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New Jersey Policy Perspective: New Jersey’s Upside-Down Tax System
January 21, 2015 • By ITEP Staff
Low-income and middle-class New Jerseyans pay greater shares of their incomes in state and local taxes than wealthy residents, according to a new study released today by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP). Read the full report
New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute: Low-Income Taxpayers in New Hampshire Pay Three Times the Tax Rate Paid by the Wealthiest Granite Staters
January 21, 2015 • By ITEP Staff
A new study released today by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) finds that the lowest income Granite Staters pay an effective tax rate that is three times that paid by the state’s wealthiest residents. Read the full report
New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute: New Hampshire’s Tax System Asks Far Less of the Wealthy than of the Poor
January 21, 2015 • By ITEP Staff
More than five years after the end of the Great Recession, many Granite Staters are still struggling. The typical household’s income has yet to recover the ground it lost during the economic downturn, while wages for individuals and families at the bottom of the income distribution are still where they were two decades ago. A […]
North Carolina Justice Center: Low-income taxpayers in North Carolina pay nearly twice the tax rate paid by the richest North Carolinians
January 21, 2015 • By ITEP Staff
The lowest income North Carolinians pay over 70 percent more in taxes as a percent of their income compared to the state’s wealthiest residents, according to a new study released today by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and the Budget & Tax Center, a project of the NC Justice Center. Read the […]
Arise Citizens’ Policy Project: Study on Alabama’s tax system: The less you make, the bigger share you pay
January 21, 2015 • By ITEP Staff
Low- and middle-income Alabamians pay more than twice as much in taxes as a share of their income compared to the state’s wealthiest residents, according to a study released Wednesday by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C. The study, Who Pays?, analyzes tax systems in […]
Wall Street Cheat Sheet: Here’s Proof You’re Getting Screwed on Your Taxes
January 21, 2015
Ever feel like you’re paying more than your fair share when it comes to taxes? If a new study from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) holds true, then it may be more than just a feeling. According to the ITEP’s study, individuals who earn lower incomes tend to get hit harder and […]
Newsweek: Why Obama Finally Took on the 1%
January 21, 2015
A sweeping attack on wealth inequality might have had more than an icicle’s chance in hell of passing back when Democrats had control of Congress. But Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington, D.C.–based nonprofit, says the administration did push to raise capital gains—every year—without success. It was […]
Tampa Bay Times: Gov. Scott Proposes Cell Phone, TV Tax Cut
January 21, 2015
A better approach, Woodall said, is to cut the communications services tax by the same rate, but replace the lost revenue by plugging some of the more than 200 exemptions to a tax system that the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy called the second-most regressive in the nation. Read more
The Express (Milwaukee): The Explosive Numbers on Walkers Taxes
January 21, 2015
Walker has successfully built a political career on tax-cut politics that many voters believe benefits them when, in reality, the middle class and the poor pay a higher tax rate in Wisconsin than the wealthiest 1%. That’s a real fact everyone should know. It’s documented in a new national study just released by the Institute […]
Chinook Observer: Tax Tale of Two States
January 21, 2015
New study re-emphasizes a longstanding reality: Oregonians have it much better than they imagine when it comes to taxes, while Washington residents ought to be rebelling Although you’d never guess based on the complaining, Oregon lawmakers and voters have done quite a good job of designing a tax system that meets fundamental measures of […]
Evanston Now: Illinois Tax System Among the Most Regressive
January 21, 2015
A new study from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says Illinois residents face one of the most regressive state and local tax systems in the nation. The institute — which defines regressive taxation as a system in which lower income people pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than those who […]
WWLP (Mass.): Wealthiest Taxpayers Paying Smallest Percentage of Income
January 21, 2015
A new study is showing that both in Massachusetts and nationwide, the highest income residents pay a smaller percentage of their income in taxes, compared to lower and middle income taxpayers. The study done by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy looked at four taxes: income, real estate, excise or car tax, and sales tax. […]
The Greensboro News and Record: Taxes’ Low Blows
January 21, 2015
“State legislators opened their 2015 session saying they want to ease the tax burden on “regular folks.” That will be a turnaround. “Regular folks” — those who earn moderate incomes or less — pay a larger share of their incomes in state and local taxes than do the very wealthy in North Carolina. The Institute […]
Newsweek: Obama’s State of the Union. What to Expect
January 20, 2015
The issue most recently pegged by the White House, and the one least likely to gain any traction in Congress, is reforming the tax code. Obama’s plan would raise taxes on the very wealthy to pay for tax cuts for middle- and low-income families. It would do this in three ways: First, it would close […]
Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury: Tennessee Transportation Funding
January 20, 2015 • By ITEP Staff
This report is in response to a 2014 request from the Fiscal Review Committee of the Tennessee General Assembly. The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of Tennessee’s current financing system for highways and bridges, outline challenges to the existing system, and review alternative funding methods. The report is intended to provide […]
Indiana Institute for Working Families: The Status of Working Families in Indiana – 2015
January 20, 2015 • By ITEP Staff
The Status of Working Families is a biennial report that analyzes the general state of Indiana’s economy as it relates to working families by examining data on poverty, labor force and wages, followed by working-family friendly policy options. This year, our report offers access to the data, online and interactively, for users who wish to […]
Jackson Clarion Ledger: Poor’s Tax Burden High
January 20, 2015
With Gov. Phil Bryant’s push for a tax cut this legislative session as context, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has released a report that says the tax rate as a percentage of income for poor Mississippians is twice that for the state’s wealthy. The study by Washington, D.C.-based ITEP found lower-income Mississippians pay […]
Honolulu Star Advertiser: Isles Second Highest in Taxes on the Poor
January 20, 2015
Hawaii has the second-highest taxes on the poor and the 15th most unfair state and local tax systems in the country, according to a recent report from a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy issued its 2015 report “Who Pays: A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems” this week. The report […]
The Oregonian: Pity Washington’s Unhappy Legislators
January 20, 2015
Last week brought another complication for Washington’s tax situation, as the annual report of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, in the other Washington, found that once again Washington has the most regressive tax structure in the country. Since Washington is so heavily dependent on the sales tax, the poorest fifth of Washingtonians pay […]
Pittsburg Tribune Review: Incoming Gov. Targets Higher Earners
January 20, 2015
The newly released 2015 “Who Pays” report from the nonprofit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found Pennsylvania has the sixth-most-inequitable tax system in the nation. Combining the total burdens of sales, property and income taxes, the report found the top 1 percent of earners pay 4.2 percent of their income in taxes. The lowest […]
Cherry Hill Post Courier: NJ’s Tax System Fairer Than Most Though Still Unequal
January 20, 2015
New Jersey’s state and local tax system is fairer than most states, but low- and middle-income residents still devote a larger share of their income to taxes than the wealthy, according to a new study out Wednesday. New Jersey Policy Perspective and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, authors of the study, said that […]
Cherry Hiss Post Courier: NJ’s Tax System Fairer Than Most Though Still Unequal
January 20, 2015
New Jersey’s state and local tax system is fairer than most states, but low- and middle-income residents still devote a larger share of their income to taxes than the wealthy, according to a new study out Wednesday. New Jersey Policy Perspective and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, authors of the study, said that […]
Chattanooga Times Free Press: She Still Struggles But Now She Has Hope
January 20, 2015
Georgia and Tennessee are not among the 29 states to pass legislation boosting the minimum wage above the federal rate of $7.25 per hour. A report released last week by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that Tennessee’s tax rates are among the top 10 most regressive in the nation, meaning the poor […]
The Oklahoman: Tax Burden Is Heave for Many Oklahomans
January 20, 2015
TAX cut opponents often argue that Oklahoma already has a relatively low tax burden. A new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) shows this is not true for many families. The ITEP study — “Who Pays?” — analyzes tax systems in all 50 states and factors in all major state and […]
Tulsa World: The Poor Pay More
January 20, 2015
The poor pay more. State taxes favor the wealthy. Every state and local tax system is regressive. Those provocative conclusions, reached in a controversial new study, are going to ignite a fiery debate over who’s really the most overburdened by state and local taxes and whether existing tax systems do as much harm as good. […]
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