Select Media Mentions
The Atlantic: The Truth About Undocumented Immigrants and Taxes
September 13, 2016
“As rhetoric about illegal immigration dominates this election cycle, it’s hard to argue that undocumented immigrants drain the system. It’s true that not all undocumented workers pay federal income and social security taxes; many are still paid in cash and never fill out W-2 forms, so it’s unclear how many of them independently file tax […]
CNBC: The $2.4 trillion companies are keeping in overseas tax havens
September 8, 2016
“Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a partner organization to CTJ, has done the work of searching through corporate filings for the tax information. The limited disclosure in 10-K filings that is now available requires public companies to list their overseas subsidiaries and how much of their cash has […]
Seattle PI: Labor Day union support for Sound Transit 3
September 8, 2016
“A study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that the lowest 20 percent, those with family incomes under $21,000, pay 16.8 percent of their incomes in state taxes. The next 20 percent, with incomes of $21,000 to $40,000, pay 11.7 percent in state taxes.” Read more
Casper Star Tribune: Sales tax takes the spotlight as Legislature explores new revenue options
September 8, 2016
“Given that most states use income taxes to help fund state government, Wyoming’s strong reliance on sales tax is unusual. It also puts a disproportionate tax burden on working-class Wyomingites who are likely to spend a higher share of their income on taxed consumption, said Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and […]
Fast Company: For All We Know, Undocumented Immigrants Pay A Higher Tax Rate Than Donald Trump
September 8, 2016
“We don’t know how much tax Donald Trump pays because he won’t release his returns. But we do know how much undocumented immigrants contribute annually. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s 50 state study, America’s “11 million” pay $11.64 billion a year in state and local taxes.” Read more
Fast Company: A Tax Expert Takes Tim Cook’s EU Letter Apart Point by Point
September 6, 2016
The European Union, after a lengthy investigation, ruled Tuesday that Apple’s use of Irish subsidiary companies to avoid paying taxes amounts to the tech giant receiving “illegal state aid” from Ireland. As a result, Apple may be required to pay around $14.5 billion in back taxes dating back to 2004. Cook had a carefully worded—and, […]
Christian Science Monitor: Will Ireland agree that Apple owes it billions of euros?
September 2, 2016
“Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a US public policy nonprofit, told the AP that the Commission’s ruling showed it understood that ‘when member nations act as tax havens, as Ireland has, there are casualties far beyond the borders of Ireland. It’s not a good economic development strategy for […]
Yahoo Finance: Apple case highlights huge untaxed profits of corporate giants
September 2, 2016
“‘Apple has systematically organized its Irish affairs in a way designed solely for tax avoidance,’ said Matt Gardner of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. US regulators ‘should take a page from the European Commission?s book and crack down on rampant corporate tax avoidance.'” Read more
Bloomberg Government: Tax-Break Bidding Wars Can Make New Jobs Expensive
September 2, 2016
“Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report: ‘Tax Incentives: Costly for States, Drag on the Nation.'” Read more
FC Technology: A Tax Expert Takes Tim Cook’s EU Letter Apart Point By Point
September 2, 2016
“To get the other side of the argument I went to Matt Gardner, the director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (the research umbrella for Citizens for Tax Justice). The CTJ is nonpartisan and nonprofit, and it’s funded by some of the same foundations that fund NPR. As it turns out, Gardner energetically […]
Hartford Courant: European Union orders Apple to pay nearly $15 billion in back taxes
September 2, 2016
“‘To its credit, the European Union understands that when member nations act as tax havens, as Ireland has, there are casualties far beyond the borders of Ireland,’ said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a liberal research group in Washington.” Read more
New York Times: Donald Trump’s Brexit Moment
September 2, 2016
“Unauthorized immigrants pay almost $12 billion a year in state and local taxes, according to a recent study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Between 70 and 75 percent of immigrants who are in the country illegally pay Social Security taxes, although they cannot collect Social Security.” Read more
Mother Jones: Accused of Tax Dodging, Apple Says It’s the World’s Largest Taxpayer
September 2, 2016
“An Irish Times list of the country’s top taxpayers in 2016 gave the number one spot to the pharmaceutical group Medtronic, though Apple placed in the top ten. And as to Cook’s claim that the “vast majority” of Apple’s profits are taxed in the United States, Matthew Gardner, the executive director of the Institute on […]
City-Journal: Undocumented-and Unmeasured
September 2, 2016
“In a similar vein, city council speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito commissioned her finance division to weigh the economic impact on New York City if unlawful residents departed. Citing the liberal Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the analysis concludes that illegal immigrants pay $793 million in state and city taxes. However, the source data reveal that […]
fin24tech: Apple case highlights ‘trillions’ in untaxed profits
September 2, 2016
“‘Apple has systematically organised its Irish affairs in a way designed solely for tax avoidance,’ said Matt Gardner of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. US regulators ‘should take a page from the European Commission’s book and crack down on rampant corporate tax avoidance.'” Read more
AP: Europe hits Apple with a $15 billion-plus tax bill
August 31, 2016
“‘To its credit, the European Union understands that when member nations act as tax havens, as Ireland has, there are casualties far beyond the borders of Ireland,’ said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a liberal research group in Washington.”
CNN: What you need to know about immigration economics
August 31, 2016
“However, evidence challenges that stigma, showing that undocumented workers do pay taxes. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that undocumented immigrants pay nearly $12 billion a year in state and local taxes. California alone pulls in more than $3 billion in tax revenue from its estimated 3 million undocumented immigrants.” Read more
Des Moines Register: Undocumented immigrants pay billions in taxes
August 30, 2016
“An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, updated in February, found that the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States collectively pay $11.64 billion in state and local taxes annually. This includes more than $6.9 billion in sales and excise taxes, $3.6 billion in property taxes, and more than […]
Governing: Back-to-School Tax Holidays Losing Popularity Among Lawmakers
August 30, 2016
“[Tax holidays] don’t help lower-income people much either, according to the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP).” Read more
Chron: This is where immigrants in Texas are moving to
August 30, 2016
“‘The 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States collectively paid $11.64 billion in state and local taxes,’ explains the website for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.” Read more
Santa Barbara Independent: Lacking Papers but Owning Values
August 26, 2016
“A report released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in February of this year found that, in sum, undocumented people paid an estimated $11.64 billion in local and state taxes. As undocumented people, they will never see that money back because contrary to common belief, they do not qualify to receive government assistance.” […]
Politico: Morning Tax: Treasury ramps up
August 25, 2016
“VIEW FROM THE LEFT: The liberal Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy is out with a couple new studies this week, including a paper arguing that state officials need to keep in mind that lowering state income taxes will lead to a lower federal tax deduction for their residents. “Even if it is sometimes politically […]
Florida Times Union: Tonyaa Weathersbee: Broken promises are a reason to vote no on pension sales tax
August 25, 2016
“According to a 2015 report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit, non-partisan research organization that examines issues of tax fairness and sustainability, Florida has the second most regressive tax structure in the nation.” Read more
Politico: Morning Tech: A look inside Clinton’s extensive tech policy squad
August 24, 2016
“VCs say that such a policy would deter investors from committing to risky, long-term projects that yield large payoffs. Additionally, critics of such reform argue that it could inhibit talent from entering venture capital, since it reduces the financial incentive. The National Venture Capital Association says that up to 60 percent of a venture capitalist’s […]
Bloomberg Technology: As Clinton and Trump Call for Tax Reform, Silicon Valley Must Prove VCs Are Special
August 24, 2016
“In this election cycle, carried interest has become calcified in a larger economic debate. “It’s become the poster child for inequality,” said Matt Gardner, executive director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a think tank in Washington. “When you see these tax breaks that aren’t available to the general population of wage earners, […]
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