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NBC News: IRS to Share Info with ICE About Some Undocumented Immigrant Taxpayers

April 8, 2025

The Department of Homeland Security has sought to use tax filing information to find people in the U.S. without legal status in support of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation operation. Read more.

Delaware Business Times: Dover Democrat Amends Income Tax Bill to Reflect Meyer’s Proposal

April 8, 2025

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports that Delaware has the 40th most regressive state and local tax system in the country. That means those who earn the most will pay the least taxes, between property taxes, income and excise tax and more.

WGBH Boston: Immigrant Taxpayers Hesitate, Delay Filing Amid Fears of Deportation

April 8, 2025

Elgardo, an undocumented immigrant in Boston, has paid taxes like clockwork for the past seven years with an individual taxpayer identification number, or ITIN. The nine-digit tax processing number is available to some immigrants who want to comply with tax law but can’t access a social security number. Read more.

National Catholic Reporter: Editorial: Tax Battle a Referendum on Moral Clarity

April 7, 2025

Let us be plain: What is being proposed is not tax reform. It is not aimed at fairness, economic stability or the public good. It is a redistribution of wealth — upward, deliberate and vast, from the poorest of the poor to the richest of the rich. And more than just poor policy, it is a profound moral failure. These proposals violate the very heart of Catholic social teaching.

Missouri Independent: Missouri Lawmakers Set to Pass Capital Gains Tax Cut with Questions about Its Total Cost

April 7, 2025

The bill nearing passage could reduce state revenues by $600 million or more, IRS data suggests, instead of the $111 million loss in official estimates Read more.

Associated Press: Mississippi and Kentucky Aim to End Personal Income Taxes

April 6, 2025

About 45 years have passed since a U.S. state last eliminated its income tax on wages and salaries. But with recent actions in Mississippi and Kentucky, two states now are on a path to do so, if their economies keep growing. Read more.

NPR’s Marketplace: Millions of Undocumented Immigrants File Taxes. Now Their Data Could Be Used to Deport Them.

April 4, 2025

Millions of undocumented immigrants pay taxes every year. And the confidentiality of the addresses and other personal data submitted to the IRS by taxpaying undocumented immigrants has remained protected for decades. But the Donald Trump administration is looking to change that, challenging a decadeslong firewall around taxpayer data. Read more.

Audio: ITEP’s Rita Jefferson Talks Property Tax Reform with KKFI-FM in Kansas City

April 4, 2025

The Kansas legislature failed to place an amendment on the ballot that would cap property valuations.  ITEP Local Analyst Rita Jefferson joined the Heartland Labor Forum live to discuss responsible ways to control soaring property taxes. (Her segment begins around the 30-minute mark.)

Immigration Impact: Ahead of Tax Day, Fear of Filing Taxes Rises Among Undocumented Immigrants

Tax Day is approaching, but the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts may make many undocumented immigrants hesitant to file taxes. Some worry that providing personal information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could be used against them.

Maine Center for Economic Policy: Expanding the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit is an Investment in Maine’s Future

Maine’s Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (DETC) is a vital investment in the state’s future. As Maine’s version of the child tax credit, it helps families with children or dependent adults afford essentials like food, rent, and childcare, especially in rural areas.

New York Times: Assessing Elon Musk’s Misleading Claims About Fraud in Government Spending

March 29, 2025

The world’s richest man made inaccurate claims about entitlement fraud, how a government payment system works and government survey costs. Read more.

Clarion Ledger: Mississippi Governor Signs Income Tax Elimination Bill. How Are You Affected?

March 28, 2025

With a stroke of a pen, and a few light-hearted jokes, the Build Up Mississippi Act, the largest total tax cut in state history was signed into law on March 27.

Policy Matters Ohio: Flat Income Tax Would Gut Ohio’s Budget

Ohio’s House Ways and Means Committee today holds its first hearing on HB 30, a bill that would tax the income of everyday Ohioans at the same rate as the state’s wealthiest households. The bill would eliminate the state’s top income-tax bracket of 3.5% on income above $100,000. By tax year 2026, Ohio would be left with a single rate of 2.75% on income above $27,350.

America’s Voice: In Seeking To Turn the IRS Into ICE, Trump Finally Admits that Undocumented Workers Actually Do Pay Taxes

The Trump administration is seeking to turn the IRS into another immigrant-hunting apparatus of the federal government, by seeking the confidential information of taxpayers who are even just suspected of being undocumented.

The American Independent: Trump’s IRS Cuts Will Make It Easier for Rich Americans to Avoid Paying What They Owe

March 25, 2025

Experts say staffing cuts at the Internal Revenue Service will make it easier for wealthy tax evaders to avoid paying what they owe to the U.S. Treasury each year. In addition to costing the government billions of dollars in owed revenue, they say cuts by President Donald Trump’s administration will likely mean more audits for […]

Oklahoma Policy Institute: Lawmakers Should Choose Targeted Relief Amidst Budget Uncertainty

State-level budget and tax policy matters deeply for Oklahomans because it directly affects how the state can meet its obligations to our fellow residents. This includes shared services like public safety, education, transportation construction, workforce development, and other programs that help all Oklahomans thrive.

Newsweek: ICE Could Use IRS Data to Track Undocumented Immigrants

March 25, 2025

Federal immigration authorities may soon gain access to Internal Revenue Service data under a pending agreement that would allow them to verify the names and addresses of individuals suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, according to multiple reports.

Oregon Center for Public Policy: Worldwide Combined Reporting: How Oregon Can Make It Hard for Corporations to Profit from Offshore Tax Avoidance

Worldwide combined reporting is a smart, effective way Oregon can make corporations pay their fair share to support schools and essential services.

American Society of Civil Engineers: America’s Infrastructure Scores a C

The 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure demonstrates that recent federal investments have positively affected many of the infrastructure sectors Americans rely on every day.

Axios: The Fiscal Hit from the IRS Sharing Immigration Information

March 25, 2025

The more afraid immigrants are that the IRS will report them to immigration authorities, the less they may pay in taxes, experts warn.

Vanity Fair: IRS Prepares to Provide Addresses of Some Undocumented Taxpayers to Immigration Enforcement

March 24, 2025

“It is a complete betrayal of 30 years of the government telling immigrants to file their taxes,” one former IRS official told The Washington Post, who chose anonymity out of fear of retribution. The partnership between the IRS and ICE is one of the latest moves from President Donald Trump’s administration in their unprecedented onslaught against immigrants, especially ones without documentation.

ITEP’s Who Pays? Cited in Washington Bill Creating Financial Intangibles Tax

Senate Democratic leaders in Washington state have introduced a series of bills aimed at making the state’s tax code more balanced. In the bill text for a new financial intangibles tax, ITEP’s Who Pays? report is cited: “Washington’s tax system remains the second most regressive in the nation as it asks those with the least […]

Missouri Independent: Proposed Tax Credit Boost May Be Lucrative for Missouri Anti-Abortion Centers, Donors

March 21, 2025

When the Missouri House signed off on a $1.3 billion tax cut package last week, it included a provision creating a 100% tax credit for donations to pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes and diaper banks. 

Newsweek: DOGE Stimulus Check Update: Millions Will Not Qualify

March 20, 2025

The mastermind behind the proposal to issue "DOGE dividend" checks to Americans has confirmed to Newsweek that millions of taxpaying immigrants without legal status will not be eligible for the payments.

Hawai’i Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice: Hawai’i Should Close Tax Loopholes for Multinational Corporations

Multinational corporations make huge profits from the business activity they conduct in Hawaiʻi, while dodging the taxes they should be paying to support our state. These huge corporations do this by moving the profits earned within Hawaiʻi to their tax havens in foreign countries that levy almost no corporate taxes.