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To prioritize Idaho businesses and protect revenue for public services, the Center recommends remaining decoupled from (1) bonus depreciation, and decoupling from (2) qualified production property deduction, (3) research and experimentation (R&E) cost recovery, (4) relaxed interest deductibility cap, and (5) deduction of foreign derived intangible income. Read more.

This past year has been indelibly shaped by concentrated wealth and power. The 10 richest U.S. billionaires got $698 billion wealthier, and the arrival of the world’s first trillionaire grew more imminent. The Trump administration—largely with the support of the Republican-controlled Congress—has moved with staggering speed and scale to carry out a relentless attack on […]

An analysis conducted by Americans of Tax Fairness, based on data from the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy and Center on Budget Policy Priorities, finds that for the tens of millions of families the small benefit of the Trump tax cut would be stolen away through increased health insurance costs. Read more.

Analyzing disclosures from 11 publicly traded U.S. oil and gas companies between 2018 and 2024, the report shows that, despite collectively producing more oil and gas domestically than in all other countries combined, American multinational oil and gas companies only reported owing less than a fifth of their overall taxes in the U.S. Read more.

The State doesn’t have adequate funding for health care, housing, and many other pressing needs. The fairest way to fix this is by asking the wealthiest people and big businesses to pay more in income taxes. Read more.

Ignore the ugly rhetoric and just look at the facts: immigration is not only good for our country, it’s necessary to our economic growth and vital to essential industries. Part of that reason is because as U.S.-born workers get older and retire, making immigrant workers even more critical in helping maintain a strong labor force […]

Proponents of the Budget Reconciliation Law of 2025 state that its trillion-dollar cuts to Medicaid will only affect care for groups whom they argue should not be receiving it, such as undocumented immigrants. Federal law, however, already prohibits undocumented immigrants from qualifying for comprehensive Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace options under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). […]

The Census Bureau’s data provides a baseline for understanding the realities Floridians face. These reports show that while taxes and transfers play a measurable role in reducing inequality and limiting hardship, gains remain uneven — particularly for children. The passage of H.R. 1 threatens to widen these gaps by locking in benefits for the wealthiest […]

On September 30, 2025, ITEP Policy Analyst Eli Byerly-Duke appeared before Oklahoma’s Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee to discuss potential improvements to the state’s Child Tax Credit. Check out his slide deck here. Read a press release about the hearing here.