Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP)

Aidan Davis

State Policy Director

Aidan Davis
Areas of Expertise
State Tax Policy State Tax Trends Budget policy Child tax credit Earned income tax credit Circuit breakers

Aidan is the state policy director at ITEP, where she coordinates the organization’s state tax policy research and advocacy agenda. She leads ITEP’s state team, engages regularly with the media, and works with policymakers, legislative staff, and partners across the country to advance equitable and sustainable state and local tax systems.

Her work focuses on how tax and budget policies affect low- and moderate-income families and the governments’ ability to fund priorities like education, childcare, infrastructure, and health care. She has authored numerous publications on national tax policy trends, progressive revenue options, refundable tax credits, and policies to reduce inequality, and is a co-author of ITEP’s flagship report, Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All Fifty States.

Before joining ITEP in 2015, Aidan worked at The Pew Charitable Trusts on tax and budget policy, providing research and technical assistance to strengthen states’ long-term fiscal health. With a focus on property taxes and a range of issues affecting low-income families, she has held roles with two fiscal offices – the District of Columbia’s Office of Revenue Analysis and Vermont’s Joint Fiscal Office – and the George Washington Institute of Public Policy.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from Kent State University and a Master of Public Policy from George Washington University.

 aidan at itep.org

Recent Publications

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States Can Push Back Against Reckless Federal Tax Policy. Here’s How.

January 22, 2026 • By Aidan Davis, Wesley Tharpe

They should take steps to protect and boost their own revenues. And they should take a second look at their own tax cuts.

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The 5 Biggest State Tax Cuts for Millionaires this Year

October 16, 2025 • By Aidan Davis, Dylan Grundman O'Neill

Some states continue to hand out huge tax cuts to millionaires. The five largest tax cuts this year will cost states a total of $2.2 billion per year once fully implemented.

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Recent Media Mentions

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Stateline: Republican Push To Increase Sales Taxes Would Fall Hardest on Lower-Income Residents

March 19, 2026 • By Aidan Davis

Lawmakers consider increasing sales taxes to offset budget cuts to property or income taxes. This will force lower- and middle-income residents, who spend a larger share of their earnings than the wealthy, to foot more of the bill for state services. Read more.

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The Independent: Inside the Widening Income Tax Rate Gap for Residents in Blue States Compared to Red States

March 17, 2026 • By Aidan Davis

Eliminating income tax means lower and middle-income families will have to pay more. “Public services would be cut, other taxes and levies that fall more heavily on low- and middle-income families (including sales taxes, excise taxes, fees and fines) would be increased, or — most likely — both those things…

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