Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

Kamolika Das

Local Policy Director

Kamolika Das

As ITEP’s Local Policy Director, Kamolika provides local tax analysis and recommendations to lawmakers, advocates, researchers, and the public. Kamolika initially joined ITEP as a State Policy Analyst; in this role, she monitored trends in state tax policy, primarily in the South and mid-Atlantic regions. Before joining ITEP, Kamolika promoted tax justice, affordable housing, and workforce development policies at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. Prior, Kamolika worked as a State & Local Policy Manager for Prosperity Now where she advocated for policies that promote financial stability, wealth and prosperity for low- and middle-income communities.

Kamolika received her Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the Ford School at the University of Michigan and Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.

 kamolika at itep.org

Recent Publications

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State and Local Policymakers Can Resist Austerity Even Amid Historic Federal Retreat

November 6, 2025 • By Kamolika Das

The progressivity of the federal tax code has been waning. State and local policymakers should respond by protecting their revenue bases, promoting equity, and safeguarding vulnerable communities from harmful budget cuts. 

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The Potential of Local Child Tax Credits to Reduce Child Poverty

October 8, 2025 • By Aidan Davis, Galen Hendricks, Kamolika Das, Rita Jefferson

Local governments have a critical role to play in reducing child poverty. Local Child Tax Credits could provide large tax cuts to families at the bottom of the income scale, lessening the overall regressivity of state and local tax systems.

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Recent Media Mentions

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USA Today: Would Mamdani’s ‘Millionaire Tax’ Chase the Rich out of New York City?

November 6, 2025 • By Kamolika Das

Higher taxes don’t generally prompt wealthy people to move, said Kamolika Das, local policy director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy… Read more.

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Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity: Cities Could Slash Child Poverty With Tax Credits, Analysis Finds

November 6, 2025 • By Kamolika Das

A new report by the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) uses data from 14 cities to show how local Child Tax Credits could augment federal and state efforts to reduce child poverty by as much as 50…

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