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Salon: The Triumphs and Tribulations of a Progressive Governor

May 7, 2016

Meg Wiehe, a senior policy analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, produced an analysis of the tax changes for showing that Connecticut’s tax system has become modestly more progressive since he took office. “The tax changes enacted in Connecticut in 2011 under the leadership of Governor Malloy improved the progressivity of the […]

Enid News: New budget plans would go after low-income parents

May 5, 2016

“A plan being discussed by Legislative leaders would eliminate the Child Tax Credit and reduce by one-fourth the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Sales Tax Relief Credit. This would shift taxes onto those families who were largely left out of Oklahoma’s income tax cuts, and it would have the worst impact on families raising […]

Herald and Review: Lawmakers unable to get graduated income tax on ballot

May 5, 2016

“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan but left-leaning group based in Washington, put out a statement Wednesday criticizing the department’s analysis for not taking into account the positive economic impact additional revenue generated by the proposal would have.” Read more

Vermont Biz: Vermont top state in the East for the ‘Middle Class’

May 3, 2016

“Tax fairness. A measure calculated by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (link is external) that compares the tax burden (including all types of taxes) of the middle 60% of earners to the top 1%” Read more

Industry Week: Is Bipartisan Tax Reform Possible?

May 3, 2016

“Well, we can follow the example of states that have passed bipartisan tax reform to address the problem of getting corporations to pay a fair share of taxes in their state. The solution was “apportionment” of corporate income taxes, where a share of taxes to be paid by a corporation to a state is based […]

Norman Transcript: Not overtaxed

May 3, 2016

“In a study recently conducted by a respected Washington think tank, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, income tax cuts over the past decade in Oklahoma reduced this year’s revenue by about $1 billion dollars.” Read more

Herald & Review: Graduated income tax seen as help for budget woes

May 3, 2016

“Matt Gardner, executive director of the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said adopting a graduated income tax would go “right to the heart of the state’s budget woes.” “There’s a chronic revenue need, and anything that raises substantial revenues is going to make it easier for the state’s budget process going forward,” Gardner […]

VT Digger: Margolis: Spending less isn’t as simple as it sounds

May 3, 2016

“It isn’t just that the wealthy — households in the top 1 percent in Vermont whose average income is $978,400 — paid 7.7 percent of their income in total state and local taxes last year, less than the 10.5 percent paid by middle-income households averaging $45,600, or even the 8.9 percent paid by the lowest-income […]

CNBC: UPDATE 1-Conservatives in Congress urge shutdown of U.S. tax collector

May 3, 2016

“Matthew Gardner, head of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a tax research group, said most tax reform plans would still need a tax collector with enforcement powers. “It’s hard to imagine a situation in which we wouldn’t need a sophisticated tax collection and enforcement capacity,” he said.” Matthew Gardner, head of the Institute […]

The Advocate: At Baton Rouge events, John Bel Edwards attempts to build support for budget changes, Medicaid expansion

May 3, 2016

“The Rev. Theron Jackson, of Shreveport, citing an analysis from the Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said tax hikes from the special legislative session earlier this year will disproportionately affect poorer residents. Legislators raised about $1.1 billion for the coming year’s budget — much of that through temporarily increasing the state’s sales tax.” […]

Orange County Register: Chapman Republicans and Democrats get together for spirited debate

May 3, 2016

“Democrats: Members of the Young Democrats supported the idea of granting amnesty and full rights, including welfare, to undocumented immigrants, citing a recent report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy that stated 11 million undocumented immigrants are paying an estimated yearly $11.64 billion in state and federal taxes. Chapman Democrats argued that if […]

Herald-Mail Media: Feedback for May 3

May 3, 2016

“Responses to April 27 Feedback from Nancy Iden, ‘Donald Trump has my vote’: “Nancy Iden conveniently ignores the fact that illegal immigrants pay a lot of taxes. ‘The 50-state analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy released on Thursday found that roughly 8.1 million of 11.4 million undocumented immigrants who work paid more […]

Reuters: Conservatives in Congress urge shutdown of IRS

May 3, 2016

“Matthew Gardner, head of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a tax research group, said most tax reform plans would still need a tax collector with enforcement powers. “It’s hard to imagine a situation in which we wouldn’t need a sophisticated tax collection and enforcement capacity,” he said.” Read more  

Greater Baton Rouge Business Report: Capitol Views: Bill to hike state’s minimum wage temporarily stalls; Edwards talks overhauling state’s tax structure

May 3, 2016

“Held at Mount Zion First Baptist Church and hosted by Together Louisiana, a coalition of religious congregations and civic organizations, the event highlighted an analysis of the special session conducted by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.” Read more

Sun Sentinel: Inmigrantes rompiendo un estereotipo

April 28, 2016

“Los números de identificación de contribuyentes les permite reportar salarios al IRS y pagar impuestos. Nadie sabe exactamente cuánto pagan en impuestos los inmigrantes indocumentados. El Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, un grupo de investigación con sede en Washington, D.C., publicó un informe en febrero calculando que las familias de los indocumentados en todo […]

Seattle Times: Taxes like Texas: Washington’s system among nation’s most unfair

April 28, 2016

“A problem with relying on sales taxes is that, compared with income or property taxes, they hit the poor the hardest. “Low-income people spend most, if not all, of their income on just getting by,” said Matt Gardner, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). Even though wealthier people […]

Politifact: Fact-checking Bernie Sanders’ claim that Jim Kenney’s soda tax is regressive

April 28, 2016

  “Carl Davis, the research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, told Billy Penn last month soda taxes like the one proposed by Philadelphia are “imperfect:” “The first thing you realize is that it is regressive. It’s going to hit lower and more moderate income families more heavily than higher-income families.”” Read […]

Politico: Wyden takes aim

April 28, 2016

“WHERE OREGON AND WASHINGTON (STATE) DIVERGE: The Seattle Times has a nice primer on how differently the states of Portlandia and grunge rely on taxes. Washington, for instance, collects about four out of every five dollars from a sales tax, the fifth highest in the nation. Oregon, on the other hand, gets a higher percentage […]

West Hartford News: Another View: Malloy’s new economic reality

April 28, 2016

“According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s data for 2015, Connecticut residents who earned between $46,000 and $76,000 paid double the tax rate (10.7 percent) than those who earned $1.3 million or more (5.3 percent). It may be a dirty little secret, but it’s nevertheless the reality of our state; rich folks and […]

Sun Herald: States weigh costs, benefits of undocumented immigrant parents

April 25, 2016

“Overall, unauthorized immigrants already pay $11.6 billion annually in state and local taxes, according to a February study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a tax policy think tank in Washington, D.C. That includes $1.5 billion in Texas and $3.2 billion in California, states with the most undocumented immigrants.” Read more

Hawaii Tribune Herald: Your Views for April 23

April 25, 2016

“In Hawaii, the top 1 percent pay just 7 percent of their income in taxes, while the middle class (80 percent of our people) pay about 12 percent. The poorest group (the bottom fifth of the population) pay a whooping 13.5 percent of the income in taxes because of the hidden GET (according to the […]

Townhall: Voters Have More Confidence in Sanders and Kasich to Handle The Economy Than Trump or Cruz, National Gallup Poll Finds

April 25, 2016

“But countless studies, from the IRS to economic think tanks, show that this isn’t true. Wealthier Americans pay the lion’s share of tax revenues. The richest 1 percent, for example, pays nearly 24 percent of the taxes, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.” Read more

Washington Post: How tax falsehoods flourish

April 25, 2016

“I’m not the first person to challenge these assertions. Figures from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and economist Peter Fisher, respectively, show the same story as that above in previous years. No-income-tax states do not outperform high-income-tax states, and the ALEC-Laffer rankings have been consistently terrible at predicting state economic performance.” Read more

The Guardian: Trump and Clinton share Delaware tax ‘loophole’ address with 285,000 firms

April 25, 2016

“A report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, titled Delaware: An Onshore Tax Haven, said the state’s tax code made it “a magnet for people looking to create anonymous shell companies, which individuals and corporations can use to evade an inestimable amount in federal and foreign taxes”.” Read more

Times Free Press: Chattanooga to lose roughly $5 million annually after state lawmakers repeal Hall Income Tax

April 25, 2016

“Carl Davis, senior policy analyst for the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Tax Policy, said in a statement, “The vast majority of Tennessee residents will not receive a tax cut under this bill. This is a tax cut on investment income, which mostly benefits those few families with large amounts of wealth.”” Read more

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