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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Sweeping Federal Tax and Spending Changes Threaten Local Governments

June 3, 2025 • By Kamolika Das

Given this environment, local leaders must do what they can to preserve and strengthen progressive revenue tools, advocate for expanded local taxing authorities and flexibility, and push their state leaders to decouple from harmful federal tax changes.

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Five Issues for States to Watch in the Federal Tax Debate

June 3, 2025 • By Dylan Grundman O'Neill, Kamolika Das, Marco Guzman, Miles Trinidad, Neva Butkus

This post covers five particularly notable provisions for states: increasing deductions for state and local taxes (SALT) paid, allowing more generous tax write-offs for businesses, offering new avenues for capital gains tax avoidance to people contributing to private school voucher funds, carving tips and overtime out of the tax base,…

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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?

July 14, 2025 • By Kamolika Das

Taxing the rich has worked before. In the World War II era, the wealthiest Americans endured a top tax rate above 90% to buoy the economy. But would it work now? 

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ITEP's Kamolika Das Responds to Misleading Baltimore Sun Op-ed

September 19, 2024 • By Kamolika Das

ITEP Local Policy Director Kamolika Das had this letter to the editor published in the Baltimore Sun on September 18: David F. Tufaro’s recent commentary about the Renew Baltimore campaign is wildly misleading (“Baltimore’s high property taxes sustain a broken system,” Sept. 15). The Renew Baltimore proposal to drastically cut and…

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