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Record Searchlight: 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
Knoxville News Sentinel: Looking back at 2016’s busy legislative session in Tenn.
April 25, 2016
“The progressive Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says the reduction and repeal would make Tennessee’s tax system more regressive, with most Tennesseans getting little or no benefit. Meanwhile, Tennessee remains one of a dozen states still taxing food.” Read more
Brentwood Home Page: Brentwood decreasing dependence on Hall Tax revenue as legislators debate elimination
April 22, 2016
“According to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the vast majority of Tennesseans would see little to no benefit from a repeal of the Hall Tax between now and 2021. ITEP is a nonprofit, non-partisan research organization that works on federal, state and local tax policy issues. According to their study, […]
Governing: States Weigh Costs, Benefits of Undocumented Immigrant Parents
April 21, 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
The Tennessean: Senate approves bill reducing Hall tax to 5 percent
April 20, 2016
“While several Republicans reveled in the effort to cut the tax, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy criticized their efforts, saying the majority of Tennesseans will see no financial benefits. “The Hall Tax plays an important role in offsetting the otherwise regressive impact of Tennessee’s tax system,” Dylan Grundman, a senior analyst at the […]
WORT-FM : State And Local Taxes: Fair Tax Systems That Fund Our Communities
April 19, 2016
“Let’s talk about taxes. How can we have a fair tax system? How is our current tax system working against this? Today’s guest host Carl Davis, of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, to discuss this and ITEP. Carl Davis is an Analyst at ITEP, and author of Judging Tax Expenditures (2009), The ITEP […]
Equal Times: The Panama Papers’ impact in the United States: The calm before the storm?
April 19, 2016
“A very small number of states are notorious for allowing pretty much anybody to start a company in the state without requiring even the most basic information,” says Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy with Citizens for Tax Justice, to the New York-based online news publication International Business Times. […]
Bloomberg BNA: Reaching for Revenue Offshore, States Push Tax Haven Laws
April 19, 2016
“There is a high degree of uncertainty surrounding these estimates,” said Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a research organization affiliated with the Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ). While there are academic studies offering “reasonable ballpark estimates” for the nationwide amount of revenue lost, “there is real difficulty in […]
KPBS: Report: California Received $3.2 Billion In Taxes From Those In The Country Illegally
April 19, 2016
“A recent report says that in 2012, California received more than $3.2 billion in taxes from people who were in the U.S. illegally. The report comes from the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “The idea that undocumented individuals are paying nothing into the system at all is ludicrous on its face,” said […]
ValueWalk: On Tax Day, Remember the Contributions of Unauthorized Immigrants
April 19, 2016
“According to a recent study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, unauthorized immigrants pay an estimated $11.64 billion in state and local taxes each year, adding significant amounts of money to the coffers of all 50 states and the District of Columbia.” Read more
KTOO Public Media: Report: Walker’s budget proposals hit poorest Alaskans hardest
April 19, 2016
“If every element of Gov. Bill Walker’s fiscal plan is adopted, the 20 percent of Alaskans with the lowest incomes would lose nearly 10 percent of their income. The middle fifth of residents would lose about 4 percent. The top 1 percent of state residents would only see a 1.3 percent pay cut. That’s according […]
Tallahassee Democrat: I am undocumented and I pay my taxes
April 19, 2016
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy recently estimated that state and local tax revenues would increase by an additional $805 million each year if President Obama’s immigration actions are implemented. The same report found that the 11 million undocumented immigrants who reside in the country contribute $11.64 billion in state and local taxes per […]
The Courier-Journal: Undocumented immigrants turn hopes to court
April 19, 2016
“Diaz, despite having a college degree from Mexico, cleans homes. Some jobs offer low wages if the employer knows she’s not legally in the U.S., she said. She said she reports all her cash income on her taxes. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that undocumented immigrants in Kentucky pay $37 million a […]
Media Matters: A Guide To The Myths & Facts On Obama’s Executive Actions On Immigration
April 19, 2016
“ITEP: Tax Contributions By Undocumented Workers “Would Increase By More Than $800 Million” If Executive Action Is Upheld. A February 2016 analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) reported that “undocumented immigrants contribute more than $11.6 billion” at the state and local level, and on average, pay 8 percent of their income […]
YubaNet: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Immigration Executive Action, Has Opportunity to Affirm America’s Immigrant Identity
April 19, 2016
“The Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program and expansion of the existing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program would strengthen our communities by providing temporary relief from fear of deportation for individuals with strong family ties to the United States and, as a result, grow America’s economy by tens of billions of […]
The Commercial Appeal: Mississippi tax cut deal: $415 million in cuts over 12 years
April 19, 2016
“Like most other proposed income tax cuts, benefits would flow most to high-earning households. Projections from the liberal-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy show the lowest-earning 20 percent of taxpayers, making $16,000 or less, would save an average of $14 a year. Those earning in the top 95 percent to 99 percent of households, […]
Inside Sources: On Tax Day, Remember the Contributions of Unauthorized Immigrants
April 15, 2016
“According to a recent study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, unauthorized immigrants pay an estimated $11.64 billion in state and local taxes each year, adding significant amounts of money to the coffers of all 50 states and the District of Columbia.” Read more
Think Progress: One Simple Way To Keep U.S. Corporations From Hiding Cash
April 15, 2016
“That’s a pretty clear indicator that these companies are essentially making things up,” tax expert Matt Gardner of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said in an interview. “They’re creating accounting fictions.” Read more
Governing: Panama Papers Unlikely to Lead to Reforms in Corporation-Friendly States
April 15, 2016
“The Panama Papers have raised concerns among many here who say it’s hypocritical of the U.S. to complain about its citizens hiding assets from taxation in offshore accounts when some states provide the same service for foreigners. The secrecy these states offer to account holders also brings up questions about whether money is intended for […]
Sun Sentinel: Prosperous but Undocumented
April 15, 2016
“Of the nation’s estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, about 1 million are professionals, according to a report from Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. In Florida, about 79,000 professional people are undocumented immigrants.” Read more
Alaska Public Radio: Poorest Alaskans hit hardest by new proposed budget solutions
April 15, 2016
“If every element of Governor Bill Walker’s current fiscal plan is adopted, low income Alaskans would lose nearly 10 percent of their income, middle-income residents would lose about 4 percent. But the top 1 percent of state residents would only see a 1.3 percent cut. That’s according to a report by the nonpartisan Institute on […]
Salt Lake Tribune: Worried about filing taxes? You have three extra days
April 15, 2016
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy earlier this year issued a state-by-state report looking at what percentage of the income of various groups goes to state and local taxes.” Read more
Politico: Boy, that (de)escalated quickly
April 15, 2016
“ALASKAN FOUNDATION EDUCATES ON THE GREAT NORTHERN OILY BUDGET CRISIS: Leaders of the Rasmuson Foundation, one of the nation’s largest charities, are in Washington this week filling in federal policymakers about its Plan4Alaska campaign, which attempts to get state legislators on board for a solution to the $3.5 billion budget shortfall that the state is […]
Alaska Dispatch News: Governor’s budget plan would hurt low- and middle-income Alaskans, says new report
April 15, 2016
“The Rasmuson report, from a nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based think tank, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said the balance of budget fixes should be different. The report recommends scaling back the dividend cut and introducing a steeper personal income tax.” Read more
Live Mint: Panama Papers: What next?
April 12, 2016
“While it is relatively easy to force a Switzerland or a Panama to fall in line, it may be next to impossible to bring the US under the OECD framework. It has many firms that play the same role as Mossack Fonseca, said Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.” […]
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