Select Media Mentions
Washington Examiner: California is going to try charging drivers by the mile
June 22, 2016
“Carl Davis, research director at the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, told the Washington Examiner there’s no short-term fix for the “congested and crumbling infrastructure,” but added he’s encouraged to see state legislatures experiment.” Read more
VT Digger: Margolis: Why ‘cure’ Vermont’s economy if it isn’t sick?
June 22, 2016
“These assessments are somewhat oversimplified but not entirely inaccurate. Lower-income Vermonters actually pay a smaller percentage of their incomes in state and local taxes than their counterparts in most other states, according to data compiled by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. But middle-income and wealthy taxpayers pay a higher percentage than they would […]
Indy Week: Meet N.C. Republicans’ Latest Plan to Lock In Trickle Down
June 22, 2016
“That’s because the most obvious new revenue stream would be a sales tax increase or expansion, which hits lower-income families the hardest, as they spend a larger portion of their incomes on items and services than do wealthier people. Thus, a greater percentage of their incomes will go to sales taxes than rich people’s will. […]
Reboot Illinois: A look at state and local tax revenue from undocumented immigrants in Illinois
June 21, 2016
“Undocumented immigrants living in Illinois pay an estimated $743 million in state and local taxes a year, according to a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The report provides state-by-state estimates of the current state and local tax contributions of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States as of […]
American Press: Tax changes allow for lower income tax rate
June 20, 2016
“As costly and unfair as the deduction is right now, it’s very likely that it will become even more so in the next couple of years,” ITEP said. “States that offer this deduction are especially susceptible to federal tax changes and it seems likely that the federal income taxes paid by the best-off Americans will […]
Washington Post: Kansas cut taxes, California raised them. What happened?
June 20, 2016
“The poorest 20 percent of households — those making less than $23,000 a year — are paying about $200 more, on average, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington. For the middle class, the changes have been a wash, with less-affluent households paying somewhat more and more-affluent households […]
Los Angeles Daily News: California’s investment in immigrants a matter of values and value: Guest commentary
June 17, 2016
“Most people don’t realize the significant economic contributions of undocumented Californians. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, they paid more than $3.1 billion in taxes in 2013. Immigrants and their children — who make up more than 42 percent of our population — contribute more than $650 billion to California’s annual GDP.” […]
Yahoo Finance: Undocumented immigrants pay billions in taxes: study
June 17, 2016
“Immigration reform is an especially contentious issue in this election cycle. But one nonprofit is hoping to set the record straight about at least one aspect of undocumented immigrants: According to a report by The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), undocumented immigrants pay state and local taxes like any other American citizen.” Read […]
Latin Post: Immigration Reform News: Undocumented Immigrants Pay $11.6 Billions in Annual Taxes New Study Finds
June 17, 2016
“A new Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) report concludes that undocumented immigrants living here in the U.S. pay out an estimated $11.64 billion in annual taxes.” Read more
People’s World: Undocumented pay more in state and local taxes
June 17, 2016
“The study, authored by Lisa Christensen Gee, Matthew Gardner and Meg Wiehe, was sponsored by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington D.C. It is not the first study of its kind, but it updates the information on immigrant tax payments and breaks it down state by state. In an election year during […]
Wall Street Journal: Firms That Left U.S. Still Enjoy Perks
June 16, 2016
““If there are competing companies that have maintained their U.S. tax status, that are acting responsibly in their taxpaying behavior, then policy makers should be asking questions about why these companies aren’t being promoted instead of the inverters,” said Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a group arguing against […]
Bayou Buzz: Tax Decision Commeth in Louisiana House Committee today
June 16, 2016
“An economic analysis by the independent Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) found that these bills – House Bills 7 and 17 – would result in $113 million per year in lost revenue to the state. That’s money Louisiana can ill afford to sacrifice at a time when critical health, education and public safety […]
Asbury Park Press: HARRISON: Fulop has best gas tax plan
June 10, 2016
“Fulop notes that our state economy is dependent upon a strong infrastructure, and a variable rate increase in the gas tax — with a low-end threshold to ensure that trust fund budgetary obligations are met — means that New Jerseyans will be protected if gas prices increase drastically. Fulop’s idea to index the tax to […]
Christian Science Monitor: Rich Americans implicated in Panama Papers leak: Where’s the outrage?
June 10, 2016
“What we’re seeing here is a tax avoidance mechanism that is only available to the most wealthy Americans,” the executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy Matthew Gardner told the Monitor in a phone interview. “When you allow best-off Americans to take advantage of these shelters,” says Mr. Gardner, “it does […]
The Inquirer: Baer: Four ways to make Pa. taxes fairer
June 10, 2016
“Worse, our PIT is largely responsible for our national ranking by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy as the sixth most regressive tax state.” Read more
The Olympian: Washington state needs tax reform
June 10, 2016
“I read with interest another commentary about an income tax being proposed in Olympia and why that shouldn’t happen. I imagine it means nothing to the writer that the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, D.C., finds our state tax system the most regressive in the nation. We have the lowest paid teachers […]
Eugene Weekly: Make America English Again
June 10, 2016
“According to a study titled, “Undocumented Immigrants State and Local Tax Contributions,” by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, undocumented immigrants contribute over $11 billion annually in state and local taxes.” Read more
Hartford Business: Unusual property-tax experiment given new life
June 7, 2016
“Meanwhile, a national tax expert, Carl Davis of the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said he was unaware of any similar programs in other states, and warned that if the pilot is expanded beyond five towns, it could pit cities and towns against one another and promote business poaching.” Read More
Tucson Weekly: Raising Taxes Is Front Page News (and It’s About Damn Time)
June 7, 2016
“Anyone making $80,000 or less a year is paying two to three times the tax rate of Arizona’s one percenters. Wealthier people may pay a higher percentage in state income taxes, but they pay a far lower rate when it comes to other taxes, especially sales tax. According to the ITEP figures, people who make […]
Forbes: Is The Best Tax Cut Of The Year Out Of Mississippi?
June 3, 2016
“The tax cutting in Mississippi didn’t stop with the franchise tax. The measure signed by the governor also significantly reduced personal income taxes. Basically, the state will exempt the first $10,000 of earnings from income tax. This will, as my friends at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) point out, skew the benefits […]
Journal Inquirer: Bonding for Bob’s Discount Furniture, Westport hedge fund raises questions
May 31, 2016
“He cited reports, including one by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy that found tax incentives to be “costly for states” and “a drag on national economic growth.”” Read more
Hartford Business Journal: Controversial hedge fund aid passes with little opposition
May 31, 2016
“Lembo highlighted reports, including one by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy that found tax incentives are “costly for states” and “a drag on national economic growth.”” Read more
New York Times: Oklahoma Makes the Poor Poorer
May 31, 2016
“This may seem negligible to the state’s wealthy and middle class, but not to a poor family with a breadwinner struggling at the margins. The method chosen is deporable – cutting the state share of the earned-income tax credit for low-income workers, a federal program widely praised as an effective life from poverty. “It’s one […]
Indianapolis Business Journal: Senate report: Illegal immigration costs state $131M
May 27, 2016
“Indiana Immigrants who are here illegally paid $108.9 million in state and local taxes in 2010, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. But were they to have legal status, they would have paid $141.7 million in state and local taxes, according to the group.” Read more
The Leaf-Chronicle: Clarksville, Montgomery County calculate Hall tax revenue losses
May 27, 2016
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reportedly said repealing the Hall tax will cause Tennessee’s tax system to become more regressive, because it will benefit the wealthiest taxpayers, while the majority of Tennesseans will see no benefit at all.” Read more
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