes. On one end is the lowest income families in the… -
media mention October 14, 2016 The Middletown Press: Several big Connecticut firms keep offshore subsidiaries for tax purposes
“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 14, 2016 CBS News: Is your state next to raise its gas tax?
“’There has been a lot of procrastination,’ said Carl Davis, research director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. ‘It’s an issue that the states cannot put off any… -
media mention October 13, 2016 DJournal: Mississippi’s poor pay more in taxes
“‘The state’s low- and middle-income earners paid nearly double the percentage of their income in taxes compared to the state’s highest income families,’ Donovan wrote in a report compiled for… -
report October 12, 2016 State Tax Subsidies for Private K-12 Education
This report explains the workings, and problems, with state-level tax subsidies for private K-12 education. It also discusses how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has exacerbated some of these problems by allowing taxpayers to claim federal charitable deductions even on private school contributions that were not truly charitable in nature. Finally, an appendix to this report provides additional detail on the specific K-12 private school tax subsidies made available by each state.
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media mention October 11, 2016 Bloomberg BNA: U.S. Lags Behind Most OECD Countries in Tax System
“But the report is ‘a pretty incomplete view’ of a good tax system, because it glosses over the idea that the main goal should be raising money for public investments,… -
media mention October 11, 2016 International Business Times: Corporations Avoid Taxes By More Than The GDP Of France
“‘To put that in context, it is an amount larger than the GDP of France,’ said Clark Gascoigne, the deputy director of FACT, a coalition that includes Citizens for Tax… -
media mention October 11, 2016 The Huffington Post: The Latino Contributions to New York
“According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, undocumented immigrants pay $11.6 billion in state and local taxes every year at an average rate of 8 percent, a significantly… -
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 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…