
August 5, 2026 • By ITEP Staff
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) made major changes to public programs and the federal tax code. It included about $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, with most of the benefits going to higher-income households. To help pay for those tax cuts, the law also reduced funding for health care and food assistance and shifted some federal costs onto the states.
July 30, 2026
Over time, some states have slashed corporate and personal income taxes while also raising the sales tax rate. In 11 states, “all three of those things have happened,” said Sarah Austin, a senior analyst at ITEP and author of the report.
Below is a list of tax expenditure reports published in the states.
June 8, 2026 • By ITEP Staff
Since 2018, however, Idaho households have received $4.5 billion in state and federal income tax cuts—an amount that exceeds current state investments in health and education combined.
April 1, 2026 • By ITEP Staff
In Washington, Gov. Bob Ferguson and lawmakers decided to stop fooling around with one of the nation’s most upside-down tax codes and finally brought to life a new millionaires’ tax, the first new income tax created in a state since 1991.
March 18, 2026 • By ITEP Staff
As states lawmakers continue to weigh their linkages to the federal tax code in light of the recent federal tax law, New Mexico provides a blueprint for limiting multinational corporate tax avoidance.
March 12, 2026 • By ITEP Staff
Washington is on its way to making history after the legislature approved the “millionaires’ tax,” a 9.9 percent tax on income over $1 million. The bill, which is expected to raise more than $3 billion a year, making significant investments in public education and childcare, will also expand the Working Families Tax Credit – the […]
As many state legislative sessions near or cross the halfway point, lawmakers are facing tough choices.
February 19, 2026 • By ITEP Staff
State lawmakers are grappling with a range of challenges as their fiscal outlooks deteriorate, federal tax enforcement wanes (after the Trump administration cut the IRS workforce by 25 percent), and a rewritten federal tax code sends states scrambling to decide what changes they might want to make in their own codes.