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Providence Journal: Immigrant says now is the time for advocacy
July 16, 2014
“The new definition of America, [journalist Jose Antonio Vargas] said, must acknowledge the reality that today’s immigrants, like those before, are here to stay. They contribute to the economy. Vargas said undocumented workers in the United States paid $11.2 billion in state and local taxes in 2010.“‘Here in Rhode Island,’ he said, ‘they pay $28 million in […]
Bloomberg: Governors Warn That Road Repairs Stalled by Congress
July 14, 2014
“U.S. governors say they won’t be able to plan or build all the major highway and bridge projects the country needs as long as Congress delays action on a long-term funding plan…. “As Congress delays a long-term solution, states are acting. Seven, including New Hampshire and Wyoming, have raised or adjusted fuel levies since February […]
Public News Service: Ohio’s Affluent Benefit Most From New Tax Cuts
July 10, 2014
“Cutting the income tax does little for the poorest Ohioans because they don’t have much income-tax liability to begin with, Schiller said. As they review current tax breaks, Schiller said, state leaders should restore and expand funding to local governments, schools, and health and human services, all of which he said would improve communities and […]
WZTV: Facebook Gets Refund Without Paying Taxes
July 9, 2014
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports these large companies like Facebook pay their executives in stock options instead of cash which doesn’t cost the company a dime yet they can write it off as an expense. So Facebook profited more than a billion dollars in 2012 and since they’re not paying, it could […]
Asheville Citizen-Times: There’s no free lunch – and no free highways
July 9, 2014
“As usual, Congress does not want to face up to its responsibilities. The Senate has passed a four-year, $265 billion plan — $37 billion less than the White House proposed — but has no way to pay the bill aside from the fuel tax. The House, meanwhile, has come with a one-year fix by ending […]
Policy Matters Ohio: Cuts and Breaks
• By ITEP Staff
Most of the $400 million-plus in tax cuts for Fiscal Year 2015 will go the affluent. The Mid-Biennium Review also continues with an unfortunate Ohio tradition of permitting or enlarging tax benefits to special, narrow groups of taxpayers. Read the Full Report
The Plain Dealer: Ohio’s tax cuts favor the affluent, do not create jobs
July 7, 2014
Like other income-tax cuts, the latest batch favors the wealthiest Ohioans. An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit research group with a model of the tax system, found that the top 1 percent of Ohioans, who had incomes of at least $360,000 last year, will receive an average tax cut […]
Iowa Policy Project: Immigrants in Iowa
• By ITEP Staff
Undocumented immigrants pay an estimated $64 million in state and local taxes, according to a new Iowa Policy Project report. The authors suggest immigration reform that expands work authorization or access to citizenship would increase the already significant contribution to Iowa by all immigrants — documented or not. Read the Full Report
Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics: Ten Dollars or Thirteen Dollars?
• By ITEP Staff
In this report we compare the effects of $10 (AB10) and $13 (SB935) minimum wage levels in California. We show that AB10 restores some of the ground lost by low-paid workers in recent years, but it maintains the inflation-adjusted minimum wage at about the same level as in 1988. The Leno bill, SB935, goes much […]
Tucson Weekly: Shifty Proposal
July 3, 2014
In other words, cutting the income tax helps those at the top way more than it helps the other 85 percent of taxpayers, who barely pay any income tax at all. But people at the lower end of the income ladder do pay plenty in sales tax, gas taxes, sin taxes and a variety […]
Radio Iowa: Immigrants account for 4.5 percent of state’s economic output
July 3, 2014
And Fisher says they would be far less at risk of workplace abuses or wage theft. Fisher and a research associate used government data as well as formulas from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy to determine how much undocumented immigrants pay in Iowa sales taxes, property taxes and income taxes. Fisher says undocumented […]
Georgia Budget & Policy Institute: Fix Education, Other Vital Services With Viable State Revenue Options
• By ITEP Staff
Georgia continues to wrestle with the fallout of relying on a revenue system that can’t raise enough money to meet the needs of a modern, growing state. Hospitals are closing, traffic is gridlocked and local school districts are cutting calendar days and increasing class sizes. Public investments in education, transportation and other vital services are […]
New Jersey Policy Perspective: Highest-Income New Jerseyans Would Still Pay Lowest Share of Income to Taxes After Proposed Changes
• By ITEP Staff
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Remapping the Debate: Congress Fiddles While the Treasury Burns
June 26, 2014
The Levin bill is effective precisely because it is multi-layered, said Steve Wamhoff, legislative director for Citizens for Tax Justice, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, D.C., and a policy analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
Marketplace: D.C. Makes the Case for Taxing More Services
June 24, 2014
"If you don't tax services in the long run, you don't have a sales tax. End of story," says Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. He says states should tax more services, ideally at a lower rate. But broadening the tax base isn't easy, he says.
Los Angeles Times: Hypocrite Watch: Texas Gov. Rick Perry Says He May Move to Calif.
June 19, 2014
But Texas has sales and property taxes that make its overall burden of taxation on low-wage families much heavier than the national average, while the state also taxes the middle class at rates as high or higher than in California. For instance, non-elderly Californians with family income in the middle 20 percent of the income distribution pay combined state and local taxes amounting to 8.2 percent of their income, according to the Institute on Taxation…
The Times Daily: The Solution to Prison Woes Lies in the Tax Code
June 19, 2014
A study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy of state taxes found that the share of state and local taxes paid by Alabamians based on income is considerably higher for those earning in the lowest 20 percent (10.2 percent) and the second lowest 20 percent (10.4 percent). By comparison, the top 1 percent of income earners paid only 3.8 percent of their income in state and local taxes.
St. Paul Pioneer Press: Medtronic’s Covidien Deal Spurs Debate about Corporate Taxes
June 17, 2014
By Christopher Snowbeck, June 17, 2014 Is Medtronic’s massive international corporate merger a billion-dollar tax dodge, an indictment of the U.S. tax code or a business-savvy work-around that could spur investment and growth in the Twin Cities? The answer depends on whom you ask. … As of last year, Medtronic had about $20.5 billion in […]
Politico: Tar Heel State Tackles Teacher Pay
June 17, 2014
In North Carolina, teacher pay is so low that educators are turning out for job fairs hosted by other states with the promise of higher salaries [http://bit.ly/1lJQ1e2] elsewhere. And the Tar Heel State ranks near the bottom -- at 46th in the country -- when it comes to teachers' salaries. Meg Wiehe, director of state tax policy at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, told Morning Education those issues are at the heart of…
Politico: North Carolina’s Two Odd Tax Proposals
June 17, 2014
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy's Jenice Robinson previews what's happening in the state on the tax front. "The North Carolina Legislature is back in session this week, and two odd proposals are on the table," Robinson writes in an email. "North Carolina teachers are among the lowest paid in the nation, and they haven't had a salary increase since 2008. The state legislature, after enacting major tax cuts that lose hundreds of millions…
Times Daily: The root of the problem is in code
June 13, 2014
Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2014 10:00 pm Additional money will be needed to solve the prison problems. Other state services have suffered budget cuts, as well, because not enough tax dollars are available under Alabama’s antiquated and inequitable tax code. That can be changed. Officials are fond of touting the state’s low taxes as an […]
Puget Sound Business Journal: Replace sales tax hike with business tax to pay for transit
June 13, 2014
Seattle Councilmembers Nick Licata and Kshama Sawant Jun 12, 2014, 10:59am PDT Washington state has the nation’s most regressive tax structure, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s (a progressive D.C.-based think tank) latest edition of “ Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States.” Washington state’s sales […]
The Progressive Pulse: House leadership takes a different path than Senate and Governor when it comes to paying for its budget
June 13, 2014
Posted by : Tazra Mitchell Wednesday, June 11, 2014 It is worth lifting up the question that few people are asking: what if the tax plan ends up costing more than originally estimated? As we reported last month, estimates from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) suggest that the revenue projections for next […]
Maine Policy Review: The Distributional Effects of Recent Changes to Maine’s Tax System
• By ITEP Staff
Both classical economic theory and recent empirical research support the notion that taxes should be progressive: that the wealthiest citizens should pay a larger share of their income in taxes than the middle class, and the middle class should pay a larger share of their income in taxes than the poor. Like every other state […]
Arise Citizens’ Policy Project: Out of Step – Alabama’s Unusual State Tax System
• By ITEP Staff
Taxes are the tools that Americans use to pay for education, public health, transportation and other elements of the common good. Just as states differ in the scale of services offered, they also differ on the ways to pay for those services. Some states lean on property taxes to fund public services, while others rely […]
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